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Many summer residents grow potatoes on their plots. To obtain stable yields of juicy and marketable tubers, it is necessary to carry out mandatory agrotechnical practices, including the preparation of planting material, the application

Digging a narrow, shallow trench for laying curbs, laying cables or hoses takes a lot of time and effort. If such work has to be done frequently and in large volumes, then it makes sense to make a gasoline trencher.

Having problems with power supply, the issue of obtaining hot water for technical needs is greatly complicated. An effective solution in such a situation would be to use a solar water collector. It will allow you to heat water from sunlight to 40

If there is not enough space on the site for organizing beds for growing strawberries, you can cheat and plant them in a sewer pipe with cut-out windows. This method makes it easier to water, weed, and in addition

When you burn branches and leaves cut from the garden after a fire, a burnt gray spot remains on the area, on which nothing grows for a long time. Such bald spots look unsightly, so it is better to build a fire not on the ground, but in a portable one.

In spring and even early summer there are returns of frosts. In greenhouses at this time, seedlings sprout en masse and grow rapidly. To prevent it from suffering from temporary cold snaps, the greenhouse must be heated. This can be done in different ways, but it is simpler and

There is a preconceived idea about moles as pests of trees and plants. They say they spoil the roots. But they are not rodents, but insectivorous mammals that eat beetles, mole crickets, wireworms and earthworms. In search of food, they loosen the ground and

In the household, this traditional material is used for fencing, erecting fences, making cages, enclosures, sieves for sifting bulk materials, etc. To reduce costs, instead of buying ready-made Chainlink mesh, you can

Grafting, a vegetative method of propagating plants when parts of two or more of them are combined, has been used by gardeners since time immemorial. It is especially widely used for propagating trees and shrubs. Many methods have been developed

When arranging life in a country house, we often encounter the problem of digging a trench up to 2 m deep to lay a water pipe from a common well behind the fence of the site to the house and installation in the house. The task is not easy, considering that

With the onset of winter, an irresistible desire arises to mechanize the snow removal process, since you can’t shovel much with a shovel. Having enough free time and desire, you can temporarily upgrade the motor mower engine for snow removal, and

Harvesting firewood with a hand saw is quite difficult, boring and time-consuming. A chainsaw offers many advantages in this regard. And, if on its basis you assemble a machine for sawing firewood, then such work will be greatly facilitated and accelerated.

Some houseplants with small roots have a developed crown, a powerful trunk and heavy leaves. They require not so much a voluminous, but a heavy pot. In order not to spend money on the purchase, we will make it ourselves from scrap materials and

Disused old car tires are sometimes used to protect seedlings of trees, bushes or flowers.At the same time, they don’t look very presentable. But if you change their external shape, turn them inside out, because the rubber inside is smooth,

Tired of stumps on your property? Or near the house? I propose to get rid of them with the help of ingenuity and a two hundred liter barrel. This method is accessible to everyone and does not require special equipment for uprooting stumps. The advantage of this method is that

This is the most affordable way to quickly and cheaply remove a stump from your property. There is no need to wait for six months until the stump rots on its own. It will take no more than a day to remove. Burning is the most optimal and fastest method that does not require

Plastic canisters have many advantages, which is why they are rarely thrown away, but are reused many times. Another advantage of such containers is the possibility of elementary, but multifunctional modifications for various household needs. Let's tell you how

Most owners of suburban areas know how much effort and time is required to remove stumps from cut trees. The roots penetrate deep into the ground, you have to dig large holes and chop them with an ax. There is a method of uprooting without

Most summer cottages use water from ordinary wells. It has many disadvantages. It is much better to have an artesian well, but ordering its drilling from special companies is expensive.There is an accessible method to get the job done

Plastic and rubber watering hoses, especially long ones, are not easy to unwind and rewind every time. Leaving them on the beds or lawn for the whole season is also not a good idea: you will constantly cling to them with your feet, and you can accidentally damage them.

Free cooking gas can be obtained from human and animal waste. To do this, you can assemble a simple biogas plant. The principle of obtaining gas from waste is very simple: the waste is placed in a sealed

Various materials are suitable for making an outdoor bench in the courtyard of a house or in a country house. The combination of wood and concrete is practical, inexpensive and elegant. Moreover, in principle, any adult can cope with this work.

Water is always needed at a summer cottage, regardless of the size of the house and the length of time you live in it. Digging traditional wells is time-consuming and expensive; land owners most often make wells. But there is one problem - specialized companies have their own

It is difficult to imagine what motivates people who dig up tables with benches in cemeteries and sell them for scrap metal. But now it’s not about them, but about the consequences of their immoral and frankly stupid activities. It was decided to make another new shop