Ecological herb garden
Sensitive to nature gardeners willingly plant plants that attract useful insects. Butterflies, bees, bumblebees fly from flower to flower, collect nectar and simultaneously impregnate plants, carrying pollen. To attract butterflies, bees and bumblebees in the garden, you need to think about what they will eat and where they will live. Plant so beloved insects sweetly smelling oregano in small groups throughout the garden, and butterflies will never leave your garden.
An attractive garden for insects can be divided into parts or have a free form. It is only important that the set of herbs
provide insects with uninterrupted food from early spring to late autumn. The center of such a garden can be a hive located on a sunny spot, and a small pond, designed for drinking insects.
When choosing herbs attractive for insects, preference is given to plants from the family of labiate and umbelliferous, including borage, feces, buckwheat and valerian. Rakita with early ripening pollen and therefore especially attractive for insects should be present in the kindergarten.
To attract bumblebees plant bush currants, beloved bumblebee sage and a lot of comfrey. If there is a lilac in the kindergarten, numerous butterflies will surely come to you in hot weather. Cuff, anise, lanceolate plantain, sour sorrel, scented violets and various varieties of clover attract bees, butterflies, bumblebees, giving them food and reviving the garden.
Here and there in the garden, leave weedy grasslands, allowing them to bloom and give insects food.
Herbs used to attract and nourish useful and rare insects:
white mustard,
oregano, Angelica officinalis,
coriander, medicinal drippings,
lavender,
- marjoram, lemon balm, peppermint, borage,
- parsley, wormwood, wormwoodmedical,;: - rosemary,
thyme, cumin,
dill,
fennel medicinal,
horseradish,
garden sage,
tarragon.
Herbs on the balcony and terrace
Even if there is no plot near the house for the garden, do not give up growing herbs. A sunny place is one of the most important prerequisites for the development of aromatic herbs and greenery. Under the protection of the fence or the walls of the house, plants develop particularly well. For the mini garden and , the roofs of the houses will also suit if it is possible to protect the plants well during the winter period and provide watering in the summer. This is necessary, as the roofs are very windy, and in the summer months it is menacingly hot. In balcony gardening it is necessary to adhere to the following rules:
It is advisable to estimate the load capacity of the balcony before buying the tanks for the land. In case the balcony faces the street, for safety reasons it is not necessary to hang pots or boxes of flowers over the carriageway and sidewalk.
If the balcony does not have a rainwater drainage gutter, a tin cornice or drain must be built.
Balconies with good lighting are the most suitable for the arrangement of the garden. In the southern balconies in summer, you should protect the plants with a screen from the excess sun. In the spring and autumn, on the contrary, the climate on such balconies is most favorable for plants. Of course, you can successfully arrange gardens on the eastern and western balconies.
- On balconies on the leeward side, especially on the upper floors, plants are damaged by gusts of wind. Therefore, you can build a frame for winding ivy, as well as install on the balcony bushes or dwarf trees in tubs. Suitable laurel, rosemary and coniferous trees.
Make a sketch of your balcony with the layout of crops, this will help you when buying and choosing the containers for plants and the plants themselves.
It is possible to plant plants in polyethylene bags filled with nutrient substrate and intended for growing plants on balconies and terraces. Such packages can be bought in the store, but do not forget to make holes on the underside of the package, necessary for draining excess water. This will prevent waterlogging of the soil. On the upper side of the bag make round holes at a distance of 20 x 25 cm or cross-cuts into which the seedlings are planted. Plants grown in packs grow together and are very hardy. Each year, use new bags with fresh substrate.
Mint grows well in packages with a substrate, besides it does not allow it to expand and spread over the whole surface of the landing surface. In one package you can plant in sufficient quantities to four different varieties of mint, and you will get a whole mint bed. One package yields a mint crop or any other greenery, sufficient for a family of four
Especially suitable are packages with a substrate for annual crops, for example parsley.
Virtually all herbs, herbs and spicy-aromatic plants are adapted to growing in pots and tubs.
Lavr and rosemary are classic pot plants. But the colds of our places are destructive for these heat-loving plants, so during the cold period they should be brought into the house or another not too cold and sufficiently lit room.
Sage, savory and thyme in natural conditions prefer lean and dry soil. Therefore, in pots, they feel good and can easily tolerate breaks in watering. They grow well in a mixture of earth and sand( 3 1) and require a warm, lit sunny place.
One- and two-year-old herbs, such as basil, fennel, chives and parsley, require fertile good soil. They should be watered regularly and fertilize every 2-4 weeks.
Annual chaerus, oregano, lemon balm and blood meal also require fertile soil, regular watering and top dressing.