To create a state of the art garden, you must first plan an impeccable design. In these videos you will discover all the basic steps and all the aspects to consider when designing a garden. Designing and building the garden has never been easier!
If you were looking for a while of help to better understand what grafting is and how the different grafting techniques used in gardening are you have surely found the right place. In this section of our site you will find many video tutorials that will allow you to deepen your knowledge on grafts by showing you step by step all the techniques made by real experts in the field.
For millennia, man has found precious allies in plants for the hygiene and health of his body, and also of the spirit; already in the past centuries the first doctors used flowers, roots, leaves and barks to produce poultices, herbal teas or medicinal ointments. In more recent times, in the first universities, the faculties that dealt with medical sciences considered herbal medicine and the knowledge of simple things to be of great importance, that is, plants that could be used individually as cures for various kinds of ailments.
Botany is a branch of biology that deals with plant-type life forms: it observes and classifies their forms, structure, functions, through different branches that focus each time on some particular aspects of the plant: the modalities nutritional or reproductive, geographical distribution, possible uses in other fields (scientific, pharmaceutical, food, ...) The first scholar of antiquity that we could identify as a "botanist" was the Greek Theophrastus, a disciple of Aristotle, who lived in the IV century a.
You entered the fruit garden column, the section of Our site that deals with all the most common fruit and vegetable plants. In fruit and vegetables you will find the description, the cultivation tips and many curiosities both on the most common fruit and vegetable plants and on those a little bit; less common in the gardens of our latitudes.
Quizzes and surveys is the right place to finally test all your knowledge of gardening and specifically of garden plants. With the quizzes and surveys you will find in this section you will finally be able to test your green thumb and check if your level of knowledge of gardening is that of a beginner, an aspiring gardener or a real agronomist.
Expert connoisseur of flowers and their meaning, the florist creates small and large works of art using the most attractive part of the plant: the flower. In fact, at this operator you can find compositions of fresh, dried and artificial flowers, all designed to satisfy any need and to express any emotion or message.
Mother tinctures are liquid preparations obtained by macerating the plant in a solution of water and alcohol. These products, widely used in the field of herbal medicine and homeopathy, exploit the active substances of fresh plants, substances that are enhanced thanks to the maceration in alcohol.
The decoctions are herbal remedies in which the extraction of plant active ingredients takes place by simultaneously boiling the water and the plant parts used. Classic decoctions are prepared by pouring water and plant parts into a pot to boil for a few minutes. The decoctions are used to extract the active substances of extremely hard or leathery plants, such as bark, roots, seeds or very thick leaves.
The cultivation of roses is a topic that interests many people who are passionate about gardening. Perhaps because roses are among the most popular flowers ever, thanks to their splendid blooms, perhaps because they are one of the noble flowers cultivated for many centuries, this species always arouses great interest and there are many people who try their hand at their cultivation .
Acidophilic shrubs and plants is the section dedicated to lovers of acidophilic shrubs and plants who want to know more about the cultivation of these special plants. Shrubs require special precautions during cultivation and to provide gardening enthusiasts with all the essential material for the knowledge of the cultivation techniques of these plants we have decided to create a series of videos that will help you to learn more about the main species in this category. of plants.
If you want to mow the lawn while having fun, then you have to use garden tractors. These implements are similar to agricultural tractors, but with smaller dimensions. With these devices, the operator will be seated on a comfortable seat and will handle the steering by managing the command operations from a practical liquid crystal screen.
All months of the year can be exploited by those who love the garden and gardening and want to devote themselves as much as possible to their favorite hobby. In this section, the recommended gardening works are proposed for each month, so that you never run out of something to do for your garden and be sure that you have done all the treatments and all the essential operations to achieve good results.
In the garden or in the countryside, shears or scissors are used to prune trees and plants. These tools are traditionally used to remove branches of different diameters and sizes. Depending on the length of the blade, the shears or scissors can cut fruit, buds, twigs, twigs, stems, hard and old branches.
The vegetable garden is one of the healthiest and most relaxing pastimes that exist. Thanks to the vegetable garden, in fact, you can rediscover the pleasure of the passage of time and seasons, passing a little while. of time to take care of the seasonal plants and to sow the species that will mature in the following period ... but not only.
The climbing plants section is the space of Our site exclusively dedicated to videos on the cultivation of climbing plants, videos thanks to which you can discover many characteristics and as many details on the cultivation of this special category of plants. Climbing plants are ideal in the field of ornamental greenery to cover areas of the house that we are interested in hiding or in any case covering but they are also suitable for decorating trellises, pergolas and verandas.
Over the years, garden irrigation has become an increasingly important and widespread component. Initially present only in large spaces and public parks, it quickly spread to homes and small private gardens. Inspired by the large irrigation systems found in agriculture, very useful for never missing the right water supply to crops, garden irrigation takes from this the principles and methods of the systems.
To obtain good results in gardening it is essential to know at least two things: the characteristics of the plants in our garden and gardening techniques. In addition to choosing the right plants based on the exposure, the soil and the climate of the area we live in, it is important to know the main gardening techniques to have good results in plant cultivation.
Mushrooms are the most extraordinary specimens of the plant kingdom. Composed of a complex structure, these marvelous specimens include thousands of species which in turn make up the diverse world of mycology. The latter is the science that studies mushrooms. For our part, in addition to studying mushrooms, we also want to divulge their knowledge to our readers.
Welcome to the section that talks about chainsaws, or rather about all types of chainsaws on the market. Practical, easy to use and ergonomic, chainsaws find space in many agricultural and gardening jobs, but also in other cutting activities where the ability to saw very hard surfaces is required.
