HOW TO CUT A CUTTING PINTER ON A CHAIR? I want to share a simple trick on how to carefully cut a curved baseboard at an angle using a regular miter box if you don’t have a special measuring and marking tool at hand. A friend of ours used it when she was updating a couple of old bookcases. The preparation began by cutting out the part for the side of the cabinet. I preliminarily marked it with a pencil on a piece of plinth...
With my own hands - read more ... Trimming a curved plinth on a miter box with your own handsPRUNING TREES IN THE GARDEN – WHAT SHOULD NOT BE DONE IN ANY CASE? We often hear from gardeners that they do not intend to prune their trees. The reasoning sounds very different - and that there is no need to interfere with natural processes, or that one neighbor did not prune and has a lot of apples, and the other did the pruning, and...
With my own hands - read more ... 10 things NOT to remember when pruning trees in the gardenLESSONS IN TIERED Pruning WHAT TREES IS A SPARSE-TIERED CROWN SUITABLE FOR? A sparse-tiered formation system is used for pome trees - apple, pear (on seed and medium-sized clonal rootstocks). And also stone fruits - cherries, plums, sweet cherries, apricots and almonds. The sparse-tiered crown consists of a central conductor (leader) and 5-7 skeletal branches (photo 1). In the lower part of the crown a tier is formed from...
With my own hands - read more ... Do-it-yourself sparsely tiered crownGARDEN ON A TRELLE: THE AREA IS SMALLER AND THE YIELD IS MORE! Traditionally, our summer residents grow cucumbers, berries or ornamental shrubs on trellises. But in some countries, fruit orchards have been successfully planted this way for several centuries! What is the essence of this unusual method? Is it possible to grow a healthy tree on a trellis? ADVANTAGES OF THE TELESELLER METHOD OF GROWING TREES 1. Ideal for...
With my own hands - read more ... Garden on a trellis - subtleties of shaping and pruning, types of supportsHOW TO PRUNCE AN APPLE TREE IN THE 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD AND 4TH YEARS Pruning an apple tree in the first year Regardless of planting time, start pruning in early spring. Shorten the seedling to 70 cm from the soil level. This cut (it must be done above a developed bud) stimulates the formation of skeletal branches. They will develop by autumn. Pruning an apple tree in the second year...
With my own hands - read more ... Apple tree: pruning stages by year