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Handbook for cultivation of cherry trees (in Greek) from DDFT and ΕΛΓΟ Δήμητρα

A useful Handbook for cultivating cherry trees. The Department of Deciduous Fruit Trees (DDFT), in cooperation with Ελληνικός Γεωργικός Οργανισμός “Δήμητρα”, taking into account the growing interest of farmers in Greece and the shift of many of them to cherry cultivation, proceeded in 2011 and 2013 to the compilation of a useful Handbook for Cherry […]

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How to grow cherry trees in the garden and pots. Cherry pollinators

Do you want to grow cherry trees in the garden? The cherry tree forms a lot of white flowers, which is why it is also used as an ornamental tree in city parks. The production of cherry trees in Greece depends on the weather conditions during the flowering and harvesting period. Rainfall during the flowering

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Compost shredders. Useful tools for the garden and for better composting

Compost shredders are tools (electric or gasoline powered) with which you can shred organic garden waste and use it in compost, to produce spreading fertilizer or as wood chips for fertile soil. In practice, you can use a compost shredder to cut the pruned branches into very small pieces or to cut into small pieces

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How to grow celery in pots or window boxes

Celery (Apium Graveolens) is a biennial plant with a height of 0.3 to 0.9 meters. There are 2 main varieties of celery: One with a large fleshy root known as celery root, grown for it and eaten raw, in salads, in soups and cooked in various combinations and, a second the more classic, with fleshy

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How to make cement the easy way

Have you ever made cement by hand? Did you have a hard time? So did I. I had a lot of trouble because I was mixing the ingredients (gravel, sand, cement, water) the wrong way. This video shows an easy way to make cement in a limited space without making a mess. This cement making

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Home Composting Guide from E1 class of the Karpenisi, Greece, Primary School

Creating compost for use in the garden and pots is a topic that interests us all. The fact that we can use household waste that would otherwise end up in the landfill, as well as materials from the garden (leaves, twigs, grass, fruit, etc.) to make our own compost is fascinating. Sometimes you find treasures

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Construction of green roofs. Vegetable gardens, garden on roof. All you need to know

You will find answers from experts to frequently asked questions about the construction of green roofs, vegetable gardens, types of green roofs, types of plants that can be planted, the many benefits of green roofs in the urban environment. Can a rooftop or roof in the city be turned into a garden? The answer is

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I build a unique scarecrow having the shape of a bird to protect vegetables in the garden

As the first tomatoes began to ripen for this year, I encountered a particular problem. Birds were tasting them before I did. I found the tomatoes blushing, pecked by birds. So I made an original scarecrow in the shape of a bird. To deal with the problem, I came up with the following solution: I

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Pierce’s disease in grapevines

Not only grape vines are infested by Pierce’s disease, but also several other species including olive trees (Olea europaea), almond trees (Prunus amygdalus), oleander (Nerium oleander), citrus trees, peach trees, apricot trees, alfalfa, oak trees (Quercus spp.), rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis), myrtle (Myrtus communis) and ramnus (Ramnus alaternus). Symptoms of Pierce’s disease on grape vines The

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Tomato support with reeds – Tomatoes, peppers, zucchini – Produced from your garden

How can tomatoes be supported with reeds? This year’s production in the garden is abundant. Tomatoes, peppers, zucchinis and soon eggplants. This year I listened to the advice of Sofianos, my agronomist friend, and bought seedlings of tomato seedlings of the “Acorn” variety. As Sofianos predicted, the production is abundant and without problems. Bunches of

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Construction – Tomato support with reed cage

Christos shows us how he supports his tomatoes, making a reed structure that resembles a parallelogram cage. This kind of construction is often seen in tomato gardens. It is effective. The disadvantage is that it takes a lot of time to build (a lot of care). You have to take it apart at the end

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Idea for tomato support – Akis Antoniadis

Mr. Akis Antoniadis shows us in this video a clever way to support tomatoes. A construction. The reeds were not effective. He thought of a better way to support the tomato. He uses a metal pole, on which there is a metal ring whose height can be adjusted. Clever and effective.

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Impressive change in soil quality with the help of wood chips

Amazing Garden Soil Transformation Using Wood Chips At the beginning we see how bad the soil was before the application of the wood chips. The soil was hard and lacked organic matter. So hard that even weeds had a hard time growing. After 8 years of applying wood chips, the soil has been transformed. It

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Everything you know about composting is wrong. By Mike McGrath

Everything You Know About Composting is Wrong: Mike McGrath at TEDxPhoenixville Mike McGrath talks about making compost using fallen tree leaves, which the majority of Americans (and beyond) consider garbage, and using blowers to blow them into each other’s gardens! At the end he talks about turning kitchen scraps into compost using worms.

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