Gardeners' Club
Zucchini is the first vegetable to grow quickly (unless you count radishes planted in a greenhouse in early spring). Zucchini is the most common and popular vegetable among Siberian gardeners, after cucumbers. People even used to make jam from it, and maybe some still do. I've never tried it. I grow zucchini... 
The ideal garden that every gardener probably envisions is actually far removed from reality. Seedlings refuse to stretch in orderly rows toward the sun, beetles try to nibble on the tastiest bits, a sudden downpour blows seeds away from the even bed, and weeds run amok! To avoid... 
We grow peas in our garden every year. We mainly grow sugar and shelling varieties, such as Ambrosia, Alpha, Gloriosa, Detskaya Radost, Chudo Kelvedona, and Russkaya Razmer. Young peas contain many beneficial vitamins and minerals, as well as acids and dietary fiber, which are beneficial for muscle health. 
Beets, like onions, garlic, and carrots, grow in every garden. I always thought this root vegetable was the most unpretentious—no diseases or pests. They're not like onions or carrots, though—onion flies and carrot flies can infest them, and to avoid losing a harvest, you need... 
We planted our vegetable garden late this year (2021), planting potatoes, cabbage, zucchini, pumpkins, corn, peas, and beans only at the end of May. At first, we couldn't till the soil due to dampness and constant rain. We planted the potatoes in the rain, which started lightly and then turned into a downpour, but we managed... 
Summer has finally arrived here. The first three days of June were sunny, windless and rainless, truly hot! But over the weekend, it cooled down again, with more rain and wind. I'd like to briefly tell you how the vegetables—tomatoes, cucumbers, and peppers—are growing in my greenhouses. Winter this year was... 
Spring has finally arrived! The weather is still cool for the south, with daytime highs hovering around 10-15°C (50-59°F) and nighttime temperatures sometimes dropping to 2-3°C (33-48°F). It rains regularly, daily, in fact, and the roads are slushy and wet, leaving the soil damp and heavy. While it's tempting to dig in the garden beds, it's... 
Finally, the snow has started to melt here in Siberia, with temperatures above zero during the day and still frosty at night. March is ending, and there's not a single blade of green grass to be seen outside, even the buds on the trees are still dormant, but the windowsills are green—the seedlings are growing. Late-ripening varieties of tall tomatoes... 
On the second-to-last day of March, snow fell overnight, and winter refused to let go. But spring was taking over, and by lunchtime, there was no trace of the fresh snow left. Seedlings were growing on the windowsills. This morning, I decided to add fresh soil to the pots and noticed that some of the cups had... 
Winter is finally over. Although here in Krasnoyarsk, spring hasn't really arrived yet. Huge snowdrifts are everywhere, especially at the dacha. There wasn't much snow in December, but so much piled up in January and February that it seems like these mountains of snow will never melt. And...