A walk around the farm
Good afternoon, gardeners, horticulturists, and flower growers. May is almost over, but here in Krasnoyarsk, spring, beautiful as ever, refuses to arrive. There are occasional night frosts and the days are bitterly cold. The soil is so damp that it's almost a shame to sow seeds in the cool ground. But we're slowly digging in, digging the soil, and stocking up on water. Tomatoes... 
Hello everyone! I'd like to introduce you to a small vegetable garden in the village. I don't know how many acres it is (probably 1), but it's quite small. It's perfect for tomatoes, berries, and cucumbers. Perfect for a small family. My mother-in-law, a golden person with a big heart, is in charge of this natural wonder. This patch is located... 
A dacha is a cozy place with a vegetable garden, a garden, and a little house. This is exactly the kind of piece of nature we used to have. We had to sell it over 10 years ago. I was still a teenager then and didn't understand anything. If I were to go back in time, I would never have allowed it... 
Our woodshed was almost empty, so we decided to stock up on firewood for the winter. When we bought our dacha, we had a stash of lumber; we cut some down for firewood, and used the rest for garden beds. We tore down old wooden greenhouses, a fence, and a shed, sawed up all the lumber, and stored it in the woodshed. All the supplies... 
September is drawing to a close. It's decorated nature with vibrant colors—golden birches, yellow maples, red rowan berries. And the garden plot is in full bloom. The vegetable and apple harvest has been gathered. All that's left in the garden are cabbage and three hot pepper plants. The entire garden has been sown with green manure—white mustard and phacelia. 
Autumn at the dacha always brings harvesting and tidying up crops after the growing season. The garden beds are no longer a joy to behold, as shades of beige and brown have taken over from the vibrant greenery and flowers. It's depressing. Usually, the whole family does the harvesting—it's faster and more fun. Especially... 
Many have heard of compost bins and the magical organic matter they produce, but not everyone prepares compost correctly and then criticizes its supposedly exaggerated properties. My parents have a large farm in the village, and a huge vegetable garden as well. Therefore, there's a wide variety of organic fertilizers: from "green" weed fertilizer to... 
This year, June in Krasnoyarsk was cool and rainy. Not a day went by without rain: sometimes it was a light, cold, and lingering rain, sometimes it came down in a torrential downpour, accompanied by wind and hail, drenching every garden bed, knocking down flowers, bruising vegetable leaves, and knocking off fruit buds from fruit trees. 
Here in Krasnoyarsk, spring is truly here—early, warm, and sunny! The cherry and plum trees blossomed in late April. By mid-May, the honeysuckle and cherry bushes were already bearing green berries. Other trees, including apple trees, pear trees, serviceberries, currant bushes, gooseberries, and already... 
Good afternoon. Today I decided to take a stroll through the garden and show you what's growing, giving you a little tour. May was a transitional time for us, when the first spring flowers (tulips, daffodils, primroses, and hyacinths) had already faded, and the second wave of blooms (lilies, roses, peonies, etc.)...