We plan a garden: what crops to plant

Buying a land plot solves many problems for owners related to providing fresh fruits and vegetables. At the same time, inexperienced gardeners face the same number of questions:

what crops to plant;
in what quantity;
how to better position them on the site;
Do you need a greenhouse;
how to make your site beautiful.

Our review will help you navigate the whole variety of horticultural and garden crops for open and protected ground. The article gives options for central Russia.

Fruit trees and shrubs in the garden

Not a single garden can do without an apple tree. This culture is so popular that even people without a garden can easily navigate the most famous varieties of apple trees. However, before laying the garden, it is still worth considering that apple trees have ripening periods, and it is advisable to plant different varieties on the site - summer, autumn and winter. When choosing varieties in catalogs, pay attention to the following:

Sweet anise - an old variety with good winter hardiness;
Papirovka - its light yellow fruits are fragrant, and the flesh shines through to the bones;
Melba - ruddy red-raspberry fruits of excellent taste ripen in the second half of August;
Grushovka Moscow is one of the best old Russian varieties. Trees are winter-hardy; fruiting is extended throughout August.

Autumn varieties:

Zhigulevskoe - late autumn variety will please the harvest for 3-4 years;
Cinnamon striped - beloved by all for its sweet taste with the scent of cinnamon;
Shtreyfling - the tree is moisture-loving and winter-hardy, and the fruits of excellent taste are stored in a cool place until winter;
Antonovka is an illustrious ancient variety of folk selection indispensable in harvesting and fresh consumption.

Winter ripening apple trees:

The northern synap is a frost-resistant tree of long fruiting. The fruits are stored in the cellar until spring;
Saffron pepin - the fruits of excellent taste lie until spring;
Bogatyr - the tree is resistant to diseases, the fruits are very slow.

Also in the garden planted pears, cherries, plums, zoned varieties of apricots, cherries. Of the berry shrubs, black, red and white currants, gooseberries, honeysuckle, raspberries are common.

Vegetable beds

Not even one, even the smallest piece of land can do without beds. For fresh consumption, preservation and storage in the cellar gardeners sow:

onions on turnips and greens;
carrot;
white cabbage, broccoli, red cabbage, Savoy, kohlrabi, cauliflower;
potatoes;
green beans and peeling;
beets;
garlic;
wild strawberries.

Among green crops, species such as dill, parsley, celery, basil, cilantro are popular.

Greenhouses

Some garden crops grow much better and bear fruit indoors. These include tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant. All of them came to us from the southern regions, and in the open ground they are susceptible to various diseases. Greenhouses and hotbeds create a more suitable microclimate for thermophilic plants and protect against many diseases. Greenhouses are built on a frame of wood, metal profile. Covering material in them are polycarbonate, glass, polyethylene. Under the most thorough constructions they build a foundation. In the absence of a greenhouse, cold-resistant varieties of early ripening should be selected.

What to plant for decoration?

Without flowers, you can not imagine a single cottage or a section of a country house. People always wanted to decorate a place near their home, even in ancient times. Our grandmothers and great-grandmothers allocated front gardens for their beauty - a specially fenced area in front of the house. Since ancient times, such decorative cultures as lilac, bird cherry, jasmine, and dog rose grew in them. In the front gardens of southern Russia, mallow, sunflowers, marigolds, and peonies delighted the eye. Currently, when planning a garden for flowers, they either allocate a recreation area fenced off with decorative cultures, or arrange flower beds along the paths, next to the house, under the windows. Flower arrangements are broken, based on the well-known rule of landscape design: the highest plants are planted in the center, undersized at the edges. The gaps between solitary bushes are filled with ground cover plants. To attract pollinating insects to the site, honey plants are planted - lavender, echinacea, roses, monarda, lilies, decorative onions, goldenrod. Ornamental plants are divided into two large categories - annuals and perennials. The latter require less maintenance than annuals, freeing up valuable time for spring planting for the gardener.

Pharmaceutical garden

A summer resident who cares about his health and appreciates traditional medicine should allocate a place for a small pharmacy garden on his plot. Suitable for him:

calendula;
mint;
Melissa;
pharmaceutical camomile;
yarrow;
elecampane;
St. John's wort
oregano;
sage and many others.

Medicinal raw materials collected from such a garden will not only cure many diseases, but also provide themselves with tasty, fragrant and healthy tea for the long winter.