Very often, ennobling our site, we, without noticing it, repeat traditional techniques or borrow ideas from our neighbors. As a result, all gardens become like brothers. Nice, but boring. Quite another thing - a hedge in the country! Unfortunately, few summer residents use this technique, mainly for fear of the difficulties that, according to their assumptions, they may encounter. Today you will learn that a hedge in the country is not a luxury, it will not take you a lot of money, time and effort either during planting or in the process of care. And as a result, you will get a beautiful, unlike any other hedge, which will not only protect your yard from wind and prying eyes, but also create a beautiful backdrop for the garden and enrich the air with oxygen.
Choice of plants
The main secret when arranging a hedge is the right choice of plants. Of course, you want to plant something exotic or rare in your dacha, but think about how much effort you have to spend on maintaining such a "fence" in a viable state! Therefore, the best option is to use plants growing in your climate zone, and even better - near you. Then they do not have to adapt to the composition of the soil and temperature changes. In our exampleused hibiscus. This is a very heat-loving plant and in most of the territory of Russia it will not take root. But you can use any deciduous or coniferous trees and shrubs growing nearby. For example, a spruce hedge will be not only unpretentious, but also green all year round. It will purify the air in your garden and saturate it with phytoncides, the best he alth resorts of the country will envy this! The main thing is to decide what function your fence should perform, and what height it will be. If you have already decided which seedlings you will use, and are full of enthusiasm, you can proceed!
Do-it-yourself hedge in the country house
To work, you will need seedlings of approximately the same size, a pruner to trim them, twine, a shovel or pickaxe, a piece of rebar or a pry bar to make holes in the ground.
We remove excess grass, this will make our task easier. We stretch the twine to mark the border of the trench. It can also be of any shape, then it is more convenient to use a garden hose for marking. Depending on the density of the earth, use a pick or shovel to dig the trench. It would be nice to add fertilizer to it at this stage. Peat or humus is ideal.
At a distance of 15–30 centimeters, use reinforcement or a pry bar to make holes for seedlings.
It is advisable to make them at an angle. As a result of this planting, the plants intersect, which is why the hedge is oncottage will be more dense.
It remains to water the plants. When they finally take root and grow up, you can start pinching and cutting them, this will wake up the buds and cause the growth of additional shoots.
This is how the result of our work will look like in a year. It's time to start shaping the plants, and the cut cuttings can be used to plant a new hedge.
Original hedge examples
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Whatever techniques landscaping includes, hedges are one of the most spectacular. You can verify this by looking at the photo. Of course, such masterpieces are made by top-class professionals, but perhaps you will get ideas for your garden from their work, because it’s not the gods who burn the pots!
