Before you know it, autumn will arrive — harvest time. Gathering what the earth has grown in the garden is no great problem. It is harder to harvest fruit from trees, especially if they are old and tall. Every gardener has to devise a way to reach fruit and berries high up. Some make all Read more…
When the bedroom is spacious, you can place the bed in the most convenient layout — with the headboard against the wall. This is especially important for a double bed: access is preserved on both sides, and a nightstand with a lamp can be placed on each side, with a bedside drawer for bedding arranged Read more…
In dacha conditions, especially if it is a new build and everyday life is not yet settled, the proposed design will prove as necessary as it is versatile. Quick and simple to make, it will faithfully serve not only during the first stages of developing a country plot and building a house, but also later Read more…
Potatoes are often called the second bread, emphasizing the extraordinary importance of this crop. Yet in terms of labor intensity, especially on individual plots, it is far from last on the list. All the more so if all the work is done here the old-fashioned way, without any means of mechanization. A device I designed Read more…
Today we present a universal electric trimmer for mowing grass on lawns and shaping shrubs. I once worked as a mechanic on garden and park machines, or simply gasoline lawn mowers. I often had to cut grass and shrubs in awkward places and on limited areas. Existing scythes and large hand shears were poorly suited Read more…
On a newly developed country plot, where the water supply problem has not yet been solved, and even on some dacha garden or vegetable plots, there are constant difficulties with watering existing plantings: water has to be carried or transported from shared standpipes, wells, or ponds. Such chores are especially numerous during dry seasons. However, Read more…
To store the harvested root crops and vegetables, as well as plant seeds, flower tubers and bulbs, throughout the entire winter on any garden or dacha plot, a root cellar is necessary. If groundwater lies deep, building one is simple — directly under the garden house. Its construction will not present any particular difficulties; you Read more…
Having a year-round water supply system — and especially an automatic one — in a rural-type home is the dream of any homeowner who does not yet have one. Of course, few of them are willing to build a water tower for this purpose and drill a deep artesian well. And there is no need Read more…
Today we present pages from our popular section “Small Mechanization” by the club leader K. I. Kruglikov. He describes two original devices for watering garden and vegetable plants. Experienced gardeners water their garden and homestead beds only with warm, settled water. For this, they fill barrels placed around the plot in the morning and use Read more…
When carrying out installation work related to mounting structures on embedded bearing parts of foundations, difficulties may arise due to unevenness of the bearing surfaces (local tilts, depressions, etc., exceeding allowable limits) as a result of violations of the technological process or due to its imperfection. Such situations often occur when installing industrial equipment, but Read more…
