Eco -Hrada will take care of itself - iDNES.cz

Where does not silence the grass mower and where it does not fight for chemistry against nature - to Eco -Hrada.We can also enjoy its beauty and maintenance -freeness near the family house.

After the completion of the house, when we almost always had a clear idea of the color of the tiles and the form of its interior, the garden comes.We usually do not have such an accurate idea about its final appearance, but we often follow the claim that it should be conceived as "another living space".After leaving the supplier company, we adjust the lawn mower, sometimes chemical spraying against pests and weeds, at least twice a year by plates, verticutator and other gardening equipment, because everyone has a cut and the fence from Thújí is "in".And maybe we wanted a garden -free garden.At the same time, if we at least honor the basic rules of nature, we can have a garden that takes care of ourselves, and moreover with the benefit.

It will not only bloom, smell, produce edible and decorative fruits, maintain their communities in optimal circumstances, but will look healthy and very aesthetically without the gardener's hand and the purses and wallets, will not only bloom, smell, spawn, to keep their communities themselves.Of course, we will have to set it up with a hand to the work or with the help of a professional company and in the first years to do it, but in a few years it will really be almost maintenance -free.No garden is completely maintenance -free - the grass does not attempt and the bushes do not cut themselves.The ecological garden is based on elements that complement each other in their functions and together aesthetically harmonize.Its essential essence is the creation of a community in which all plant vertical parts are represented, which can be found, for example.This preserves natural diversity, allowing the course of natural natural processes.

Properly installed the basic prerequisite for the successful establishment of the eco -rank is the selection of the right plants and their appropriate incorporation into vertical parts.It is not enough to know only their appearance, demands on moisture or sun, it is necessary to consider the characteristics of plants, their form in different seasons, and be able to imagine the effect by which the plant enriches the game or garden as a whole.It is not only ornamental plants, but we are also considering plants that we will grow for the benefit.The ecological garden can include both types of plant inhabitants, with preference between ornamental perennials and local species of plants and utility plants are grown only with the help of organic fertilizers and almost without human intervention.If we decide to enrich the surroundings of the house by an environmentally beneficial and permaculture garden, we should not forget the factors such as providing the natural environment for animals (contributing to the natural balance of our small ecosystem)) and creating various conditions for plant and animal inhabitants of the garden depending on their claims.

Divide the Garden project in which we want to give nature green, we should include all the requirements that we expect from another living space in the arms of the green.We also note the difficulty of plants for cultivation and our care - plants that can provide us with everyday benefits we plant the closest house, shrubs and trees that can do without us, we place on the more distant habitats.So we can divide the garden into several zones that will correspond to the purposes of individual parts of the garden.The zone zero is the most closely connected to the house and consists of a winter garden, balcony or terrace.This includes sunbathing herbs in natural containers or lower perennials.In zone one, plants that we use most often are used - herbs for cooking, chives or parsley, for which we can get comfortable at any time when cooking.

The second zone is conceived as a habitat of smaller and medium -sized fruit trees that we let spontaneously grow.This also includes unpretentious vegetables (potatoes, zucchini, beans, and the like), perennial beds and a very valuable water area, which should be realized as a natural water element or natural bathing pond.In the third zone, higher fruit trees and shrubs can find their place, from which we harvest the harvest once a year, such as nuts, cherries, chestnuts, apple (especially high -tank).The penultimate zone is designed for wild herbs and crops, meadow, or plants grown, for example, for wood.Only a builder with a large garden can afford it.And in the fifth zone, the furthest from the house, we leave the space only to nature - after planting we do not interfere with it.We choose trees and shrubs for these parts and shrubs, preferably those near the garden, which immediately follows the garden to the surrounding nature.We create a natural ecosystem, which, according to Jaroslav Svoboda - creator of Czech Eco -Hrad, we go to learn, while the previous four zones are constantly completing.It is in these places that small animals will find their refuge, who can help us in the fight against pests and contribute to the perfect balance of our ecosway.

To install perennials with plants, which are largely involved in the almost maintenance -free and aesthetically impressive eco -rank, are perennials.Their selection should be given absolute priority over other plant species.First, because after several years of growth, they ensure natural weeds and also because of their unpretentiousness to cultivation.In addition, they may be the decoration of the garden despite the winter, when their strong stems with withered flowers give otherwise empty garden plant mass and winter parts are not poor and so sad.Their presence has an effect on the reducing soil erosion, which is on the beds where annuals were planted, a very common phenomenon.In summer, they contribute to the natural water balance in the soil.This can also be regulated by mulching in Eco -Bohemia, which is considered in the permaculture approach of the establishment of the Eco -Hrad as an essential part.Its function is not only to optimize soil moisture, but also in the supply of necessary organic nutrients and regulation of weed growth.The essence of mulching, which is a natural process in nature in the form of such as fallen leaves in the forest, is the cover of the soil surface with any organic material - chopped young grass, leaves, bark or other plant waste.

The popular hedge and lawn of the Czech man's nature is to have everything "his" behind the fence.Even this does not avoid eco -coupling and uses a naturally free -growing hedge instead of concrete blocks, or equally inappropriate Thúje to bordered the land of the ecological garden.Its concept is based on the variety and species diversity of shrub cultures and emphasizes the flowering of this game at every time of year.Therefore, shrubs that meet these demands are incorporated into the parts of free -growing hedges.The advantage of such a fence is again its almost maintenance -free, which is limited only to the trimming of branches that interfere with the street and prevent passers -by or to cut the dried branches.The lawn, which is an integral part of today's garden has a completely different form in the natural ecological garden - it is basically a meadow that we mow two to three times a year.Again the effect of almost maintenance -free, which also gives the chance to excel meadow flower.Eco -ranks are not very common in our conditions, but they have their advantages and fans, who do not have to go far beyond the real nature - they create it behind the windows of the living room and give natural space to plants and animals, even if they are not brontosaurs..Read more in the Magazine House and Garden 09/2007.