Category: Wood

Aralia - the damn tree

Contents: hide Botanical description Prevalence Species Application Medicinal properties Planting Care Diseases and pests Reproduction Aralia is a subtropical thermophilic plant; its genus unites several tens of species. Most of them are small deciduous trees, shrubs ...

Glued beam: the pros and cons of use in construction

What could be better and more practical at home from a bar? Only a house made of glued beams. You yourself will understand how true this is after reading our article. Pros and cons, or let's talk sensibly. Let's start with the benefits. There are really a lot of them, and each deserves a separate place in the list: ...

Baobab - unpretentious long-lived tree

Contents: hide Botanical description Habitat Legends about the origin Places of distribution Application Interesting facts Adansonia (lat. Adansonia), or baobab - a genus of tropical trees from the family Malvaceae. It lives in hot savannahs. Exotic plant totals ...

Evergreen Holly - relict tree

Contents: hide Botanical description Species Planting Care Breeding Application For the holly (lat. Ilex), or holly, several hundred species of trees and shrubs. All of them belong to the Holly-headed family. These plants have decorative foliage and fruits, distributed throughout ...

Linseed oil impregnation - natural ingredients for wood protection

Content: hide Oil properties Technologies used Impregnation of wood at home Natural wood remains one of the most environmentally friendly and beautiful materials used in the construction and decoration of premises, the manufacture of furniture, decor items, kitchen utensils. Wooden ...

Pawpaw - a tree with unusual fruits

Contents: hide Botanical description Origin of the name Varieties of a tree Application Planting and care A banana tree is often called an azimine, a perennial fruiting plant from the Annon family. The homeland of this exot is the territory of North America with a subtropical climate. Several ...

What is wood concrete?

Contents: hide Advantages and disadvantages of wood concrete Types of wood concrete Production of wood concrete blocks Technical characteristics Application Features of structures made of wood concrete blocks Average price for wood concrete Conclusion The name of the building material arbolite comes from Greek ...

Half-timbered houses: German nobility of the Middle Ages

Contents: hide A little history. Interesting facts. The service life of a house depends on the quality of the tree. The positive and negative sides of a half-timbered house are the hallmark of the Middle Ages. The peculiarity of architecture can already be understood from the very name of the style: fachwerk. Word consists ...

Willow (willow) - species, cultivation and care

Contents: hide Botanical description Application Species Growing Willow - a large genus of deciduous trees and shrubs, one of the most common in the Northern Hemisphere. Their range extends from subarctic territories, includes the entire temperate zone of Europe and Asia, reaching ...

Macaroni tree - exotic honey plant and medicinal plant

Contents: hide Botanical description Species and varieties Application Planting Care Diseases and pests Reproduction Catalpa (Latin Catalpa) is a genus of subtropical plants from the Bignoniaceae family. Most representatives are flowering deciduous trees, shrubs. Habitat ...

Iron casting technology - how it happens in practice

For cast iron, as before, stable demand remains and many different parts and items are made from it. Casting iron - - here you can find quality services for this profile, we recommend that you familiarize yourself with more details on ...

How to make a wood milling machine yourself

Contents: hide Drill milling machine Stationary machine Making a milling machine for a home workshop is simple. It is only necessary to take into account that all machines (professional, student and home-made) have a certain number of methods of wood processing due to the position of the wooden workpiece ...

DIY adobe house made of clay and straw

A return to partially neglected construction technologies is associated with the tendency to use natural materials. They give homes a natural coziness and have good environmental qualities. A classic example of such buildings are adobe houses, the main material of which is a mixture ...