Dacha. Dacha gardens

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House Dacha Uporova Irina

Dacha

A dacha is a seasonal or year-round second home, often located in the exurbs of Russian and other post-Soviet cities.^[1] A cottage or shack serving as a family's main or only home, or an outbuilding, is not considered a dacha,^[1] although some dachas recently have been converted to year-round residences and vice versa.

Dacha gardens

Dacha plots are usually not more than 600 m² in area; in some cases over 1,200 or 1,500 m² , but nearly never exceeding 0.96 ha .

Due to custom and the perceived high costs of good equipment, even relatively large plots of land are often cultivated manually using equipment such as a spade or a spading fork. In autumn the grown potatoes and other crops are gathered and transported to the city where they are stored in cellars, dugouts (usually located on unused plots of ground), or in personal automobile garages.)

Many Russians prefer to grow vegetables themselves because of the widespread belief in the excessive use of agrochemicals in the vegetables from supermarkets and grocery stores, and the higher costs of the vegetables in stores and bazaars, especially among the older part of the population.

Also, growing one's own food supplies is a long-lived Russian tradition practised even by many affluent Russians. It is seen as a way to have a connection to the land, to be self-sufficient, and for many, to find some escape from a capitalist economy

The most common dacha fruits in cool temperate regions of Russia are apple, blackcurrant, redcurrant, gooseberry, raspberry and strawberry

Popular vegetables and herbs are potato, cucumber, pumpkin, tomato, carrot, beetroot, cabbage, cauliflower, radish, turnip, onion, garlic, dill, parsley, rhubarb and sorrel.

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