9 activities that will help you not go crazy with boredom in the country

While some inspiredly google how to dive seedlings, and draw diagrams of ideal greenhouses, others are longingly waiting for the start of the summer season. The prospect of spending weekends and holidays in the garden does not cause delight, and the endless fuss around the seedlings provokes sarcastic remarks that a bag of potatoes is not worth all the effort. In fact, leisure time in nature can be made interesting if you prepare in advance.

1. Organize a bike ride

Fresh air, light cardio, pleasant company - and now you are no longer a hostage of six acres, but a participant in a free retreat tour. Grab a bike with you and go leisurely to explore the surroundings. On the way, you can peep interesting landscape solutions on the neighbors' plots, pick wildflowers, swim in the lake, meet the sunset and stare at the endless starry sky, lying in a haystack.

2. Go fishing

If there is a reservoir near the dacha, it’s a sin not to try to escape to it from the hated beds. Bring your gear, bait and mosquito repellent. If you are really interested in such a hobby, the day will fly by unnoticed, and you will return home with a proud gait of a food earner (at least for a cat). If fishing is just a cover to calmly sunbathe and swim, then the phrase “does not bite today” will help to justify.

3. Try the barbecue menu

At the cottage, you can not only fry kebabs. Challenge yourself and cook only on fire. For breakfast - fragrant shakshuka with fresh herbs. It is most delicious to eat it straight from the pan, dipping the bread into the yolk. Boiled ear - for lunch. If you're making river fish soup, try adding a shot of vodka to the pot to soften the "marsh" smell. And for dinner, you can cook pilaf or potatoes with bacon on the coals.

Campfire Recipes many: lavash envelopes with suluguni, stuffed champignons, saute, steaks, grilled corn. Make a menu for a couple of days and buy groceries in the city in advance, especially if there is only a truck shop once a week in the country house.

4. Practice drawing from life

If you prepare everything you need before leaving, you can turn imprisonment in the country into a creative vacation. Take a canvas, paints, brushes, a comfortable chair and choose nature. If you like watercolor landscapes, look for a picturesque corner on the site. Prefer object painting? Try drawing a bright flower or a fresh fruit basket.

For those who are not at all friends with the composition, painting by numbers is also suitable. Painting a canvas outdoors with the buzzing of bees is like free art therapy.

5. Explore the family photo archive

If you are traveling with older relatives, invite them to arrange a family history evening. Get old albums from the mezzanines, make delicious tea, and the photos themselves will set the tone for the conversation. Maybe you will come across your grandfather's army archive or a stack of photographs from your parents' wedding. Feel free to ask questions: ask who Grandma went potato picking with when she was a student, and why dad wore a funny curly hairstyle in the 80s. Thanks to such evenings, you can learn a lot of interesting things about the history of your family.

6. Swing in a hammock with a book

This option is suitable for those whom relatives, passionate about gardening, do not criticize for idle idleness. The shade of trees, a cozy hammock, a good book: you can lie for hours, immersed in a fantasy world, interrupted only for lunch. If you were once very tired and still can’t get enough sleep, this leisure option is a real salvation.

7. Refurbish an old chest of drawers

Many take out to the dacha battered furniture. If you have a chest of drawers in your barn, which your grandfather bought on occasion back in the Soviet Union, you can try yourself as a restorer. Watch a couple of video tutorials, think over the design, prepare the tools and start creating.

By the way, professional carpentry equipment is not needed for easy alteration. Sandpaper, a screwdriver, paint, varnish, new accessories - and a boring old man will turn into a stylish handsome man.

8. Make jam

The summer season is a good time to prepare cute gifts for the year ahead and replenish your own stocks of jam. Five-minute fragrant blackcurrant, strawberry confiture, apple jam with gooseberries - experiment with ingredients and come up with new flavors.

Try to diversify the blanks with unusual combinations. For example, cook green walnut jam for a test or tea rose petals. And to turn the process into real creativity, take beautiful jars, bright stickers and other decor with you to the dacha.

9. Prepare tea sets and aromatic sachets

To do this, grab more canvas bags or paper bags from the city. Collect fragrant herbs: mint, lemon balm, lavender, raspberry or blackberry leaves. Chamomile and thyme often grow in the fields. In the forest you can find strawberry or lime blossom.

To dry the raw materials, lay them out in a thin layer in a well-ventilated shady place and leave for a couple of weeks. When the herbs are dry, start blending. For tea, it is enough to mix the leaves with flowers and distribute the collection into tea bags. And if you add a couple of drops of your favorite essential oil to a bag of herbs, you get a natural aromatic sachet.