What kind of garden soil do I have? The 3 most important soil types at a glance

Contents1 Recognize the different types of soil and know which plants grow best where2 Soil is not just soil3 Some like it light: sandy soils4 Recognizing sandy soil5 How to recognize a medium-heavy soil6 Clay in clay: The heavy garden soil7 Recognizing heavy soil8 To loosen the heavy clay soil9 The right pH value in […]

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Hardy plants – All about cold, frost and winter hardiness zones

Some plants cope wonderfully with cold, while others are extremely sensitive to low temperatures and like it comfortably warm in winter. This article is all about the terms hardy or winter hardy. You will learn which winter hardiness zones there are, which factors influence them and whether hardy plants can survive even very severe frost.

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Garden and Urban Beekeeping

Good morning to all garden lovers. Today I come to comment on a topic that is very fashionable in the USA, has jumped to Europe and is beginning to show its head in some Spanish cities, it is urban beekeeping, a way to produce honey from honeycombs located on terraces or balconies of the city. I

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Green Roofs and Vertical Gardens. What are they and what are their benefits?

Recently we talked about an initiative to install green roofs on buses that brought multiple benefits to the city and its citizens. Well, today we are going to discuss in more detail the subject of green roofs: green roofs and walls. We will see what benefits they bring and what materials and species are being experimented

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Vertical Gardens: Prices, Types and Benefits of Vertical Gardens

Vertical gardens were invented thousands of years ago. Already in ancient Babylon there were vertical gardens or hanging gardens. It has also been very common, throughout the history of gardening, the use of climbing plants such as ivy, jasmine or Virginia creeper to cover facades. However, in recent years the development of new construction systems

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Benefits of Urban Gardens

Urban agriculture is an alternative to change the food and lifestyle of urbanites. Today we will see why and what are the main benefits of urban gardens. Contents1 Gray Cities VS Urban Agriculture 2 Environmental benefits of gardens3 Social benefits of urban gardens4 Economic benefits Gray Cities VS Urban Agriculture  Those of us who live in

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Pumpkin: Common Pests and Diseases

In today’s article the protagonist will be the pumpkin. On other occasions, we have already talked about how to grow pumpkin in the garden, the different varieties, and even, our colleague Sandra, taught us how to create a terrifying Halloween pumpkin. Today, I will focus on the pests and diseases that can affect this crop.

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Aquaponics or fish farming: What it is, how it works and advantages

Aquaponics is a sustainable system of simultaneous plant and fish production that combines traditional aquaculture (aquatic animal husbandry) with hydroponics (growing plants without substrate but in water with dissolved nutrients) in a symbiotic environment in which the plants benefit from the fish and vice versa. Contents1 What is aquaponics?2 Components of an aquaponic system3 Fundamentals

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