Especially the fallen leaves in autumn protect the plants and many small living creatures from ice and cold in winter. If a blanket of snow comes over it, flora and fauna have it reasonably warm and cozy and all survive the winter period. Of course, the pests in the garden also survive. Here you only

Many lawn mowers today have a central cutting height adjustment, some devices must be adjusted separately on two or four wheels. Either way, it shouldn’t be a big problem to adjust the cutting height. Experts recommend a cutting height between 3.5 and 4.5 cm. We find: A concrete and generally applicable centimeter specification for the

After a cold winter, the lawn often looks very battered. Clearly, it needs a springtime makeover. Fertilizing, scarifying, liming and mowing are on the agenda. To aerate the top layer of soil and loosen up the root layer a little, the lawn is freed from moss and weeds. This can be done with special scarifiers.

Not every lawn seeding is crowned with stunning success. Sometimes the result remains in need of improvement, the grasses grow rather sparsely and possibly unevenly. If this is so, it may be due to incorrect seeding. Or the location. When seeding turf, there are a few points to keep in mind that will improve the

Specialty stores also offer so-called mulching mowers. Other lawn mowers come with a mulching kit or a corresponding switch-over function. But what does that actually mean? And is it really better for the lawn than conventional lawn mowing? With mulch mowing, the grass clippings are not collected, but simply left on the lawn. Oh, you’re

In autumn, garden owners may suddenly find holes in the lawn that appear more or less “overnight”. The suspicion is obvious that animals are at work here. But which cheeky badger could be on the loose? It might actually be an animal digging the holes in the lawn. It could be a hedgehog, but also

Boxwood can also be damaged in winter and due to long periods of frost. This then manifests itself in yellow or brown leaves. There are three causes for this symptom in boxwood: the dreaded shoot death, a lack of nutrients or drying out during the frost period. Often, the lack of water in the Buxus

Curled leaves are one of the most common types of damage to roses. A species of leaf wasp, the rose leafroller wasp, is responsible for this. Small green larvae The insect, which is only a few millimeters in size, usually hatches from the soil under the plant at the same time as the leaves emerge.

The plague of snails is omnipresent, especially after this rainy May. All defensive measures such as sprinkling slug pellets, erecting slug fences and beer traps, collecting eggs are well-known tips, but they are of little help. Keep snails away permanently Nematodes are tiny, small threadworms. The (unpronounceable) Phasmarhabditis nematodes of the species hermaphrodita are suitable

As soon as the first leaves of dahlias appear, they come slimed: Slugs, and really a lot of them. For them, it seems to be THE treat in the spring. To prevent your dahlias from being gnawed off, we’ve put together the best tips against slugs. Snails can completely eat away seedlings and fresh greenery

In small gardens, the ideal location for a glass greenhouse is usually found quickly. But even here you should avoid mistakes and try to create optimal conditions. Basically, the lightest place in the garden is considered the optimal place for a small greenhouse. Especially in winter, the sun should shine on it as long and

On a slope in full sun the following grows well: the fastest to root the slope is the pennywort (Lysimachia nummularia, blooming in June-July with many yellow flowers) or a strawberry meadow (variety ‘Florika’ with many very tasty medium-sized fruits). You can also use golden strawberry (Waldsteinia ternata), which weaves a dense, absolutely low-maintenance carpet.

Mighty pumpkins are the pride of the gardener and give a delicious soup in late summer. Their cultivation is relatively unproblematic – once the plant is sown. How best to do this, we describe here. Under the keyword “pumpkin” includes both zucchini and non-edible ornamental pumpkins, as well as bottle gourds, the giant edible pumpkins

You can get nasty surprises when harvesting apples. If the apple is wormy or you bite into a rotten core, a small moth has probably struck, namely the codling moth (Cydia pomonella). The butterflies are 15 to 20 mm in size and inconspicuous brown-bark colored. Infestation several times a year Immediately after mating, a female

In autumn, the ripe pumpkins are harvested when the skin is no longer green, the fruit sounds hollow when tapped and the stem base is hard and woody. You can then store them at home for several more weeks or eat them right away. Mineral deficiency in the soil One reason is a calcium deficiency

Juniper (Juniperus) is occasionally affected by the so-called needle blight, which is manifested by brown branches and needle drop. It can be caused by irregular watering (waterlogging or drought) or also by an infestation of the juniper leaf miner moth. The moths of this moth fly in the months of May/June. They then immediately begin