Gardening Tips

In this country, they are the best-known and most widespread winter vegetable – beet. The tubers can be used in the kitchen in an immensely versatile way. The range extends from vegetable garnish to salad and soup. Beet is generally considered to be tasty and healthy. Prerequisite is, however, that they are cooked raw they […]

According to the Nutrition Society, salsify is rich in minerals and low in calories. This makes it a healthy vegetable and can enrich the menu, especially in winter. If you want to enjoy them especially fresh, you don’t need a lot of space or a green thumb – because the plants are hardy and undemanding

When you have harvested the first ripe strawberries from your own garden, you will immediately understand why the strawberry is the absolute favorite fruit of the Europeans – below you will learn how easy it is to propagate strawberries and why propagating the right cultivars will give you much more strawberry flavor than you are

Where on the balcony picturesque flowers, decorative leaves and bright red fruits captivate the viewer, strawberries do the honors in the window box. In fact, the tempting fruit plants are not limited to growing in the flower bed. This guide will familiarize you with everything you need to do to turn your balcony into a

The best substrate for strawberries is not to look under any special soil, but should contain a lot of soil, including humus and sand or similar, so that it becomes permeable and nice and loose. Buying soil used to be an easy task: stop by the local nursery, shovel a mortar bag full of potting

Strawberries are popular with adults and children alike. They can be planted in almost any garden, following a few tips and advice. However, some people are a little confused when the question arises whether the tasty red fruit is not rather a nut? Fruit or nut? From a botanical point of view, strawberries belong to

You can effortlessly make a strawberry plant grow by fertilizing it “somehow”. However, you will not get a single strawberry plant to develop fruit with an intense strawberry flavor if you do not provide it with the nutrients it needs to do so in anywhere near the right amounts. If you use natural fertilizers/home remedies,

Do strawberry plants need winter protection? What is the best place for the sweet fruits? Are hanging strawberries allowed to stay outside all year round? And is it possible to store wild strawberries in the cellar during the winter? Many helpful tips on wintering strawberries can be found in this guide. Relevance of the variety

Probably the European’s favorite fruit is the strawberry. They are sweet as sugar and super tasty in other ways, too. So much the better that growing them is so uncomplicated, as long as you take a few things into account. Site conditions Strawberries are real sun children. In order to develop many delicious fruits, they

Spring many amateur gardeners associate with the enjoyment of sweet and sour rhubarb stalks. This period is limited for most varieties. Harvesting technique, on the other hand, affects the yield in the coming harvest season. Harvest time After you plant rhubarb in your garden, the plant needs time to grow and thrive. Harvesting takes place

Climbing zucchini are ideal for growing vegetables in a space-saving way – but they also require a lot of nutrients and plenty of water. The effort required for care should therefore not be underestimated. How it can be easier and which climbing aids are suitable, interested parties will learn here as well as everything worth

Seeded chili varieties contain many seeds, which are usually removed during preparation. You should keep a few of them. Each of them can turn into a green, richly bearing plant in the following year. However, there are also promising seeds in the market. Starting with sowing, a few handles await the gardener, so that in

Proper sowing is crucial for the development of bell pepper plants. We tell you the most important care steps, so that your bell pepper sowing is also successful! What is needed? If you want to grow peppers from seed, you need very little special equipment. Because much of it can be found in most households

Privacy fences are offered ready for installation in many colors and from many materials. However, as so often in life, during the selection you have to realize that any inexpensive solution is not really of high design value, while the exquisitely good-looking solutions are not insignificant burden on the household budget. The alternative is a

Anyone who wants to keep one or more turtles in the garden in the summer, usually can not do without a suitable turtle house. On the one hand, it serves as a retreat for the animals, on the other hand, it is something like a heat chamber. To build such a house yourself is not

Sitting comfortably in the garden, watching the butterflies at work and letting your mind wander – more relaxation is hardly possible. Unfortunately, butterflies are becoming increasingly rare in our gardens. In fact, many species are now even acutely threatened with extinction. So it’s high time to do something good for the animals. A butterfly box

When they appear en masse, white grubs can cause a great deal of damage to many lawns, as they feed on the roots of the grasses. Usually, however, the damage is not noticed until the lawn has brown spots. They can live in the soil for up to four years in the larval stage. When

Whether the lawn is bright green and grows densely depends largely on the soil and its condition. If over time the substrate becomes more and more acidic and poor in nutrients, then the grasses will not grow nicely. With the help of the dolomite lime, this problem can be solved immediately. However, before sprinkling, a

A beautiful lawn with a closed cover and a lush green color is the desire of many garden owners. Care plays a crucial role in this. The question about the speed of growth has its justification, because the growth of the lawn determines the mowing frequency. However, how fast a lawn grows depends on various

Anyone who takes the trouble of sowing a lawn can usually hardly wait until the first green blades finally sprout. The longer the wait, until finally a closed lawn is created. We explain which methods accelerate the growth of your lawn and effectively shorten the unloved waiting time. Perfect conditions for optimal germination Before considering

Weeds, which are conspicuous by their thick, unsightly clumps, are best kept in check by good lawn care and the thickest possible turf. Millet in the lawn can be easily removed manually for smaller areas. For larger areas, it may be necessary to chemically control and destroy millet. As a heat-loving grass, it has emerged

It is called eyebrow of Venus, lady’s weed, cricket grass, centaury, cat’s weed, lambs tongue or botanically Achillea millefolium, the common yarrow. It is beautiful to look at while in bloom. Bees, bumblebees and butterflies love the plant. It is one of the most famous medicinal herbs. The wild plant is common in meadows and

Winter turns a once lush green lawn into a sad, brownish and in many places bare sight. The delicate grasses suffer from winter cold, a possible snow load or simply excessive moisture. Moss and felt are often the result of the bare season, so spring maintenance measures such as fertilizing and scarifying are essential. But

Coffee grounds have become an established nitrogen addition in home gardens. The ground beans affect soil texture, making it difficult for clover to become more established. Coffee grounds: effect Coffee grounds are not a miracle cure for clover in lawns. Rather, it is a measure to strengthen the lawn and adjust the soil texture to

Quickly, especially fallow land is colonized by creeping quackgrass, a stubborn root weed in the local gardens. It is important to control the plants, for this there are several techniques and tips, which are explained in the article. Recognize When creeping couch grass (Elymus repens) spreads in the garden, it should be recognized as soon

Lawn seed mixes in the right composition lay the foundation for your lawn care success. Considerations before buying lawn seed It is worthwhile to conduct a brief site analysis and answer for yourself the question of whether the lawn will be located primarily in shade or sun, or perhaps more in partial shade. It would

When autumn arrives in the garden, there is once again a lot to do for the amateur gardener. Now is the time to give the lawn special care so that it can withstand the rigors of winter. This is urgently needed, because barbecues, children’s birthday parties and summer drought have left their mark. A comprehensive

Brown spots due to lack of care The most common reason for brown spots in the lawn is insufficient care. Dehydration may be behind the unsightly spots – direct sunlight and high heat can cause the lawn to burn. But waterlogging can also cause the spots. The remedy is regular scarification of the lawn, which

While some people are looking for the four-leaf clover, amateur gardeners are annoyed by the avoidable lucky charms. Especially when it comes to the lawn, most do not want him. Fortunately, removing it is easier than you might think. Cause of clover Basically, clover is a good thing, because it shows that the lawn is