Gardening Tips

Probably you are very happy about your rain barrel with which you collect free rainwater all year round. But especially in summer you might have the problem to be haunted by mosquitoes. So like me at first you ask yourself now which means against mosquito larvae in the rain barrel really help? Overview of the […]

Whether it’s baking, cooking, or just your Sunday breakfast egg – every week, a few eggshells end up as garbage. But can eggshells be used as fertilizer? After much research and trial and error, here’s why eggshells make sense as fertilizer, how much, how often, and most importantly, which plants you can fertilize with them.

You want to know if your rain barrel has to be emptied in winter? To prevent possible damage to the rain barrel, you will find everything you need to know on this topic here: How exactly can frost and ice damage your rain barrel?What type of rain barrel needs to be emptied?Other methods to winterize

Whether English lawn or just a healthy lawn without moss or clover. To achieve this, it makes sense to scarify the lawn regularly. When is the right time to scarify the lawn, you will learn in this article. In particular, I explain at what time of year or in what month and in what weather

You’ve planted your own garden, or maybe you got yourself some plants for the balcony. Now you’re probably wondering how you should water the plants properly to get the best yield or the most beautiful bloom and that your plants survive as long as possible. Then you’re in the right place, because I’ll tell you

Everyone knows bark mulch, knows how it looks and knows that you can use it to mulch the garden. But, of course, there are other mulch materials. Therefore, the question arises whether bark mulch is really the best mulch material or whether another material is better for mulching? In this article, we will get to

You want to lime your garden but wonder at what time of year or at what time and weather you should lime the soil? In this article you will get answers to all these questions and learn when to lime the garden! If there is a lack of lime in the garden, i.e. too low

Are you thinking about liming your garden or not? Or perhaps you have already limed it and now want to know how lime affects the soil? In either case, you’ve come to the right place, because I’ll explain the effect of lime in the soil and what happens to the soil when you lime it.

Are you wondering what mineral mulch materials are and where they are used? In addition to these questions, you will learn here what mineral materials are available for mulching and what the advantages and disadvantages of the different mulch materials are. After reading this article, you should have found the right mineral mulch material for

Summer is coming to an end, most of the fruit and vegetables in the garden have been harvested and the days are slowly getting shorter again. Then it is time to prepare the garden and the beds for winter. But should you dig up the garden in autumn or not? Whether and in which cases

You have decided to lime your garden but do not know how much lime to spread? In this article you will learn what is the necessary amount of lime for different soil types and how much lime you should spread depending on the current condition of your garden. How much lime the garden needs depends

You’ve heard that some plants like lime but you’re not sure which ones and you’re wondering, which plants need lime? In this article you will find a complete list of flowers, vegetable plants, herbs, fruits and shrubs that all like lime. All plants that require neutral or slightly alkaline soil (pH 5.5 to 7.5) need

Lime is beneficial and sometimes necessary for plants that like neutral to slightly alkaline soil. But not all plants like these conditions and are sensitive to lime. In this article you will learn which plants do not like lime: from flowers, vegetables, herbs to fruit and shrubs that do not like lime. Plants that have

You’ve heard that coffee grounds can be used as fertilizer and now you’re wondering which plants tolerate coffee grounds? Here you can find the most popular plants – flowers, vegetables, fruits, herbs and ornamental shrubs – that like coffee grounds. All plants that prefer a rather acidic soil (pH less than 7.0) can be fertilized

Thuja is often planted in one’s own home or allotment garden as a hedge, privacy screen or for ornamental and general greening. However, the question arises whether Thuja is poisonous and can therefore also be dangerous for humans and animals? All species of Thuja are poisonous due to the essential oils contained in the plant.

Are you looking for an alternative to horn shavings that has just as good a long-term effect and contains a lot of nitrogen? Then you are in the right place, because I give you an overview of the best or best known animal-free nitrogen fertilizers and the alternatives to horn shavings, which are animal but

Be it through the barbecue, a nice campfire in the summer or through the tile or Swedish stove in the winter. If you take a closer look, you produce quite a lot of ash. If you ask yourself whether you can use ash as fertilizer, then you are exactly right. Because I explain to you,

Wasps can become a real nuisance in summer. No sooner have you sat down comfortably for coffee on the terrace than the annoying insects are already there. Again and again you hear or read that copper coins protect against wasps. But is that really true, or is it just a fairy tale? How is it