The geranium, better known as pelargonium, originally comes from South Africa. Our gardens, terraces and balconies would be unimaginable without it. The variety of colors, shapes and leaves of the geranium is almost endless. The plant is easy to care for and adaptable. Only the hibernation is somewhat difficult, which is usually due to a lack of ideal winter…
There are many reasons why a hobby gardener wants to grow his own vegetables. The list of the resulting advantages is long and ranges from a sensible leisure activity to a noticeable relief in the household budget. If you don’t just tackle this project for the fun of it, but want to benefit yourself and your family…
It welcomes spring with fresh green leaves on branches with a reddish tinge. Its dense foliage provides welcome shade in summer and turns into a bright, colorful spectacle in autumn. As the most common deciduous tree in Germany, the common beech has long since conquered the hearts of enthusiastic hobby gardeners. In park-like areas, the Fagus sylvatica characterizes…
The more hectic everyday life becomes, the more important the garden becomes as a place of retreat and a source of relaxation for people. Here the hobby gardener can realize his creative ideas; no matter whether it is a kitchen garden, an ornamental garden or a combination of both. A garden wall offers an excellent opportunity to set…
Gabions have become very fashionable. If you don’t know what that is, read on. Gabions are wire baskets filled with different stones. They are also called debris basket, wire gravel box or stone basket. They are available in very different designs and depending on this, the gabions are used. The narrowest baskets are usually used to build a gabion wall….
Box trees can grow up to 8 meters high in our latitudes and even up to 20 meters in subtropical areas. In central European gardens you tend to find smaller box plants. The boxwood is evergreen, so it provides color in the otherwise mostly gray garden even in winter. They are most popular as topiary, spherical, pyramidal, spiral,…
Garden pond aquatic plants usually thrive just as well in cold water aquariums, so that they can be admired indoors during the cold season instead of remaining under a barren layer of ice. Exotic pond plants, on the other hand, prefer life in warm water aquariums because they don’t like the freezing temperatures here. Consequently, resourceful hobby…
Whether ornamental or play lawn – the right lawn mixture is available for every requirement. Maintaining a healthy, dense green carpet, however, requires a fair amount of care and effort. Fast-growing and demanding types of lawn in particular require pruning several times a year. When preparing to mow the lawn, however, it is not just about having the…
Muggy, warm weather and thunder can be heard in the distance. They often occur during thunderstorms and settle on people’s skin and clothing. This refers to the small, black beetles, which are also known as thunderstorm animals. But what can be done against the annoying insects, is there a prevention or control? And the most important question, are these…
There are different types of bird feeders: with silo, thatched roof, clapboard, on a wooden stand or for hanging. Here we would like to present you with construction instructions for a cheap and simple variant of how you can build the bird feeder, modify and expand it as you wish. Who is this guide for? Building…