A bed border can be built in many ways. Variants made of stone are particularly durable and easy to care for. In our article we present you with a few nice ideas and instructions for rebuilding. Concrete block ideas Concrete is boring, gray and drab? That was once, because with concrete blocks you can easily build weather-resistant and…
Aronia berries, also known as chokeberries, are becoming more and more common in home gardens. Because the pea-sized fruits of the deciduous shrubs contain many valuable ingredients when they are harvested ripe. According to the calendar In general, the harvest time for aronia berries is between mid-August and mid/late September. Within Germany, the chokeberry harvest begins a little earlier…
The selection of plants for a perennial bed is very large. However, a sunny location places very special characteristics on the plants, because they have to cope with sometimes difficult conditions. Fresh and nutrient-rich soil Soils that are moist often have high nutrient levels because rotting is encouraged in such locations. The advantage of such soils is…
Fleas can be dangerous to plants and humans under certain circumstances. If you have them in your garden, you should fight them immediately with home remedies and prevent them intelligently for the future. useful information The flea beetle (Psylliodes) is not actually a flea, but a flea beetle from the leaf beetle family. Its name derives from…
Ticks transmit diseases – to humans and pets! First of all Lyme disease, which can cause life-threatening organ damage. Since there is no vaccination as yet, caution is advised in the 2021 tick season. Tick season 2021 Ticks like warm temperatures. The warmer the days are, the more actively these small arachnids hunt for prey. In Germany, the period…
The window leaf is an enrichment for every room because it improves the air quality. There are around 50 species worldwide, a fraction of which are suitable for pot cultivation. Affenmaske (Monstera adansonii) There are hardly any limits to the creativity of the choice of name for this species, because it is also known in English…
If you want to build a garden house out of stone, you have to consider a few things. There are various basics that have to be observed from a legal and static point of view. The article explains this. building permit If a garden house made of stone is to be built in a corner or elsewhere…
There are a lot of bugs. Some appear brightly colored, while others are just big and black and can move by flying. There are different types of this. Big black bugs In this country there are a large number of black large flying beetles. Most of them can be found in nature, in the forest, in parks or…
For a short time during the year, beautiful butterflies make for “ugly” caterpillars. In some species, these are mainly black in color. But patterns, hairs or thorns help us to correctly identify the spotted specimens. 5 caterpillars with distinctive thorns Some species of Nymphalidae have black caterpillars that have more or less conspicuous, but always clearly recognizable…
Where a hornet queen flies around, a nest is usually not far away. But how is it to be distinguished from the workers and drones? Quite simply: by the size, special features in appearance and other features. size differences While the workers have body sizes between 18 and 20, more rarely up to 25 millimeters, hornet queens…