One of the most popular types of vegetables in Mexico thrives excellently in summer hobby gardens in local regions. The tomatillo thus opens up a unique opportunity for fans of Mexican cuisine to cultivate an extravagant plant in their kitchen garden at home. This does not necessarily mean that the Physalis philadelphica comes along with capricious claims…
The focus of all gardening efforts are of course the plants. However, certain components or constructions can always help to put one or the other plant in the limelight. A rose arch is probably the best-known example of such an addition. Whether made of wood or metal, you can easily build the trellis yourself in just a few…
In dried form, mugwort gives numerous dishes that certain something. But how does it end up on the plate from the field or from your own garden? In order to preserve the spicy aroma, the gardener has to pay attention to a few things when harvesting and drying mugwort. This guide explains how, gives harvest-time tips and creative…
The water lettuce is a hungry heavy feeder with a tropical home that can help with pond cleaning in summer. Then it helps remove excess nutrients from the water and also reduces algae growth. But mussel flowers are not hardy here, they are removed from the pond in late summer, so there is no fear of a…
Crosne, Stachys or Knollenziest – the Ziest is almost unknown, but still has numerous names. Stachys sieboldii is a wonderful winter vegetable with a fine taste, which can also be harvested fresh at Christmas and requires little care throughout the year. If you want to bring the gourmet vegetables into your own garden, you only have to…
A feast for the eyes in the bed and on the plate, nutty aroma and rich in vitamin C – this is how Mediterranean radicchio has conquered the hearts of hobby gardeners. Thanks to innovative breeding, cultivation north of the Alps is no longer a dream. We are talking about the Palla Rosso varieties, which are impressively…
Peppers are very popular among hobby gardeners because they are true all-rounders. With their numerous, mainly white flowers, they are in no way inferior to many ornamental plants in terms of attractiveness. As a container plant, they decorate terraces and balconies. They attract attention in the bed, especially when the colorful, bright, green, yellow or red pods appear,…
The tropical papaya does not come to mind for a hobby gardener when he is looking for an eye-catching container plant. Cultivation can certainly be successful, because the sun-kissed Carica papaya feels in good hands in a warm conservatory or bright living room. Here she lets her pretty flowers appear along the long trunk, followed by large,…
Feverfew sounds comforting and inspires confidence, and the herb is just as comforting for some human ailments. So it was not a good development that feverfew was pretty much forgotten, and it is only logical in the course of a general return to natural substances that feverfew is just being rediscovered. In addition, a sea…
Clary sage tastes just as spicy as the German name sounds; Salvia sclarea is exactly the plant from the sage genus that the botanical name sounds like. Both together result in a sensational ornamental perennial that, in addition to beauty, also has some culinary talents and is also super easy to grow in the garden. This, in turn,…