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Catching and collecting rainwater: 7 ways

Catching and collecting rainwater: 7 ways

2025-10-04 22:10

Here you can read 7 ways on how you can catch and collect rainwater to reuse it in the garden or household

16 cat-friendly houseplants

16 cat-friendly houseplants

2025-10-04 22:10

We introduce you to 16 safe and cat-friendly houseplants with brief care and location tips

Echinopsis cacti - species/varieties and care tips

Echinopsis cacti - species/varieties and care tips

2025-10-04 22:10

Echinopsis - Echinopsis is better known as the farmer's cactus. The spherical cacti belong to a genus of around 180 species within the actual cacti. Echinopsis come from, among other things

When to sow herbs in the pot/garden - sowing calendar

When to sow herbs in the pot/garden - sowing calendar

2025-10-04 22:10

When should you sow herbs in a pot/garden? All information in our sowing calendar: which time is best

Pine marten, noble marten: profile, food and natural enemies

Pine marten, noble marten: profile, food and natural enemies

2025-10-04 22:10

The pine marten is a forest dweller and belongs to the family of real martens. You can find all the important and unique identifying features for the noble marten (pine marten) here

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The cypress looks great as a decorative plant on the terrace or balcony, but is it also hardy? Here are tips for wintering

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We clarify which cyclamens are hardy and how you can still overwinter cyclamens that are not hardy

Make your own grave arrangements for All Saints Day - DIY instructions

Make your own grave arrangements for All Saints Day - DIY instructions

Make your own grave arrangements for All Saints Day On All Saints Day it is tradition to place a grave arrangement on the grave. You can either buy this grave arrangement or try it yourself

Is rhododendron hardy? 6 tips for wintering

Is rhododendron hardy? 6 tips for wintering

When rhododendrons open their flowers in the spring sunshine in spring, everyone enjoys it. We show you how to overwinter the azalea successfully

Overwintering Strelitzia - 9 tips for strelitzias in winter

Overwintering Strelitzia - 9 tips for strelitzias in winter

Strelitzias (often incorrectly called Strelitzias) please with their individual flowers. These are reminiscent of bird heads. As perennial plants, they can be overwintered with a little skill

Spearmint - sowing and care in the garden and in pots

Spearmint - sowing and care in the garden and in pots

Mint - planting, care, cultivation, overwintering - mint is a very popular spice and medicinal plant. There are over 50 different varieties worldwide. In Germany you can mainly find lime mint

12 native evergreen shrubs & woody plants

12 native evergreen shrubs & woody plants

Native trees are ideal for a natural garden. You can read about which types are possible and what problems can arise here