Garden care

Fighting woodlice - natural remedies and home remedies

Fighting woodlice - natural remedies and home remedies

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

How do you get rid of woodlice in your home and garden? Read our information & tips. But don't forget: the animals are also useful

Fruit flies & Fight fruit flies successfully

Fruit flies & Fight fruit flies successfully

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Anyone who has fruit flies knows that the little animals can become a nuisance. We present proven remedies for fruit flies

Lawn fertilizer - long-term fertilizer with weed killer

Lawn fertilizer - long-term fertilizer with weed killer

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

There is no garden without a lawn. In order for it to grow lush green and dense, it needs the right fertilizer. This is what you need to know about lawn fertilizer

Organic Tomato Fertilizer - Horn Shavings & Co

Organic Tomato Fertilizer - Horn Shavings & Co

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Tomatoes are so-called heavy feeders, so they need plenty of nutrients. We introduce you to organic tomato fertilizers

Aphid control, fighting aphids - that's how it works

Aphid control, fighting aphids - that's how it works

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

The aphid is a plant lice and is one of the most common pests. Read our tips for aphid control

Snail defense - tips against snails

Snail defense - tips against snails

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

Are you also suffering from a plague of snails in your garden? Then take a look at our article on effective snail defense

Sports turf - tips for care: mowing, fertilizing & Co

Sports turf - tips for care: mowing, fertilizing & Co

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

Here you will find care tips for sports turf. The lawn, which is not only suitable for sports facilities, usually consists of Lolium perenne & Poa pratensis

Banana peel as fertilizer: 20 suitable plants

Banana peel as fertilizer: 20 suitable plants

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Household waste is no longer an insider tip as fertilizer. Here you will find 20 plants for which banana peels are a good fertilizer

Just sprinkling lawn seeds: is that enough?

Just sprinkling lawn seeds: is that enough?

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

Successful lawn seeding requires a few simple steps. Read here whether simply sprinkling lawn seeds is enough

Fertilizing eucalyptus: 7 effective home remedies

Fertilizing eucalyptus: 7 effective home remedies

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

Fertilize eucalyptus with home remedies and save money? You can read here which means are suitable and how to use them

Aphids (lice) on pepper and tomato plants

Aphids (lice) on pepper and tomato plants

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Aphids (lice) on peppers and tomato plants - peppers and tomatoes are not native to us. They originally grow in much more southern regions

Water the lawn correctly - in the morning or in the evening?

Water the lawn correctly - in the morning or in the evening?

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

Water the lawn correctly - morning or evening - The lawn is the jewel of the property in most gardens. But many hobby gardeners maintain them

What and when should you fertilize boxwood?

What and when should you fertilize boxwood?

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Fertilize boxwood - when and with what? Blue grain and horn shavings? - Like all other plants, boxwood needs enough nutrients so that it can thrive

Cutting Bougainvillea - Time & Instructions

Cutting Bougainvillea - Time & Instructions

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Cutting Bougainvillea - Timing & Instructions - Bougainvilleas mainly bloom at the ends of the shoots. Pruning strengthens flower formation

Prune yucca palms correctly - this is how you rejuvenate palm lilies

Prune yucca palms correctly - this is how you rejuvenate palm lilies

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Prune yucca palms correctly - palm lilies (yucca palms) can grow up to the ceiling. Therefore, you should know how to trim them

Cutting the fig tree - timing and instructions

Cutting the fig tree - timing and instructions

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Cutting a fig tree - timing and instructions - Figs can be cultivated as a bush or standard tree. We show you how to cut correctly

Lawn care in September and October

Lawn care in September and October

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Autumn has come, the gardening year is coming to an end, but lawn care is not over. We give tips for September & October

Fight dollar spot disease in the lawn

Fight dollar spot disease in the lawn

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Fight dollar spot disease in the lawn: Every hobby gardener is annoyed by unsightly spots in the lawn. The cause may be dollar spot disease

Installing the bamboo barrier later - instructions

Installing the bamboo barrier later - instructions

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Bamboo is an extremely popular plant for the garden. It is sometimes also used as a privacy screen because once planted, it grows and grows. Tips and information on containment can be found here

Cutting the Bux tree correctly - instructions for pruning

Cutting the Bux tree correctly - instructions for pruning

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

Anyone who owns a Bux tree is probably always asked the question of when and how it needs to be pruned. Tips and information can be found here

Make your own natural fertilizer for the garden

Make your own natural fertilizer for the garden

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Make your own natural fertilizer - There are various ways to make your own fertilizer. On the one hand, you can collect certain ingredients. Horse or cattle manure, manure in general is a good natural fertilizer

Boxwood fertilizer – composition and application

Boxwood fertilizer – composition and application

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

Boxwood fertilizer - important ingredients - The boxwood is an evergreen tree that grows very slowly. It can grow up to 8 m high, but usually only reaches bush height. He is ge

Lawn care in fall

Lawn care in fall

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

Lawn care in autumn also marks the end of the gardening year for the green space. The lawn then goes into its well-deserved winter rest and can thus gain strength

Re-laying an old lawn - here's how to do it step by step

Re-laying an old lawn - here's how to do it step by step

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Creating a new lawn - If the old lawn has become unsightly and you can't even refresh it later by evenly distributing new lawn seeds over the unsightly green area

Iron sulfate fertilizer against moss in the lawn - application

Iron sulfate fertilizer against moss in the lawn - application

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Iron sulfate against moss in the lawn - If moss grows in the beloved lawn in the garden, then that is the worst thing that can happen for any garden lover. However, you don't have to deal with the unloved W

Instructions: Creating a lawn + Overview of costs

Instructions: Creating a lawn + Overview of costs

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Creating a lawn - Instructions, costs and prices - The preparationThe best months to create a new lawn are April, May and September. These months have the best climatic conditions

When should you lay turf? How to do it

When should you lay turf? How to do it

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Laying turf in autumn - when is the best time? - Summer is over - the lawn is gone. Barbecue parties with friends, raging children, lots of things

Fighting grubs in the lawn - this is how it's done

Fighting grubs in the lawn - this is how it's done

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Fighting grubs in the lawn and compost. Grubs are beetle larvae, especially those of the May and June beetles. They are five to six centimeters long and live between two and four years. The

Primary rock flour, the fertilizer for tomatoes - application

Primary rock flour, the fertilizer for tomatoes - application

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Advantages of primary rock flour & Stone flour - If you are looking for the most harmless and natural fertilizers possible, you may have already come across the terms primary rock flour and stone powder

Fighting witch rings in the lawn - These resources help

Fighting witch rings in the lawn - These resources help

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

So-called witch rings in the lawn are mostly caused by various stand or cap fungi. These fungi then spread in a star shape from an infection site

Cut wisteria - make it bloom by cutting back

Cut wisteria - make it bloom by cutting back

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Cutting wisteria - instructions and timing - Wisteria is a great plant. Its blue flowers are so lush that hardly any other plant grows here

Get rid of the vinegar tree - this is how you cut and destroy it correctly

Get rid of the vinegar tree - this is how you cut and destroy it correctly

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

How to destroy a vinegar tree? The vinegar tree reproduces very strongly through runners. We give tips for cutting and removing the shoots

Clay granules as water storage

Clay granules as water storage

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

Plant granules are made of fired clay and absorb water like a sponge. This clay is foamed with air so that there are countless pores of different sizes in it

Mix bonsai soil yourself - instructions

Mix bonsai soil yourself - instructions

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

Bonsai plants are often a real hobby. We show you how you can mix bonsai soil yourself. Tips and 5 different mixtures

Mix cactus soil yourself & products in stores

Mix cactus soil yourself & products in stores

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Cactus soil - Cacti grow in nature under very special conditions. For this reason, you also need a very special soil in your flower pots at home. Theoretically it is possible

Mix your own lawn soil - the ideal lawn substrate

Mix your own lawn soil - the ideal lawn substrate

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

In order for a freshly sown lawn or a newly laid turf to grow optimally, special lawn soil is necessary. Tips for mixing yourself

Mold on potting soil - prevent and remove

Mold on potting soil - prevent and remove

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Mold on plant soil Mold on plant soil is common. Especially if you are too careful with watering, the white spores will form very quickly, which will then be quite unattractive

Peat, no thanks - environmental destruction through peat mining

Peat, no thanks - environmental destruction through peat mining

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Peat mining destroys habitats - when you buy potting soil, you rarely think about the serious consequences this has for nature. What very few people know is that most products m

Instructions: Mix rhododendron soil yourself & composition

Instructions: Mix rhododendron soil yourself & composition

Last modified: 2025-01-24 12:01

Rhododendron soilRhododendrons need a soil with the lowest possible pH value. For a rhododendron, a pH value of 4.5 - 6.0 is ideal. In addition, the distribution of nutrients in the soil must be

Mineral substrate for cacti and succulents

Mineral substrate for cacti and succulents

Last modified: 2025-06-01 06:06

Mineral substrate - advantages and disadvantages - Plants can not only be planted in exclusively humus-rich substrates, there is also mineral substrate. But with plant experts and hobby gardeners