Plants 2025, January

Acidifying garden soil: effective methods & home remedies

Acidifying garden soil: effective methods & home remedies

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How can you acidify the soil with home remedies? - Read tips here for lowering the pH value in garden soil without peat

Hanging flowers: creative ideas for vertical gardens

Hanging flowers: creative ideas for vertical gardens

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Stage flowers hanging. - Get inspired by creative ideas on how to hang flowers decoratively. - This is how it works with and without a pot

Picking plums: When is the right time?

Picking plums: When is the right time?

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Plums taste good to everyone. We give tips about harvesting, how to distinguish the fruits from plums and useful background information

Hanging suet balls: This is how birds find the right place

Hanging suet balls: This is how birds find the right place

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How to hang suet balls correctly. - Practical tips and tricks for food dumplings in the garden and on the balcony

Tit box orientation: Which direction is ideal?

Tit box orientation: Which direction is ideal?

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How do you hang a tit box correctly? - Which direction? - How high? - Read answers to frequently asked questions here

Hanging up a birdhouse: Important tips and tricks

Hanging up a birdhouse: Important tips and tricks

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How do you hang a birdhouse correctly? - Answers to important questions. - Which direction? - How high? - Where and how to hang the nesting box?

Attach the starling box: height, direction and more

Attach the starling box: height, direction and more

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How to hang a starling box correctly. - Tips on direction, hanging height, timing and location for starling boxes in the garden

Baby bird found: How to raise it successfully

Baby bird found: How to raise it successfully

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Not every seemingly orphaned young bird needs help. Read about which birds you should help and what is important when feeding them

Stimulate root growth - The 5 best home remedies

Stimulate root growth - The 5 best home remedies

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How to accelerate root growth using natural means. - 5 home remedies that stimulate root growth without chemicals

Bleeding Heart: Profile, Care & Propagation

Bleeding Heart: Profile, Care & Propagation

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In this article we would like to introduce you to the Bleeding Heart. You will also find valuable planting and care tips for this pretty cottage garden perennial here

Preserving garlic: This way the aroma is retained for a long time

Preserving garlic: This way the aroma is retained for a long time

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Garlic can be easily preserved in a variety of ways. We will explain what options there are using several recipes in this article

Sea anemones in the aquarium: This is how they are raised and cared for

Sea anemones in the aquarium: This is how they are raised and cared for

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This is how sea anemones thrive in a s altwater aquarium. Find answers to frequently asked questions about actinia here

Magical ground cover with a sunny disposition - the cat's paw

Magical ground cover with a sunny disposition - the cat's paw

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Planting and caring for Antennaria is not difficult. All information about cat paws has these answers to frequently asked questions

Planting, cutting & propagating Mahonias: Instructions

Planting, cutting & propagating Mahonias: Instructions

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Are you still confused about how to properly care for a Oregon grape? Then you will find answers to frequently asked questions here

How can you use ground cover plants in garden design?

How can you use ground cover plants in garden design?

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In this article you will learn how you can make beds interesting with ground cover and what you need to pay attention to when planting

Attaching the bird house: Tree-friendly options & tips

Attaching the bird house: Tree-friendly options & tips

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A birdhouse can be attached in different ways. We will show you tree-friendly and invisible brackets and discuss free hanging

Grinding chili peppers: The best methods and tips

Grinding chili peppers: The best methods and tips

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Chilies are suitable for making powder. Here you will find out how to process chili peppers by hand, with coffee grinders or with a moulinette

Pressing pomegranate: 4 effective methods presented

Pressing pomegranate: 4 effective methods presented

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Pomegranate juice is easy to make yourself. This is done using a citrus press, juicer and strainer or by kneading with your hands

Enjoy pomegranate seeds he althily: Everything about their consumption

Enjoy pomegranate seeds he althily: Everything about their consumption

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Pomegranates are vitamin bombs. Here you can read whether the seeds are edible, how to recognize ripe fruits and how to use them correctly

Eating melon seeds: he althy or dangerous?

Eating melon seeds: he althy or dangerous?

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Melons are the perfect summer refreshment. Here you can read whether the seeds are edible and what you need to know about using them

Storing herbs: This way they stay fresh and aromatic for a long time

Storing herbs: This way they stay fresh and aromatic for a long time

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Fresh herbs don't last long. Here you can find out everything about storing them in a vase, in the fridge or freezer and drying them

Pressing plants: How to create a herbarium correctly

Pressing plants: How to create a herbarium correctly

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Drying preserves plants. We will explain to you what is important and how to build and use a press - with general instructions

Grinding vanilla pods: How to use the full aroma

Grinding vanilla pods: How to use the full aroma

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Vanilla beans make an aromatic powder. Here you can read everything about the complete processing, from scraping, to using the pods, to grinding

Cutting and caring for bearskin grass correctly: A guide

Cutting and caring for bearskin grass correctly: A guide

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Bearskin grass requires special measures. Here you can read everything about pruning, topiary and rejuvenation - with information about growth

Quick and he althy: grow summer spinach in your own garden

Quick and he althy: grow summer spinach in your own garden

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The undemanding summer spinach is ideal as an intermediate and secondary crop. You can find out how to sow and cultivate spinach in this article

Cutting spice bushes: successful methods & tips

Cutting spice bushes: successful methods & tips

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The spice bush requires annual pruning. Here you can read everything about the basic rules and techniques of plant pruning, thinning and rejuvenation

Cutting elephant grass: The right time & techniques

Cutting elephant grass: The right time & techniques

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Elephant grass needs an annual cut. Read everything about timing, preparations and cutting techniques here - with tips to share

Indigo bush flowers: successful cutting and care

Indigo bush flowers: successful cutting and care

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The indigo bush proves to tolerate cutting well. We explain everything about timing as well as caring and radical cutting measures

Cutting mock acacia: How to promote growth and symmetry

Cutting mock acacia: How to promote growth and symmetry

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Mock acacias are popular ornamental trees. We explain the difference between black locust and ball acacia and show you typical cutting techniques

Cutting ornamental trees: When and how to do it correctly?

Cutting ornamental trees: When and how to do it correctly?

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Ornamental trees are divided into two groups when cut. This is how you prune early-flowering and summer-flowering trees correctly

Bark mulch grain size: Which size is the right one?

Bark mulch grain size: Which size is the right one?

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The grain size plays an important role in bark mulch. Here you can read which grain sizes are useful for which outdoor areas

Use bark mulch correctly: path surface, soil protection & more

Use bark mulch correctly: path surface, soil protection & more

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Bark mulch can be used in many ways. We report on the options for paving paths, soil protection, soil improvement and weed suppression

Bark mulch alternatives: Protect the environment and your wallet

Bark mulch alternatives: Protect the environment and your wallet

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There are several alternatives to bark mulch. Find out more about pine bark, compost, leaves, lawn clippings and miscanthus here

Bark mulch and mold: What to do if there is a fungal infection in the bed?

Bark mulch and mold: What to do if there is a fungal infection in the bed?

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It is not uncommon for fungi to appear in bark mulch. Here you can find out why this is the case, which fungi are typical and what you can do about it

Bark mulch in the garden: What disadvantages are there to consider?

Bark mulch in the garden: What disadvantages are there to consider?

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Bark mulch has negative effects. We provide information about nitrogen withdrawal, intolerances, snail spread and species loss

Bark mulch: Effective methods for repelling snails

Bark mulch: Effective methods for repelling snails

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Bark mulch offers snails an ideal habitat. Here you can find out why you like this environment and what you can do about it

Buying bark mulch: What to look for and how to recognize quality?

Buying bark mulch: What to look for and how to recognize quality?

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Not all bark mulch is the same. Here you can read what is crucial when buying and how high-quality products differ from poor ones

Weight of bark mulch: differences between fine and coarse

Weight of bark mulch: differences between fine and coarse

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Bark mulch and its weight - we explain to you why calculating the weight is so difficult and provide orientation values and information on prices

Combining mulch and fleece: How much bark mulch is necessary?

Combining mulch and fleece: How much bark mulch is necessary?

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There are guidelines for how much bark mulch is necessary. How to calculate the amount you need - with information on costs and alternatives

Bark mulch thickness: How much is optimal for your garden?

Bark mulch thickness: How much is optimal for your garden?

Last modified: 2025-01-23 11:01

The thickness of a mulch layer is of great importance. This is how bark mulch works in the garden - with information on the optimal layer height for beds and usable areas