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Gardening

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Magazine Gardening

Germination & Sowing

Propagating seedlings: Growing vegetable plants

Propagating seedlings: Growing vegetable plants

You want to grow your own vegetable plants? Find an overview of what is important when propagating healthy plants here!
Propagating seedlings: Growing vegetable plants

Propagating seedlings: Growing vegetable plants

You want to grow your own vegetable plants? Find an overview of what is important when propagating healthy plants here!
Pre-planting cucumbers: How to get healthy young plants

Pre-planting cucumbers: How to get healthy young plants

Here you will find an overview of what you should bear in mind when growing young cucumber plants.
Pre-planting peppers & chili: Tips for healthy young plants

Pre-planting peppers & chili: Tips for healthy young plants

We give you an overview of what you need to consider when propagating peppers and chilies.
Making your own seed tape - instructions

Making your own seed tape - instructions

In this article you will find instructions on how to easily make your own seed tape for sowing vegetables.
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Fertilizing

Green manure: Advantages, plants & tips

Green manure: Advantages, plants & tips

In this article, you can find out which plants are suitable as green manure and how best to use them.
Green manure: Advantages, plants & tips

Green manure: Advantages, plants & tips

In this article, you can find out which plants are suitable as green manure and how best to use them.
Raspberries: Pruning, fertilizing & propagating

Raspberries: Pruning, fertilizing & propagating

How to prune, fertilize and propagate raspberries, and whether they need a root barrier or climbing support, you can learn in this article.
Pruning, fertilizing & propagating currants: Care tips

Pruning, fertilizing & propagating currants: Care tips

Tips on what you need to consider when pruning, fertilizing and propagating currants can be found in this article.
Fertilizing strawberries: Home remedies & natural fertilizers at a glance

Fertilizing strawberries: Home remedies & natural fertilizers at a glance

We give you tips on fertilizing strawberries. Find out which fertilizers and household remedies you can use: from compost, manure and coffee grounds to nettle manure.
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Plant Protection

Recognizing and combating plant diseases

Recognizing and combating plant diseases

Find out why your plants are sick here. We give you an overview of possible causes.
Recognizing and combating plant diseases

Recognizing and combating plant diseases

Find out why your plants are sick here. We give you an overview of possible causes.
The ice saints: Farmer's rule or myth?

The ice saints: Farmer's rule or myth?

In this article, we get to the bottom of the ice saints. We explain the farmer's rule and give you tips on frost protection for plants.
Drive away & control voles: how it works

Drive away & control voles: how it works

In this article, you will learn how to repel and control voles in the garden and what really helps.
Fighting & preventing aphids: this (really) helps

Fighting & preventing aphids: this (really) helps

In this article, you will learn the best tips and tricks for recognizing, controlling and preventing aphids naturally.
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Soil

Green manure: Advantages, plants & tips

Green manure: Advantages, plants & tips

In this article, you can find out which plants are suitable as green manure and how best to use them.
Green manure: Advantages, plants & tips

Green manure: Advantages, plants & tips

In this article, you can find out which plants are suitable as green manure and how best to use them.
Lime fertilizer: tips for properly liming garden soil

Lime fertilizer: tips for properly liming garden soil

You can naturally maintain the fertility of the soil with lime. Here are tips on how to lime your garden soil properly!
Make Your Own Potting Compost & Sowing Soil

Make Your Own Potting Compost & Sowing Soil

Find out how you can make your own potting soil/seeding soil and what the benefits are.
No Dig Gardening: Preparing the Soil Without Digging Up

No Dig Gardening: Preparing the Soil Without Digging Up

Creating no-dig beds is a soil-friendly, ecological alternative to digging. Find out here why and how to create such a bed.
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No Dig

No Dig Gardening: Preparing the Soil Without Digging Up

No Dig Gardening: Preparing the Soil Without Digging Up

Creating no-dig beds is a soil-friendly, ecological alternative to digging. Find out here why and how to create such a bed.
No Dig Gardening: Preparing the Soil Without Digging Up

No Dig Gardening: Preparing the Soil Without Digging Up

Creating no-dig beds is a soil-friendly, ecological alternative to digging. Find out here why and how to create such a bed.
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Biodiversity & Wildlife Conservation

Beneficial insects: Insects & other animals in the garden

Beneficial insects: Insects & other animals in the garden

In this article, you can find out which beneficial insects you should definitely know as a gardener, which "pests" they help against and how you can best promote them.
Beneficial insects: Insects & other animals in the garden

Beneficial insects: Insects & other animals in the garden

In this article, you can find out which beneficial insects you should definitely know as a gardener, which "pests" they help against and how you can best promote them.
Deadwood hedge: A guide to creating a Benjes hedge

Deadwood hedge: A guide to creating a Benjes hedge

How you can create and plant a deadwood hedge and what to consider, you will learn here in the article.
Bee-friendly plants: Flowers, Trees & Co.

Bee-friendly plants: Flowers, Trees & Co.

Get tips for bee-friendly plants and an overview of trees, flowers, herbs and vegetables you can plant for bees.
Saving old vegetable varieties: What you can do

Saving old vegetable varieties: What you can do

In this article, we explain what you can do to keep old varieties alive. There is also an overview of why crop diversity is so important.
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