Garden
Balcony plants before your vacation: How to keep them going for a few days
Before leaving, balcony plants need more than a quick sip of water. Here is how to sensibly plan for shade, water reservoirs, mulch, and help from neighbors.
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Plants
The Plants category contains advice and helpful tips about the world of plants
Garden
Gardening in the heat: watering, mulching and planning breaks correctly
During very hot weather, plants need water, but people need breaks too. That way you can tend the garden, balcony and raised bed without wasting water and effort...
Garden
Saving balcony plants in the heat: watering correctly and saving water
Hot days quickly put balcony plants under stress. With a morning routine, larger pots, mulch, shade, and closed water reservoirs, herbs, tomatoes, and flowers stay fresh longer.
Household
Growing fruit on the balcony: The best varieties for small spaces
Fresh fruit straight from your own balcony? That's long since more than a trend — for many it's a regular part of urban gardening. Even without a garden…
Household
10 vegetables that grow on the smallest balcony
No garden? No problem. Even on just a few square meters you can harvest surprisingly much. Growing vegetables on the balcony is easier than many think — even…
Plants
Surviving with a brown thumb: houseplants that forgive everything
Not everyone has a green thumb. While some apartments look like a botanical garden, others struggle with yellow leaves, drooping shoots, and dried-out…
Plants
How do I get a Christmas cactus to bloom again?
Ich habe schon lange einen Weihnachtskaktus, der nur hin und wieder geblüht hat. Irgendwann habe ich durch Zufall einen Tipp gefunden, wie man denn…
Plants
These houseplants always smell like spring
Duftende Pflanzen faszinieren einem nicht nur durch ihr einzigartiges Duften, sondern auch mit ihren unterschiedlichen Frühlingsfarben. Die wichtigsten Rollen dieser Naturwesen sind jedoch noch…
Garden
Instructions for creating a miniature garden yourself
I've always wanted a miniature garden, and without my telling her, my daughter made me one like that for Mother's Day. I…