The garden
Everything that happens in and around our garden
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Prepare your lawn in spring for the gardening season
It’s the beginning of March and winter is slowly retreating. It’s time for me to take care of my garden and bring it out of hibernation. Today I want to take care of my lawn. There is a lot to do, especially in spring. Mowing the lawn, fertilizing the lawn, reseeding the lawn, in addition to scarifying and aerating, are just a few things that I would like to tackle today. I also have to reactivate my water taps and my lawn irrigation system after the winter. Looking back on winter Last winter was characterized by long periods of rain and strong storms. The cold temperatures and frosty nights…
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2. set up balcony power station in the garden and connect in series.
Despite my balcony power plant in the backyard and lower electricity consumption, electricity costs keep going up. According to the http://strom-report.de, KWh of electricity costs an average of 34.6 cents. New contracts currently cost as much as 41 cents. It is therefore necessary to think about cost-effective alternatives. Making electricity yourself – what alternatives are there? I can’t really make myself self-sufficient from an external power supply in Germany. Whether electric power from photovoltaic modules, wind power or even combined heat and power plants: Either I am dependent on the whims of nature, as with solar and wind power, and or on an external energy source such as oil…
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Masonry and glue walls with gas concrete – install bar counter and windows in the new garden kitchen.
After the base of the new garden kitchen was set and aligned with the gas concrete blocks, I could now start building the walls with the Ytong blocks. A special feature here should become the bar counter of the pool bar, in addition to the window on the south side.
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Build garden kitchen yourself – walls with gas concrete masonry
The foundation of the garden kitchen was ready and now the masonry with the gas concrete blocks could start. In total, my project to the new outdoor right by the pool had an already a delay of 6 months. Cov19, shortage of materials and craftsmen sent their regards. The weather also very often put a spoke in my wheel. But now the time had come and it could start. Choice of materials for the garden kitchen The new garden kitchen should be built solid. I had already drawn up the plans for the kitchen, so I was able to estimate the material consumption quite well. The shortlist included Poroton…
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Build your own bird aviary – outdoor enclosure for rabbits, birds and guinea pigs
I had already put up the garden house for the bird aviary and small animal aviary. Now the appropriate outdoor enclosure was missing so that the rabbits, birds and guinea pigs are also protected outside. Truss for the bird aviary My goal was to fence in the area in front of the garden shed up to the sidewalk. For the rabbits and guinea pigs, a small fence 75 cm high would be quite sufficient. However, this fence would not be an obstacle for the budgies and the cockatiel. So I needed a completely fenced enclosure. To fix the aviary wire, a special wire mesh for animal housing, I wanted to…
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Build garden house with bird aviary yourself
Already 2 days after the completion of the concrete foundation in the garden, the garden house could be built. The concrete surface was dry and stable enough even if the entire floor slab would certainly need a few more weeks to dry out. Garden house – delivery of the prefabricated house Karibu Kerko As in 2015, we have again chosen a house of the brand Karibu. This time for the model Kerko 6. The garden house will become the future center of the small animal aviary. Personally, I would have liked to choose a different, much more practical model. But the builder was our child, and so she made the…
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Pool remodeling – mason walls | install reinforcement | set formwork blocks
The plans to rebuild the pool were ready and rebuilding the pool could proceed with the construction of the pool walls. This step was not particularly complicated, but it was much more time-consuming to implement.
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Build concrete foundation for new garden house yourself
For over 6 months I have already been planning and working on the construction of the new garden kitchen and the Small animal house. But without concrete foundation I can not build a house in the garden. Now came kort-term the promise, that theeton foundation finallyh can be built on the two plateaus in the garden.
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Plan pool and create 3D floor plan yourself
The layout for our new pool was partially predetermined by the retaining walls of the old oval steel wall pool. However, some adjustments were still possible and also necessary. The demolition of the old pool landscape was completed and it was now time for me to make some thoughts and plans for the new concrete pool.
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Convert gas grill Napoleon PHANTOM to external power supply
My Napoleon P500 gas grill will be the centerpiece of my new backyard kitchen. The outdoor kitchen is still under construction, but already today I have to give some thought to the installation of the gas grill. In addition to the work surface of the Napoleon Prestige 500 – which should be at the same level as the rest of the worktop – the ventilation of the gas grill and the supply of gas and electricity must also be considered and planned.
