The garden
Everything that happens in and around our garden
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Securing a slope with gabions – 1. initial situation and preparation
I have already installed a few gabions on our property. Gabions are metal baskets that are filled with stones and thus have a decorative purpose as well as a static one. I spent more than a year working on a 30-meter-long slope stabilization with gabions.
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Simply build your own garage for robot lawn mower
I’ve been using a robot lawn mower to maintain the lawn in my garden for a few years now. The Gardena Sileno runs twice a week and mows my lawn neatly to the desired height. In winter, the robotic lawnmower is stored in the cellar. But what about in summer? How do you effectively protect the robot from environmental influences?
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Winterizing and frost-proofing the lawn irrigation system
With the installation of my automatic and retractable lawn irrigation system from Hunter, I really did something good for my lawn this summer. Depending on the weather, my lawn could and can be watered and I have no problems with bare or burnt patches in the lawn even during longer dry periods. Nevertheless, every gardening season ends at the end of fall at the latest when winter arrives. And with lows in my region between
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Palm trees for the pool – vacation atmosphere in your own garden
In today’s blog entry about palm trees by the pool, I would like to focus on the plant world in our garden and, in particular, our pool oasis. But do palm trees even grow in our latitudes? And what about in winter?
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Cleaning the patio with the T-Racer
Can a WPC terrace be cleaned with a high-pressure cleaner? What do I need to bear in mind? I looked into this question and cleaned my WPC terrace with the Kärcher T-Racer.
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A paving stone staircase is built into the slope leading to the parking lot
The stairs for the slope in front of our house are finally being tackled. The path from the parking lots will be much shorter in the future with a staircase made of old town cobblestones, which I will build directly into the ground. But first I have to excavate the slope and lay concrete kerbs.
