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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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Install granite washbasin with tap yourself
A few years ago, I converted part of the basement into an office with a kitchenette – but without its own sink. Since then, my wife has been running her insurance office there as insurance broker Florian. In the last few years and months, I have been more concerned with the entrance area around the estate agent’s office.
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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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A new HT drain is tied into the old clay pipe
Are the old clay pipes in the cellar becoming a problem? In the past few years, we have accomplished many things in the house. Initially, the work focused on repair and renovation, but later increasingly on the construction and expansion
