The right time to prune my shrubs
At the latest when our privet overgrows the path and the thuja hedge barely lets a person with a shopping bag through, we #Beetschwestern think...
Bed sisters
Five tips for more biodiversity
We are not only in a climate crisis, but also in a biodiversity crisis. In an article last week...
Upcycling: How clippings can be turned into a windbreak and new habitat
Fall is the time for hedge trimming. A lot of clippings accumulate in our garden. Instead of chopping it up...
What to do with the fall leaves?
The first leaves are falling to the ground. Every fall, the same question arises for all gardening enthusiasts: Where to put all the leaves?
A plea against leaf blowers and vacuum cleaners
As soon as the lawnmowers fall silent, a different kind of noise can be heard in the neighboring gardens. Autumn is also the time for leaf blowers...
One of the last flowering plants of the year: ivy
The evergreen climbing plant is very popular with all insects because it flowers at a time of year when there are hardly any...
Wildlife-friendly gardening in the fall
Withered herbs and perennials, the trees and shrubs are shedding their leaves. For us #Beetschwestern there is now a lot to...
Dreaming of spring alongside tidying up
What's keeping us #Beetschwestern here in eastern Austria on our toes at the moment is the clean-up work after the extreme weather of the past few days....
Compost - the gardener's gold
At the moment we #Beetwestern have to cut back quite a lot. Faded roses, perennials, climbing plants that want to take over the world and the like....
All-you-can-eat buffet for native wild birds
Summer is coming to an end - it's hard to believe given the high temperatures. And the...
