ᐅ Garden Photos Chat Corner

When it comes to houseplants, I have a black thumb. Outdoors, it works better. Take your time, don’t do everything all at once, and learn as you go. If you catch the gardening bug @Costruttrice, that’s how it happens.

I recommend a natural-style garden or cottage garden. It tolerates a certain level of neglect and, once established, needs little maintenance. A flowering hedge doesn’t require formal trimming; just cut back anything that’s in the way. A prairie garden doesn’t need extra watering, and a lawn with wild herbs can manage without a robot mower or irrigation, yet it remains walkable and usable. Choose hardy plants that can stay outside without winter protection. For a kitchen garden, start with a raised bed or two square beds. Take it step by step and don’t overdo it.

Steffi33 schrieb:

I had wrapped the root collars of the plants with sheep wool...

Nerd :p 😀…!

Tell me, dear Steffi, is the hose a soaker hose with holes, or where does it go? Ours always lies across the garden like a snake 🙁

ypg schrieb:

Nerd :p 😀…!

Exactly... whatever you do for the little ones. In the first gardening year, the small kohlrabi seedlings were eaten down to the roots. The following year, I tried using these "collars"... that didn’t help either. Last year, I tried sheep’s wool... and tada... that worked well!

ypg schrieb:

Tell me, dear Steffi, is your hose a soaker hose with holes, or where does it lead? Ours always lies across the garden like a snake 🙁

Yes… ours does too, but I’m not very enthusiastic about it. It connects the water outlet to a few drip hoses.

Does anyone here have honeysuckle in their garden, perhaps even decorated a fence or wall with it? I’m planning something similar and would appreciate a photo from you, winter photos are also welcome. I’m interested to know if honeysuckle actually grows quite densely and is evergreen, or if that’s just how it appears in promotional pictures.

I just talked yesterday with my sister about the honeysuckle she planted.
Here is a photo of the honeysuckle I often see nearby. I walk past it frequently when I go to the swimming pool.

I think it’s really beautiful. Honeysuckle grows and climbs easily and is quite low-maintenance as long as it gets at least partial shade. In summer, the bushes buzz with bees and bumblebees. 🙂

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Strawberry harvest for breakfast and new potatoes with butter… first try this year.