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Feeding your lawn through the year: three doses, and autumn matters most
Why you feed your lawn three times a year and why the potassium-rich autumn dose matters more than spring nitrogen.
Gartenkern Magazine
Notes from the garden.
What's new, what's growing, what we're learning. Updates, guides and stories for people who take their garden seriously.
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Trimming a Hedge: Timing, Bird Protection and the Right Shape
When you may cut your hedge, what German nature-protection law allows, and why a trapezoid shape keeps it dense to the ground.
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Scarifying Against Moss: Hit the Cause, Not Just the Symptom
Moss in your lawn is a symptom, not an invader: how to scarify properly in spring and fix the real causes.
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Build Your Own Trellis and Support: Sizes for Beans, Cucumbers, Peas
Build plans with real measurements for a bean teepee, a cucumber trellis and a pea frame, put up in CW 14 to 18, before you sow.
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Green up your privacy screen: a fast living wall of climbing plants
Which climber screens your seating area fastest, which one clings to the wall on its own, and when to plant in spring or autumn.
Garden Practice
Build a cold frame or hotbed: a three-week head start in February
How a cold frame or a manure-heated box gives you a three-week head start from CW 6 to CW 12.
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Plan Your Drip Irrigation: Hose, Emitters, Timer and the Forgotten Pressure Reducer
How to plan a drip system that lasts all summer: the right chain of hose, emitters, timer and pressure reducer.
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Harvesting Rainwater: What Your Roof Yields, Barrel vs. Cistern
Work out how much rainwater your roof delivers, then decide whether a barrel is enough or a cistern pays off.
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Holiday Watering: What Lasts Three Days and What Lasts Two Weeks
Stopgap solutions put to an honest test: which method carries three days, which a week, and what you really need for a fortnight.