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Exactly... N nail. After all, it's still a construction site...

I don't fertilize my lawn at all; only a little after reseeding.

We currently have a severe aphid invasion. The pear tree is already dropping black fruits. Yesterday, as a first measure, we cut out the worst affected areas (they were black and slimy anyway) and then sprayed them with water-neem oil in the evening. We have a similar problem with the sour cherry, and I don't even want to start on the roses and vegetable plants; I treated everything last night and pray that it helps. I've never seen it this bad before; normally I just ignored the bugs.

One part of the lawn turns into clover meadow, the other is quite full of holes because so many thistles grow. Strange. They lie next to each other, filled with the same soil, sown with the same seed, and then they grow so differently.

Our lawn still struggles with water despite multiple aerations (when it actually rains). It should grow well and I think fertilizing is allowed in the first year.

Maybe it will rain on Thursday, we'll see.

I now have my aphids under control. I don't know how it looks on the apple tree. I only climb up there when it's time to harvest apples. The lettuce boxes get copper tape against the snails and then we'll see.

you probably can't shower your garden with soapnut water. Good advice is hard to come by. Heavy rain might help.

A regularly mowed and growth-stimulated lawn is a nitrogen eater. When the soil is depleted, nutrient-poor plants like clover, thistle, horsetails, etc. get their chance and use it mercilessly. I refrain from herbicides, but not from mineral fertilizers. K.

So both have the same cause. Only really clover on one half, thistle on the other. Fertilizer is being applied

Honestly, it just doesn’t bother me enough. I just mow it away. I only have clover in one spot of about 2m2, there used to be a tree there. And where we no longer mow this year, a great mix of wild plants has grown within a few weeks, including thistles and who knows what – exactly what I want to have there for the insects.