Garden Pictures Chat Corner

I saw yesterday that a gooseberry standard tree had snapped off. It was full of berries, which were probably too heavy, and the loop from the support stake's fastening had slipped down. What a mess. We tried to save it right away: painted artificial bark on it and wrapped it with tape. Maybe it will recover. If not, I will at least pick the berries and cook them.

But also something positive: The strawberry plants are beautiful this year! Nice and big, many fruit buds—after last year's harvest was very poor (I foolishly accepted Schwimu’s offer back then to prune the plants in autumn—and she cut them back radically).

Aphids are also abundant; I will go through and check again tomorrow. Ladybugs are crawling around in great numbers; I hope they take care of the nasty aphids.

Mother-in-law’s English lawn has now been reseeded, as some bare spots had formed, also thanks to the mole. (He apparently has now moved to the construction site opposite and is already undermining the foundation slab of a shell construction; they didn’t compact properly...) We used some kind of Moroccan lawn seed, which supposedly roots particularly deep and also copes well with dry periods. Slowly the first delicate shoots are appearing. We are curious.

The store is called exactly agrarshop-online

I'm keeping my fingers crossed for the Hochstämmchen!

I could also use a drought- and heat-resistant lawn. Part of it is in full sun from morning till evening, and no matter how much you water; it simply burns in hot summers.

As I said, the wild meadow is what we don't mow - but I didn't have to do anything there at all. Since we also didn't do anything to the lawn there beforehand, everything is now growing directly, all the herbs and flowers that were never visible before because I simply mowed everything down. The lawn is mowed, but I still don't do much to it. It's still suitable for barefoot; the children do it all the time. But it's not just grass. For example, I have thyme all over the garden, also in the lawn area. It always smells good when mowing ^^. Daisies also grow between the mowing sessions every 2 weeks.

Very nice that you design your garden with nature and not against it. I find a diverse meadow much more attractive than an eternal lawn attempt on unsuitable soil in an unsuitable location.

To the lawn enthusiasts: I didn't believe it, but since a Husqvarna robotic mower has been mowing the large lawn in my parents’ garden now in its 2nd year, the lawn quality has increased enormously. Apparently, the continuously occurring small cut helps everything. The lawn is only watered, not fertilized.

The mulch is the fertilizer.

The gooseberry has apparently really survived the bend. So far, all the leaves are still lush green and vital.

Next to the greenhouses, we still have a small "pile" – the remaining excavation from the former pigsty, which will be disposed of when a digger is rented again. The pile has been taken over by the poppy and is blooming beautifully this year – nature is truly fascinating.