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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.
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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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Building Garden Paths and Bed Edgings
Why the base layer decides how long your paths last, and how living edgings of box, lavender or thyme can replace the hard stone border.
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Winterize Your Garden Tools: Clean, Oiled, Frost-Safe
In CW 44 to 48 you get your spade, shears and batteries clean, oiled and frost-safe through the winter.