Garden Calendar and Tips
Simple reminder as to what needs to be done and when in your garden.
When is the right date for your gardening activities!
When should I plant which plant, so that it blooms in time? In which months does my lawn need special care? Which care the garden needs during the winter time? Don't ask any longer – The answers you will find on the WOLF-Garten calendar.
Frost will then be less of a problem
When it is really cold we withdraw into our houses, but evergreens such as thuja (arbor vitea) have to stand outside in the frost without any protection. If the cold is too severe the leaves or even the shoots discolour and die quickly. For that reason, cut away all dead twigs and foliage so that the plants can produce shoots again there.
Spend some time regularly in your garden from March onwards and you will be rewarded the whole year.
Experienced lawn enthusiasts swear by the cleaning action of scarification. In any case there is no better way to get rid of thatch from the remnants of dead plants and grass cuttings as well as moss and shallow-rooted weeds.
Creating a good-looking, dense, deep green lawn is a science in itself. We will spare a course of study in "Creating a new lawn" by giving you here all the important information to that your dream lawn will succeed.
Climbing plants grow especially strongly in the early months - and above all, where they will. This can quickly produce a small jungle in your garden.
The lawn is generally the centrepiece on which life in the garden mainly takes place. A few regular actions ensure that your lawn will remain good-looking all summer long.
It does not help much to use the watering can little but often, instead it is better to water less often but more thoroughly so that the water seeps in and the roots grow deep.
Once it is no longer so hot and it rains more, that is the ideal time to divide and plant out your bushes and shrubs. First cut off all the plant parts near the ground and dig out the roots. Then shorten them and divide them into several small pieces with a spade. Water them well once they have been planted again - and that is it! Now your "new shrubs" will have sufficient time to grow out before winter comes.
Brightly coloured autumn foliage looks picturesque on your lawn. Unfortunately, it robs the grass of the light that it urgently needs. The results are less colourful: bald patches and the risk of fungal infections. For that reason it is better to take your leaf rake and clean your lawn of leaves. The collected leaves are nonetheless useful: as protection from delicate shrubs and bushes.
Make your garden look nice once again before the winter comes. Separate overhanging grass from the edge with the lawn edging spade and remove the narrow piece of lawn with a spade. Use a long board as a sort of ruler so that straight edges do not get curved or go off course. In this way you can quickly produce a new "sharp" lawn edge.
While snow and ice cover your garden, you can use the quiet time in winter to maintain and clean up lawnmowers, shears and cordless tools for the coming garden season.
Garden Tips
Here you will find helpful tips and tricks around your garden. It is worthwhile to take a look, because we are constantly expanding this section with new topics and contributions. The team at WOLF-Garten wishes a lot of fun.
Caring for Lawns
The most important garden tool is without doubt the lawnmower - whether a manual type or a fully equipped lawn tractor. It must be right for you, for your budget, and for your garden.
September is the ideal month for lawn renovation. The soil still has a good temperature, the hot and dry phases are over, and the lawn has plenty of time to regenerate before the next summer.
The lawn is generally the centrepiece on which life in the garden mainly takes place. A few regular actions ensure that your lawn will remain good-looking all summer long.
Creating a good-looking, dense, deep green lawn is a science in itself. We will spare a course of study in "Creating a new lawn" by giving you here all the important information to that your dream lawn will succeed.
Experienced lawn enthusiasts swear by the cleaning action of scarification. In any case there is no better way to get rid of thatch from the remnants of dead plants and grass cuttings as well as moss and shallow-rooted weeds.
Trees and shrubs
Train your bush or shrub once each year so that it remains in shape and grows densely and evenly. Young hedges can even be trimmed into shape twice a year. Remove old twigs directly at the base so that younger shoots will grow quickly. It is better to guide your hedge trimmer with both hands so that you can cut more precisely.
Do not wait longer than until March. Because the best time to replant trees, bushes and shrubs that are green in summer is within a period in which there is still frost at night but the ground is no longer frozen. Dig out a small ditch around the root ball and leave it overnight. The frost lightly freezes the root ball so that it will not fall apart when it is dug out. Then plant the bush or shrub in the new place at once.
They structure your garden, protect against wind, noise and inquisitive eyes, and provide a place to live for birds and small animals. In short: Hedges improve your garden. Bringing your hedge into shape again not only makes it look good but it is also healthy for your plants.
Soil and Planting
Winter sun after a frosty night is beautiful. Unfortunately, not for the bark of your fruit trees. This can split easily due to the warm rays of the sun and so be more vulnerable to diseases. Help your trees and apply a coat of white tree trunk paint at temperatures of over 0 °C. Best of all, a biological one based on lime that you can mix for yourself with water and wallpaper paste. Or you can buy our ecological tree trunk paint.
Severely cut back all roses that bloom more often in the year so that they come out in their full splendour later at the right time. To do this, first of all remove the dead stems just above the ground, then the oldest and weakest ones, and leave 3 to 5 vigorous buds. Now prune them back to a length of around 25 cm and then give them a generous helping of long-term fertilizer.
It is best to plant your new roses in the autumn because the plants come fresh from the field then. The third season of the year is also ideal because the damp earth does not dry out until next spring. This allows the roses to form deep roots and, when the temperatures rise again, to wake up "bright and cheerful" from their winter sleep and to start growing earlier.
Make use of frost-free December days to quickly plant a few more winter flowers. For example, heather and colourful flowering cabbage. Jasmine is ideally suited for covering a bare wall so that you can enjoy the luminous colours in winter as well. Just don't forget to "tame" the pliant shoots by tying them up so that they do not grow everywhere.