Yay, summer is here, and that also means the gardening season has begun! To ensure your garden is perfectly prepared for the hot season, you can now get really active. What can you do? A lot ;-) The experts at hansagarten24 have shared with us how they prepare their gardens for the hottest time of the year... So, listen up, dear urban gardeners, here are some cool tips and tricks for your summer garden!

The City Gardeners: Hey, Michael. Tell us, how do you prepare your garden for the hot summer season?

hansagarten24 : The answer to this question, of course, depends entirely on what your garden means to you. Do you grow organic fruit and vegetables in your garden, do you have an ornamental garden, or perhaps a beautiful, colorful garden with many native plants that provides a home for insects and birds?

What's clear is that gardening in all its forms is a lot of fun, provides a sense of achievement, and fulfills our need to connect with nature and thus heal. Indeed, gardening has been proven to be very healthy; it promotes balance, lowers blood pressure, and is even used in some rehabilitation centers as a therapy for chronic illnesses. But back to the question...

The Urban Gardeners: Is there something universal that can be done for every garden?

hansagarten24 : Of course, there is! The magic word is mulching , and it's definitely useful in every garden!

hansagarten24 : Mulching is also called surface composting and it has a lot of advantages.

1. The ground cover protects the soil from sun and wind, thus preventing it from drying out. Your advantage: You have to water less during hot and dry periods.
2. Soil life is nourished and protected by the mulch layer
3. The soil is fertilized by the compost and humus that develop in the older mulch layers
4. The humus causes the soil to act like a sponge, absorbing and storing water and the plant nutrients dissolved in it, and your plants can feed from this reservoir when needed.
5. A thick layer of mulch prevents other plants from growing and reduces your garden maintenance effort.
6. Mulching is a great way to make good use of all valuable organic waste, from kitchen scraps to lawn clippings.

It's best to keep your garden mulched at all times. Every bit of exposed soil should immediately trigger an impulse to cover it somehow. In fertile nature, there's no such thing as exposed soil. That only exists in deserts.



The Urban Gardeners: Let's talk about organic gardening. Is it possible to keep a garden alive completely without the use of pesticides?

Hansagarten24 : A resounding yes here too! The mulching I just described plays a major role. An organic garden benefits from diversity. There are also major differences in soils. Chemically fertilized and poisoned soil, such as that found in the so-called "agricultural industry," is practically dead and serves only as an anchor for roots. Forest soil, on the other hand, is layered with dried, fresh leaves at the top, and the further down you go, the more rotten the layers become. The entire soil is blessed with a rich soil life, all of which live, breathe, drink, eat, and excrete their metabolic waste products there. This is where the fertility of such soil comes from.
Think about the forest soil and its fertility and you will quickly understand why mulching is so useful.

Hansagarten24 : Overfertilized plants, which can be found not only with fertilizer but also with manure, have to absorb water with nutrients and are therefore practically pumped up by nitrates. This isn't healthy. If you want to learn how to have beautiful and, above all, healthy plants without chemicals and manure, then research "organic vegan gardening" or "biocyclic vegan," which completely avoids animal manure from "farm animals." The plants take what they need from the humus, are healthy, and therefore so resilient that they don't need any additional protection.

The City Gardeners: Now, back to you: You manufacture garden sheds. Why would you recommend one to everyone?

Hansagarten24 : Every type of gardening requires garden tools, some more, some less. The inventory of tools, materials, buckets, tubs, tubs, bags, etc. usually grows over time. A garden shed is therefore a useful logistical hub for any gardener. You can store everything you need for gardening there. A garden shed is also ideal for a break, as shelter from the rain, or for dinner with friends!