50x16.5x16 cm, black, weighing about 900 grams. This is the classic balcony box, the kind you probably find hanging on 90% of balconies. Naturally, you might ask, "Could this be done in a beautiful way?" Of course, it is! All you need is some nice outdoor fabric, a sewing machine, and an hour of time. Ready?

When we first heard the book's title, we immediately piqued our interest. Our motto, "For more green in the gray," means exactly that: The gravel must go! This damned, stupid, barren, gray gravel must disappear from the city! To our great regret, more and more front gardens are turning into dead, stone deserts. Why? Because people are lazy and want things to be easy to maintain. But what many don't realize is that this convenience is poison for biodiversity—and it doesn't make for less work, either. Don't believe us? Well, then let's take a look at the new book "Der Kies muss weg!" (The Gravel Must Go!) from Eugen Ulmer Verlag and find out how we should design our front gardens in the future. One thing is certain: They must be green and wild!

Sweet, sweeter, summer!!! The taste of heavenly fruit on bread is perfect for breakfast or dinner. Once you try...

Allotment gardens, plots, and garden plots don't enjoy the best reputation everywhere. You hear about strict regulations, meticulously landscaped gardens, and stuffiness behind the garden fence. But allotment gardens are so much more than that! For city dwellers, they're the piece of nature they long for amidst the noise of cars and exhaust fumes. The result: wild oases, colorful vegetable gardens, and beehives. We wanted to know: Is there really still any truth to these prejudices, or have we long since done away with them? To this end, we spoke with Carolin. Carolin lives with her family in Swabia and has had her own allotment garden since mid-2018: Parzelle14.

Have you discovered delicious vegetables in your grandma's garden and are itching to have the same variety in your own? Did you grow the tastiest tomatoes ever in your garden this year and would like to spread them around the world? Or are you simply fed up with buying the same boring seeds year after year for a lot of money? Then we recommend you: simply harvest your own homegrown vegetable seeds and not only secure enough seeds for the coming gardening season, but also protect very special, rare varieties from extinction. How does it work? It's easy! We'll show you how to collect new seeds from your harvest and what you need to keep in mind.

Whether it's pumpkin , beetroot, pickled cucumbers, etc., there are so many vegetables that can be preserved for the winter. "Canning" is the magic word! Canning, or boiling vegetables, has a long tradition. It offers the opportunity to preserve large harvests and to build up winter supplies even from a small harvest. Some of the vitamins are lost when heating, but the method requires no preservatives and you don't need a large freezer for storage. The big hoarding can begin as soon as your vegetables are ripe for harvest. We'll show you how to can vegetables using beetroot as an example. Have fun!