Garden & Outdoors

Owning one's own piece of nature in the garden or on the balcony is a dream of many. Those who have already fulfilled this dream, are sustainable protection of their green, the renunciation of toxic ingredients and soil-improving effect important features of eco-label products for your natural garden. With these offers, you do not need to look for a long time the list of ingredients or ask - there is really only nature in it.

 

Sprouting plant in the bed (Alexander Haiden)

Early start in the vegetable patch

Fancy fresh peppers and tomatoes from the garden or balcony? What to do to enjoy these delicacies from our own cultivation? If we want to enjoy these delicacies from our own cultivation, we have to be patient a little longer. But now we lay the foundation for the harvest in early spring by producing some vegetables in the house.

Ready sieved compost

Black gold: composting correctly

Before the beds can be planted in spring, the waste collection point from last year must first be moved and the windrow from the year before last can finally be sieved to obtain fresh compost - the black gold of the garden.

Natural beauty in the garden: environmentally friendly garden furniture

Spring is coming! And with it comes the time when we particularly enjoy being outside again. The green garden oasis can be embellished with attractive garden furniture that invites you to linger. If you want to think about the environment as well as your own comfort, make a conscious decision in favour of sustainable garden furniture that ensures an environmentally friendly outdoor feel-good experience. So how can the outdoor area be furnished sustainably?

Rock pear in bloom (Schneider)

Nature niche home garden: tips for natural gardening

The rising temperatures already show that spring is fast approaching. All it takes is a few days of sunshine and we can enjoy snowdrops, crocuses and the first blossoms on the fruit trees.

The moor of Heidenreichstein at the Prügelsteg (Lower Austria). Copyright by Horst Dolak.

Protect natural cycles

Peatlands are among the most endangered habitats in Europe. They are home to highly specialized animals and plants, are huge reservoirs of greenhouse gases and have an aesthetic as well as spiritual value!

Gardening (Pflanzerei Schallmoos)

Gardening made easy!

Are you already gardening? Or are you still thinking about how and where you could do it? Read here what positive effects gardening can have on your life. We also looked around and discovered many locations for the famous "green thumb".

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KONSUMENT potting soil test: On the safe side with the Ecolabel

According to the latest KONSUMENT test, those who pay attention to the Austrian Ecolabel buy ecological potting soil. Peat, guano or other exhaustible raw materials are replaced in eco-labelled potting soils by suitable sustainable materials in order to achieve circular economy. Both products in the test were also free of germs.

 

A garden close to nature (Austrian Ecolabel)

Nature-oriented gardening without chemicals

Many synthetic chemical pesticides have a negative effect on human health as well as on animals and plants. Good gardening without chemicals starts with the choice of plants and relies on natural cycles and eco-labelled products.

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