🇬🇧 Every year, I decorate the house for the first Advent Sunday. It is important to me that there is an Advent arrangement with some candles, that I can light during December - one more candle every Sunday. This Advent tradition is not common in the Netherlands, so it was all the more important to… Continue reading Advent decoration 🎄
Category: DIY
Do it yourself ideas for the garden.
Self made tool “Sauzahn”
🇬🇧 In Germany there is a garden tool called "Sauzahn" (= sow tooth, but there is no really good translation for it). The Sauzahn is a tool for working the soil. A single long crescent-shaped tine is mounted on a handle, with a small plough-sharp leaf at the tip. The Sauzahn is used to loosen… Continue reading Self made tool “Sauzahn”
DIY pressing boards
🇬🇧 When sowing plants, an even surface of the soil in the sowing boxes is of great advantage. The seed can be spread much more evenly. For this reason I use the following procedure for sowing:First, the seed box is completely filled with substrate. Seeds need a fine-crumbly surface. Therefore, I often sieve the last… Continue reading DIY pressing boards
DIY measuring bar
🇬🇧 There are various tips for sowing and planting young plants in equal distances, from hose ends to the tines of a rake to measuring your own finger spacing (which I personally find extremely practical, as I fortunately always have my fingers with me). Regardless of this, you can't avoid having to measure something every… Continue reading DIY measuring bar