Colorful autumn leaves announce the start of the fall as well as the final round of your annual yard work. To ensure your green oasis flourishes come next season, you should pay particular attention to your yard work in the late summer-, fall- as well as early winter months (i.e. September to December). Our blog article will describe which yard work you need to take care of to help your plants through winter and ready for spring. With our practical fall gardening checklist for yard work, you can keep on top of the workload. [continue reading…]
What to do with fall foliage in your yard?
Every fall many yard owners are faced with exactly the same problem: if deciduous trees, bushes and other shrubbery grow in your yard or on a public road which your yard lines, you are confronted with mountains of fall foliage. While the foliage can stay on the ground in wooded areas it does have to be removed from paths and lawn. But does the foliage really need to be disposed or can the fall leaves be used elsewhere in the garden? In this blog article you can find out what other usage your autumn foliage may have. [continue reading…]
Preparing garden tools and equipment for winter: What to look out for
During winter, your gardening tools are usually no longer needed. To start off the gardening year in spring; without having to do cumbersome repairs or spend money on replacements for unmaintained tools, you should prepare your garden tools in autumn before the first real frost. The preparation consists of cleaning, maintaining and possibly repairing the garden tools before winter storage. In this article we will show you what you definitely need to look out for. [continue reading…]
The Asian tiger mosquito (Guest Post)
Actually, we planned to publish an article about the disadvantages of leaf blowers and write about the deadly dangers for small animals, such as bees, butterflies and many other insects. However, during our research, we quickly became aware of the tiger mosquito and the treat it demonstrably poses for us humans. As we think this a very critical topic, which is discussed far too less in public, we decided to publish a guest post about the tiger mosquito at this point of time. [continue reading…]
5 Differences between 20V and 40V battery-powered leaf blowers
The particular terms indicate it already. The central difference between 20V Max and 40V Max appliances is the battery (resp. the battery voltage). Popular battery leaf blowers are by now operated with lithium-ion batteries – usually with 20- or 40V. By comparison, the battery of a shaver has 1.2- or 2.4V; drills often have 10.8- or 14.4V. But 20V- and 40V leaf blowers do not only differ in terms of used batteries. There are also other areas, e.g. size and weight or performance. [continue reading…]