This year we took part in the CITY CYCLING competition in Minden-Lübbecke for the first time. CITY CYCLING is about covering as many daily journeys as possible in an environmentally-friendly way for 21 days in order to create awareness for more cycling promotion, climate protection and quality of life in your own community. Originally, we […]
Plant swap in Windheim
After a break of two years due to Covid-19, the traditional plant swap event of the Interessengemeinschaft Bauernhaus (IGB) in Windheim finally took place again today. This year we had no young plants left, but the car was still loaded. Among other things, we had jostaberry, summer savory, mint, thyme, oregano, spotted lungwort, lady’s mantle, […]
The garden in March
March is the month of change when we transition from winter into spring. Slowly the winter vegetables are coming to an end, while first new vegetables are already starting to grow and we have plenty of work to do to get the garden ready for the new season. Fresh from the garden In the garden […]
Spring awakening
In March, the garden finally awakens and in many places more spring flowers appear such as grape hyacinths (Muscari) and crocuses. New this year is the pretty pure white wild crocus ‘Miss Vain’ (Crocus biflorus), also called Persian crocus or Scottish crocus.
The garden in February
While the temperatures were fairly mild in February, it was not very pleasant to be outside for most of the days, so we did not do a lot in the garden except for cutting foliage of grasses, pruning berry bushes and preparing the vegetable garden plots for legumes and onions. At the end of February […]
Circular route of Schlüsselburg in winter
Today we went for a short walk in Schlüsselburg. Schlüsselburg is located in the north of Petershagen on the Weser river and is mainly known for the barn district (Scheunenviertel) and of course the Schlüsselburg castle built in 1335. In Schlüsselburg there is a 2 km long circular route of the Biological Station Minden-Lübbecke e.V. […]