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EIN GUTES DUTZEND – HEILENDE PFLANZEN finden & nutzen: Healing power from nature – we present the 12 most important and most common medicinal plants in detail and illustrate many recipes and applications.

EIN GUTES DUTZEND – WILDE KRÄUTER finden & geniessen: Delicacies from nature – our book presents the 12 most important and most common edible wild herbs in detailed portraits and is peppered with delicious recipes.

MACH WAS DRAUS – mit der Natur durch Herbst & Winter: Through autumn and winter – a book full of instructions and recipes from collected natural materials.

We have been feeding birds on our property for many years now – this helps the birds enormously and offers us great opportunities for observation and photography. Over the years we have tried and discarded a lot and finally learned what birds really love and what is good for them. Our new book „Meine Vogel – Snackbar“ has now been published and we are really happy to have the chance of sharing our experiences in the from of a book.

You can find in our book

• lots of step-by-step introductions – from fat balls, dumpling swings out of branches and cup cakes to frost-free drinking troughs
• everything guaranteed tested and approved by birds
• who likes what? How you can attract a vide variety of birds trough varied feeding and different feeding devices
• fatty, soft and grain food – what birds really love and what is good for them
• sustainable birdseed without palm oil and plastic nets
• creative upcycling ideas
• birdseed without cheap fillers that would become leftovers anyway
• wild seed that you can collect by yourself
• which fat you can feed with a clear conscience
• checklist: What do to to prevent your aviary from becoming a source of infection
• recommended by NABU!

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link to the book (in German only)

Often it’s just the little things that really help a lot. If you would like to help hedgehogs, late summer is a great time to do so.

Fine brushwood in combination with dry foliage quickly turns into a fine shelter for winter sleep which gets even more comfortable  if you turn a wodden box into a cosy lodge.

Ponds in the garden become safe for hedgehogs and other small animals if you install a board for disembarkation and a simple loop hole in the fence allows hedgehogs to find a way into your garden.  If you find a lonesome wandering hedgehog in autumn you should weigh him – if he is too light most likely he will not be able to make it through the winter and…

 …if you would like to get to know more about hedgehogs please have a look at our galeries:

Galery „Saving hedgehogs in practice“

Galery „Hedgehogs in the garden“

…or contact us.  Have a nice time!

Katrin & Frank Hecker

We’re very happy that our new field guide has also been translated into french and dutch.

Thank you very much!

 

You love birds? You love to bake cookies? So why not bake some cookies for birds?

It’s a fun thing to do, especially with children. If you hang-up your cookies outside in front of your window you will have the opportunity not only to watch your little works of art but also to watch the birds very closely!

More birds at the bird-feeders in this galery.

Baking cookies for birds in this galery.

Want our recipe suitable to the photos? No problem!

 

 

When the days get darker it’s the right time for dwarfs to show up.

So if it’s not so easy to motivate your kids for a walk outside, why not look out for dwarfs in the woods? And if you shall not succeed in finding any – just collect some nature material and create your own little world of dwarfs at home.

More pictures in our galery.

Our wolve photos moved on to some really great posters in the Senckenberg Museum in Frankfurt.

Thank you very much!

…more wolve photos here

Snow-hedgehog and dog-rose-heart

Snow is such a great material for animal-loving little artists!

Ever seen a snow-hedgehog, a  snow-hare or a snow-fox ?

If you like to, we love to invite you to have a look at our galery. 

Have a nice time!

She is small, shy and rare –

so it’s been quite a time untill we finally met a hazel dormouse!

Now we are very happy being able to present to you some really nice photos.

Would like to see some more photos? Please have a look at our galery. 

 

 

 

In nature most probably you might not be able to watch a hazel dormouse, but you might find the characteristic rests of her meals. 

 

 

 

 

 

The hazel dormouse sleep during 7 months, just like her big brother, the  edible dormouse

Good night, little hazel dormouse! 

 

 

 

Taking care of nest boxes is a great project for the whole family. And next spring you will have double joy – when the birds enter and fill your garden with the most beautiful songs.

Already known? After breeding time it’s a good thing to clean nest boxes because otherwise the  birdflees  might torture next years chicks!

Would like to see more photos? We arranged some galerys for you:

• maintenance and installation of nest boxes for birds
• building nest boxes for birds
• different types of nest boxes for birds
• birds at the nest box

We are happy about your visit!