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Olive trees can cope with drought even when in pots.

Drought resistant pot arrangements

Garden Flowers
Snapdragon in a field

Snapdragon, a superb annual flower

Annuals and biennials
Fermented horsetail tea

Fermented horsetail tea, for the orchard and the vegetable patch

Treating diseases and pests
Wooden bucket used to prepare fermented weed tea in.

Fermented tea, using weeds to make fabulous organic treatments

Treating diseases and pests
Euryops

Euryops, savanna daisy

Garden Flowers
Otiorynchus larva in the ground, like a short white worm or caterpillar

Treatment against Otiorhynchus larvae

Treating diseases and pests
Cherries of the bigarreau variety are darker in color.

Bigarreau cherry tree, the ultimate cherry

The fruit Orchard
Pink double althea flower with crimson red center.

Althea, a fantastic hibiscus

Shrubs
Spooky jackolantern

Carve a pumpkin for Halloween!

Month after month
What is permaculture? Explanation

What is permaculture?

The Vegetable Patch
Garlic and clove on a countertop with a dark background, still life

Garlic decoction, technique and timing

Treating diseases and pests
Fruits of the strawberry tree ripening on the branch.

Strawberry tree, a surprising fruit

Shrubs
Origin of halloween

Halloween, where scary pumpkins First came from

Month after month
cymbidium

Cymbidium, a superb orchid

Orchids
A few cherries hanging from a branch on a cherry tree.

Cherry tree, an easy and generous fruit tree

The fruit Orchard
Benefits of banana for health

Banana, from fruit to blossom: traditional uses, kitchen and skincare ideas

Health
Bunch of bunching onion

Bunching onion (or Welsh onion), a delicious herb

Herbs and spices
sunpatiens

Sunpatiens, a touch-me-not for full sun

Annuals and biennials
Tall Pampas grass fronds against blue sky

Pampas grass, a giant grass

Ornamental grasses
Canker on the branch of a fruit tree with a drop of sap.

Canker, techniques and organic treatments to avoid it

Treating diseases and pests
Three pots on a workbench with soil, peat and filler materials.

Repotting, how to repot a plant and when

Special reports
soil mix

Soil mix, use, relevance and how to choose it

Special reports
Plump Picholine olives on the branch.

Picholine olives, a taste of Provence

The fruit Orchard

Preparing Rose tree cuttings

N&G TV
Winterizing an olive tree

Winterizing your olive trees and protecting them from the cold

Trees
Phalaenopsis orchid

Caring for an orchid, phalaenopsis as an example

Orchids
Colchicum

Colchicum, a flower to rediscover

Garden Flowers
Buddleia flower with butterfly

Buddleia, easy flowers all summer long for butterflies

Shrubs
no stake tomato

No-stake tomatoes – without cages or stakes, grow tomato directly on the ground!

The Vegetable Patch
Hollyhock can come in a deep black color like this single black bloom.

Black hollyhock, mysterious beauty

Perennials
Three handfuls of bleeding heart flowers picked and strewn across a pastel blue plank of wood.

Bleeding heart, an exceptional perennial

Perennials
Whitefly

Whitefly, techniques and organic treatments to avoid it

Treating diseases and pests
Ants on a stone margin being repelled with organic treatments.

Organic ant control – effective repellent plants and treatments

Treating diseases and pests
liquidambar tree

Liquidambar, flamboyant in fall

Trees
Bowl of nettle soup with a pretzel

Stinging nettle, a feisty damsel with many uses

Special reports
Saint John's wort

Saint John’s wort, a basket of sunlight in the garden!

Trees and shrubs
Growing sage

Sage, how to plant and grow it best

Herbs and spices
Gloves, a trowel, shears and a few picked weeds show all the tasks to get done in the garden in April.

The complete guide to spending April in the garden

Month after month
sansevieria

Sansevieria, mother-in-law’s tongue!

Foliage houseplants
Treat cough with plants

Soothing a cough with herbal teas: plants, blends and how to brew them

Health
Japanese skimmia

Skimmia, magnificent all year round

Shrubs
Young ginkgo tree with yellow leaves in the blue autumn sky.

Ginkgo biloba, superb in every season

Trees
growing cucumber

How to grow cucumber (and pickles!) for a beautiful harvest

The Vegetable Patch
White mandevilla or dipladenia flowers against a gray trunk.

Mandevilla and dipladenia, magnificent sisters

Indoor plants
chrysanthemum

Chrysanthemum, a plant that is simply beautiful

Perennials
Tree germander - Teucrium fruticans

Tree germander, how to plant and care for Teucrium fruticans

Shrubs
Gorse flower in full bloom filling up the whole screen.

Gorse, superb flower shrub

Shrubs
weigela

Weigela, magnificent blooming

Shrubs
tulip

Tulip, magnificent in the springtime

Garden Flowers
Different types of pepper kernels mixed and creating a landscape

Pepper (Piper nigrum): traditional uses, forms and how to use it

Health
Violet benefits

Sweet violet: traditional uses, how to prepare it, and sensible cautions

Health