Orange tree container gardening, all you need to know
Potted orange is an excellent citrus tree to grow in a pot on a balcony or on a terrace. Caring for this container-grown citrus, from re-potting to pruning helps boost orange harvest and prevents
Pruning rose trees, when and how to do it
Pruning is an important step in the life cycle of a rose tree because it is the key to bearing great flowers.
September to December, the vegetable gardener’s calendar
Even though the harvest is the highlight of Fall and autumn, other tasks like cleaning up and preparing the plot for the future spring sowing are also there to keep us busy in the vegetable patch.
Container Camellia, with the right pot you’ll get a great flower shrub!
Camellia, a stunningly ornamental flower shrub, is perfectly suited to growing in pots. Picture it on your terrace or balcony!
Calamondin, a nice indoor orange tree
Calamondin or calamondino is an apartment orange tree very well suited to living inside our heated homes.
Ivy leaf cyclamen, for a marvelous carpet of flowers
Ivy-leaved cyclamen is distinct from common florists’ cyclamens because of its fall blooming and its perennial life cycle.
Broadfork, a toothy soil turner that harms neither bug… nor back!
A standout tool in permaculture, the broadfork is an eco-friendly tool, also known as a grelinette, bio-fork, aerator fork, or aerator. It allows for deep soil loosening without disrupting soil balance… and without straining your back! This tool, equipped with two handles and 3 to 9 tines, was invented in 1963 by Mr. Grelin, a […]
Azalea japonica, the Japanese azalea
Azalea japonica is a small heath shrub that provides evergreen, bushy growth.
Grow ginger in your garden or in pots
Ginger is a delightful aromatic plant grown for its rhizome or root.
Alder, a resilient tree well adapted to wetlands
The alder is a lovely tree, well-known for thriving in wet areas like riverbanks and swamps.
Staghorn tree – amazing in spring, fall and winter
Staghorn sumac, also called vinegar sumac, is a short tree that grows in a roundish shape.
Indoor orange tree, ideal for apartments
The indoor orange tree is one of the only citrus plants that is perfectly suited to living in the heated indoors of our homes and apartments.
Rutabaga, all the tips on how to grow rutabaga
Rutabaga, also called swede when the flesh is white, is an ancient heirloom vegetable.
Biodiversity in permaculture for a self-sustaining garden
In permaculture, nature does all the work! For a permaculture garden to be sustainable, self-sufficient and properly balanced,
Scores of squash! Discover the most surprising varieties
Easy to grow in the vegetable patch, Cucurbitaceae squash come in a great variety of fruits which we can savor from summer’s end to the beginning of spring.
Get the timing ripe! When and how to harvest tomato
Ah, tomato! Summertime wouldn’t be the same without it! Delicious in so many ways, refreshing and nutritious, always a timely mouthful.
Helxine, Baby’s tears, a ground cover plant with itsy bitsy leaves
Helxine (Soleirolia sp.) is a cute carpet-forming plant that grows both indoors and in the garden. Sometimes it’s called Angel’s tears or Baby tears.
Hyssop, a flowery plant that does lots for health
With hint of agastache in its appearance, hyssop is a garden favorite thanks to its fragrant blue flower panicles. And there’s much more! The benefits of this medicinal plant helps treat a number of ENT disorders, digestive problems, and anxiety.
Trachelospermum jasminoides, a wonderful fragrant vine
Trachelospermum jasminoides, or star jasmine, is a beautiful climbing vine with evergreen leaves. It blooms in summer.
Clematis alpina, an abundance of blue
Clematis alpina bestows us with purple blue blooming that is simply beautiful.
Torino tomato, the healthiest tomato: 10x more lycopene
With their elongated shape, Torino tomatoes might seem like just another type of tomato. That’s without considering the exceptional amount of lycopene it contains!
Blue fescue, proper care from planting to winter
Blue fescue is a cute little blue grass, great for landscaping.
Garden shredder buying guide: zero-bias guidelines
Shredding plant waste is possible THE ultimate way to compress all that volume. Way less endless trips to the dump! You might even cut that back to zero – chipped waste proves quite handy in the garden, whether fresh or composted! Here are our non-biased tips on choosing the right garden shredder.
Stonecrop, Sedum spectabile, a fabulous autumn show
Stonecrop will grant you wonderful blooms when the temperature rises in summer and fall.
Oenothera, a beautiful, simple evening primrose
Oenothera, or evening primrose, is a beautiful wild-looking flower. Key Oenothera facts Name: Oenothera Common: evening primrose Family: Onagraceae Type: flower, perennial Height: ½ foot to 3 feet 3 inches (15 cm to 1 m) depending on species Exposure: sunny Soil: light, well-drained – Blooming: June to September → Note: not related to common primrose, […]
Vriesea – a magnificent indoor plant
In the Bromeliaceae family, fiery Vriesea really stands out.
Chicken droppings, truly a blessing in disguise: free fertilizer!
Raising chickens certainly provides you with fresh eggs, but that’s not all! Did you know that chicken manure also greatly benefits your garden?
Snowberry, the pearl tree
Snowberry is renowned for its cute berries which it bears at the end of summer and in winter.
Physalis, growing winter groundcherry
Physalis or Peruvian groundcherry is a plant that offers cute, tasty fruits.
Trees with gold yellow leaves, bring the sun to the garden!
Fall is the season of nature’s grand finale, an explosion of color before a well-deserved rest. Like a show of fireworks, a culmination of powerful fiery bursts of color bursts forth from trees left and right in the scenery and in the garden. Gold in particular flashes and shines in all its rich tan-to-orange leaves, […]
Mini-greenhouses & tunnels, extend the growing season!
Sheltered from unpredictable weather and snugly warm, greenhouse veggies can truly reach peak growth. Big greenhouses can’t fit in smaller gardens, so we’ll also look at easier, smaller greenhouse options to set up.
Monstera, noted for its foliage
Monstera is among the favorite plants chosen to decorate houses.
Mulch guidelines, mineral mulch
Not only is it very ornamental, mineral mulch is 100% natural. This trendy product is also an amazing answer to the problems of
How to choose your Christmas tree: real or not? Which species?
Every year, the same challenge: you get to choose your Christmas tree and bring joy to the house for grown-ups and kids alike! Decorating it is an important part of the process, and is truly fun to work out as a family or with friends and colleagues, but the first eager step is choosing the […]
Daylily, easy and spectacular
Daylily is a beautiful perennial that belongs to the Liliaceae or lily family. It blooms in a wide range of colorful flowers.
Saving heirloom vegetables… right in your own garden!
Join in on the fight to secure ancient heirloom vegetables: plant them in your vegetable patch!
Savoy cabbage, a frizzly-headed cabbage for winter
Savoy cabbage is a delicious vegetable that make for easy growing.
Stock the pantry with winter vegetables
In the vegetable patch, summer is the season for harvests, but sowing still continues for lettuce, cabbage and other vegetables for winter.
Sowing and transplant calendar for the vegetable patch
Here is the calendar for sowing vegetables and transplanting seedling so that you’ll get everything done at the right time in winter, spring, summer and fall.
Natural fertilizer for vegetables: source it from the entire Circle of Life!
If you want to stop bloating your vegetables with polluting chemical fertilizers, it is time for you to familiarize yourself with natural fertilizer!
Work to do in the garden in fall
Harvesting, raking, sowing, planting… A summary of the work to get done in the garden in Fall before winter sets in.
Sunflower, a simply beautiful flower!
The sunflower is a superb flower that blooms in a distinctive yellow hue.
Gardening by the moon, why it works and planting tips
Gardening by the moon, sure! But how? And why? Gardeners have always observed with fascination the impact of the moon on plants they were growing.
Potted lemon tree, how to grow lemon in a container
Potted lemon trees are an excellent for growing at home. Re-potting and pruning boost harvests and prevent diseases.
Bromelia, a plant with a bang!
With its amazing colorful bloom girdled with a crown of deep green leaves, Bromelia does every thing it can to catch your eye. This exotic beauty comes in many shapes and varieties, and is often the most original indoor plant of our homes.
Basil, very tasty leaves: how to grow and harvest Ocimum basilicum
Growing basil yourself is easy, and it is even a great idea for all who like to spice up their salads and summer meals!
Croton, unique leafage: planting and care
Croton is native to the islands of the Pacific Ocean.
Juniper, a very ornamental shrub
Juniper is a very cute little conifer, famous for its berries from which alcohol is made.
Flowers from winter through spring, every month gets its blooms!
Each season brings its own sweet charms to the garden. But after a foggy autumn and a biting cold winter you’re probably aching for your garden to show signs that cute little spring flowers are coming in.
Cuttings and propagation, guiding principles
Preparing cuttings is a plant propagation technique. A key benefit is that you reproduce the same exact plant as the one you love!
Lemon bottlebrush planting, care and pruning
Lemon bottle-brush is a small, original ornamental shrub.
