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Orchids are perhaps the plants for which the growth medium is the most critical element that influences the growing of the plant.

A prickly invader… but also one of the best medicinal plants of all! The nettle, as useful in the kitchen as it is in the garden, is worthy of our highest esteem.

After the last tasks of fall and before putting them away, it is important to thoroughly clean your tools

Ashes can be extremely useful in your garden and for your plants since it becomes exceptional fertilizer. Be it from the chimney in winter when logs heat your home, in fall after having burned

Elegant, insulating, pollution-cleansing plant walls have inched across our vertical surfaces, both indoors and outdoors. Care to set one up yourself? You’ve got a range of options.

Whether in an apartment or in a house with a garden, gardening with children is a true pleasure that also has very educational benefits! Arousing curiosity, teaching patience and respect, this time of family bonding

Enhancing clay soil that is often too soggy starts with proper identification of the issue. Here is how to recognize the type of soil you have and what the options are to fix it.

Flax mulch is a by-product of cultivating flax, and it turns out to be an excellent mulch for all plants. It is the perfect soil cover for flower beds, around trees, in garden boxes and in the vegetable patch.

Small hand tools make the gardener’s work easier in flower beds and vegetable patches, but they also serve to populate garden boxes and pot arrangements on terraces, balconies and decks.

After having chosen your bare-root tree and its emplacement in the garden, make the most of November and the famous Saint Catherine Feast day (on the 25th) to succeed in your planting. (Editor’s note: it’s possible to plant in spring for specimens purchased in pots or containers.)

Succulents are attractive for the ease of care, their great diversity and their waxy or velvet-covered leaves.

Mulching, composting, natural and organic products and produce… Are you hoping to learn more about environment-friendly gardening practices? Start right this winter or during the next dry spell!

A garden shed is the ideal solution to put basic garden and DIY tools away. It’s also great to prepare seedlings and shelter them from wind and rain. Since there are ever-increasing options and materials to choose from, what are the most important points that will help you select the garden shed that suits you […]

Certain plants are both ornamental and edible. Feel free to try them out, a feast for eyes and taste buds alike!

Fall is usually the season when the purchasing of a chipper shredder comes to mind, with all the pruned shrubs and trees leading to mountains of branches. Since it is now often illegal to simply burn the branches in a huge bonfire as was done before, and we usually lack of space to let it […]

Here is a typical Mediterranean garden for show, presented at the 2010 Chelsea Flower Show. English natives adore French Provence and this garden drew quite a crowd.

Adapt your garden to summer climate conditions with eco-friendly solutions and practices to have the upper hand on drought. Has your garden ever suffered from drought in the past? Get ready for it starting early in spring with the planting of hardy, heirloom local varieties. In regions where summers tend to be very dry, forget […]

Layering is a way to multiply plants quite easily, where a plant branch is buried to produce a new specimen.

Early fall, protect your soil and your plants from winter frost spells.

Peat is fossil organic matter, formed from plant debris. It is the major constituent of soils saturated in water like peat bogs.