Blooming Summer Garden Boxes
Don’t know what to plant in your garden boxes in Summer? Perennials and annuals, take a look at our summer container plant insights as a source of new inspiration.
Special reports - page 5
The world of gardening is as vast as the imagination of each of us gardeners can make it. These reports highlight some of nature’s surprises.
Allergic to pollen? Types of plants to avoid, and what to replace them with
Sneezing, red eyes, runny noses… spring is the time when allergy-triggering plants spread their pollen. A horrible season for allergy-prone people!
Vernalization: why plants need chill hours to bloom and bear fruit
Winter is cold and unsuitable for plant growth. When spring comes around, everything bursts into bloom! How do plants set their clocks to bloom at the right time? Vernalization is one of the mysteries
Prepare cuttings from your favorite plants
Cuttings is the best way to reproduce and clone your favorite plants.
Heating with wood, how to choose your firewood
Wood as a source of energy is increasingly regarded as a natural solution for heating… and an antidote to rising fuel prices.
Potted plants, tips to make sure you succeed
Near the house or on a balcony, growing potted plants are an excellent way to add color and greenery to your home!
A potted garden on a terrace with containers
On a deck, terrace or balcony, it is easy to set up a container garden in pots for every season. Plant a series of garden box flowers that will bloom one after the other. Read also: Fruit trees for balconies, decks and terraces Potted plants, the tips to succeed in growing them Drought resistant pot […]
Sowing indoors, the best way to start seeds inside the house
The garden season begins with indoor sowing at the end of Winter. It’s important to choose your equipment well and prepare ideal growing conditions to get strong seedlings for transplanting
Garden birds, learn to identify our singing and tweeting feathered garden friends
Their colorful feathers and sweet-sounding songs are a pleasure in the garden. And the also do much more! Garden birds play a critical role for biodiversity: they control dangerous pests, spread seeds, and help pollinate plants.
Mason bee, a solitary worker bee that burrows in the ground
Mason bee, Osmia, solitary bee… all these names designate the same pollinating insect. And don’t be fooled by its tiny scale! It is indeed able to pollinate as many flowers as its more famous cousin, the common honeybee.
Soap from plants? Yes, our grannies were right!
Our grand-mothers keep saying they used the roots of a soap plant to build up a foam to wash their laundry. Saponaria is a perennial that’s quite common in our areas, and it helped solve a lot of people’s daily needs: shampoo, skin care, medicine…
A small patch of green
Mini garden, courtyard or balcony: if astutely set up, your little patch under the sky can become a space where life is great.
Pozzolana, designer mulch
Pozzolana is a mineral mulch extracted from volcanic rock. It is both very long lasting and extremely ornamental. Its red brown color is also
Bumblebee, bumbling along and heavyweight pollinator
A voluminous body, a louder-than-usual buzz, and colorful fuzz all around – the bumblebee is easy to identify! A particularly active beneficial insect in the garden, it is a diligent pollinator that runs in the same class as the common honeybee: the heavyweight class!
Incredible edible, new urban vegetable patches
What if nature invaded cities in the “urban farm” mode? The collaborative Incredible Edible trend is pollinating across the plant…
After the holidays, back to the garden!
Getting back home after the summer holidays makes September a special month. Adults get back to work and children prepare their supplies for school. But in the autumn garden, there’s quite a lot to do, too!
