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Advice on how to grow vegetables from seed to harvest, care for them, protect them from diseases, and boost harvests. Natural treatments only!

Natural techniques for an organic vegetable patch

 Natural tips for an organic vegetable patch

No-treat vegetable patch: easy peasy

 Easy growing for vegetables without even treating

Rocambole, the crazy garlic… and also known as sand leek?!

 Rocambole, or sand leek, flower containing cloves

Tree onion, a fun and unique heirloom bulb vegetable

 Tree onion

Regional planting calendar to maximize your vegetable patch – MetroFrance Edition

 Climate zones in France to guide the planting calendar in the vegetable patch

Indoor vegetable patch, straightforward and effective

 Starting an indoor vegetable garden

Tomatillo, the Mexican Physalis

 Green tomatillo fruits from growing the plant

Square-foot vegetable patch, 5 steps to get it right

 Square-foot vegetable patch

Transplanting, how to transplant a seedling

 Transplaning cuttings and seedlings

6 superb eggplant varieties, from egg-like to stunning black beauty

 Different eggplant varieties in a crate

The brandywine tomato, a large beefsteak tomato with smooth flesh

 Brandywine tomato on the plant

Black zebra, the darker striped tomato

 Black zebra tomato

A raised garden bed how-to, from building it to growing at an easy height

 Raised garden bed made from round posts fastened together.

Planting eggplant, the first steps to start your crop off right

 Planting eggplant

White eggplant, different color, taste, feel… same care!

 White eggplant varieties

Eggplant growing at last? Proper care leads to great harvests!

 Caring for eggplant

An effortless veggie garden

 Vegetable patch with no maintenance

King of vegetables? The Tomato, of course!

 New varieties of tomatoes produced every year show how important this king of vegetables is for us

Dandelion, more than just a weed

 Field full of dandelions

Chayote, a run-around vine that’s edible all around

 Chayote vine with fruits

How to stake tomatoes – cages, twine or poles?

 Tomato plants with a makeshift tie and stake

Black krim tomato, a dark-skinned tomato with a rich, meaty flesh

 Black krim tomato growing on the plant

Meet the tasty Pineapple tomato, large and round with few pips

 Pineapple tomato, a large tomato

Lacinato kale, a swarthy, dark vegetable posing as an ornamental

 Lacinato kale leaves growing lush and tall

Zebras in the veggie patch??? Yup! green zebra tomato!

 Three green zebra tomatoes

Seedless tomato varieties to grow in the vegetable patch

 Seedless tomato variety

Broadcast sowing – a quick technique for large surfaces and growing beds

 Broadcast sowing, seeds in hand with dark complexion.

Indigo rose, a tomato variety for small, black cocktail tomatoes

 Indigo rose tomato

Basella, a spinach look-and-taste-alike

 Basella, the indian spinach, leaves and stem

Pruning tomato plants, let those shears run loose!

 Tips and tricks to get the pruning of your tomato plants right