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parsnip

Parsnip, a delicious sweet flavor

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Spooky jackolantern

Carve a pumpkin for Halloween!

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What is permaculture? Explanation

What is permaculture?

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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

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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

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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

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Azalea japonica

Azalea japonica, the Japanese azalea

Shrubs
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
onion

Onion, from seedling to harvest

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Colchicum

Colchicum, a flower to rediscover

Garden Flowers
Buddleia flower with butterfly

Buddleia, easy flowers all summer long for butterflies

Shrubs
olive tree in pot

Olive trees in pot, ideal for balcony and terrace

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no stake tomato

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

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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
The secret to growing strawberries

Tasty strawberries, the secret to growing them

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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
Peat

Peat, what is it really?

Special reports
Spotted laurel

Spotted laurel, a nice evergreen shrub

Shrubs
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
Grape hyacinth muscari

Grape hyacinth, cute little blooms

Garden Flowers
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

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sansevieria

Sansevieria, mother-in-law’s tongue!

Foliage houseplants
Adenium obesum, desert rose

Adenium obesum, the desert rose

Cacti and succulents
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

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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
What is compost

What is compost? Uses and purpose

Special reports
Rhododendron in container

Potted rhododendron, ideal for terraces and balconies

Shrubs
Bergamot tree

Bergamot tree, planting and care

Citrus
Growing beans

Beans, all the tips on how to grow them

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