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Euryops

Euryops, savanna daisy

Garden Flowers
Snapdragon in a field

Snapdragon, a superb annual flower

Annuals and biennials
Wooden bucket used to prepare fermented weed tea in.

Fermented tea, using weeds to make fabulous organic treatments

Treating diseases and pests
Fermented horsetail tea

Fermented horsetail tea, for the orchard and the vegetable patch

Treating diseases and pests
Olive trees can cope with drought even when in pots.

Drought resistant pot arrangements

Garden Flowers
broccoli

Broccoli, all there is to know about growing broccoli

The Vegetable Patch
Otiorynchus larva in the ground, like a short white worm or caterpillar

Treatment against Otiorhynchus larvae

Treating diseases and pests
Healthy vegetable patch with natural fertilizer

Natural fertilizer for vegetables: source it from the entire Circle of Life!

The Vegetable Patch
Fruits of the strawberry tree ripening on the branch.

Strawberry tree, a surprising fruit

Shrubs
Cherry fly maggot

Cherry fly, techniques & treatments to avoid its maggots

Treating diseases and pests
parsnip

Parsnip, a delicious sweet flavor

The Vegetable Patch
Spooky jackolantern

Carve a pumpkin for Halloween!

Month after month
Garlic and clove on a countertop with a dark background, still life

Garlic decoction, technique and timing

Treating diseases and pests
Origin of halloween

Halloween, where scary pumpkins First came from

Month after month
Pink double althea flower with crimson red center.

Althea, a fantastic hibiscus

Shrubs
Cherries of the bigarreau variety are darker in color.

Bigarreau cherry tree, the ultimate cherry

The fruit Orchard
cymbidium

Cymbidium, a superb orchid

Orchids
What is permaculture? Explanation

What is permaculture?

The Vegetable Patch
Basil

Basil, very tasty leaves: how to grow and harvest Ocimum basilicum

Herbs and spices
A few cherries hanging from a branch on a cherry tree.

Cherry tree, an easy and generous fruit tree

The fruit Orchard
Tall Pampas grass fronds against blue sky

Pampas grass, a giant grass

Ornamental grasses
sunpatiens

Sunpatiens, a touch-me-not for full sun

Annuals and biennials
Bunch of bunching onion

Bunching onion (or Welsh onion), a delicious herb

Herbs and spices
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
soil mix

Soil mix, use, relevance and how to choose it

Special reports
Three pots on a workbench with soil, peat and filler materials.

Repotting, how to repot a plant and when

Special reports
Phalaenopsis orchid

Caring for an orchid, phalaenopsis as an example

Orchids
Azalea japonica

Azalea japonica, the Japanese azalea

Shrubs
Winterizing an olive tree

Winterizing your olive trees and protecting them from the cold

Trees
Plump Picholine olives on the branch.

Picholine olives, a taste of Provence

The fruit Orchard
Colchicum

Colchicum, a flower to rediscover

Garden Flowers
Buddleia flower with butterfly

Buddleia, easy flowers all summer long for butterflies

Shrubs
onion

Onion, from seedling to harvest

The Vegetable Patch
olive tree in pot

Olive trees in pot, ideal for balcony and terrace

The fruit Orchard
Peat

Peat, what is it really?

Special reports
Grape hyacinth muscari

Grape hyacinth, cute little blooms

Garden Flowers
Growing sage

Sage, how to plant and grow it best

Herbs and spices
Spotted laurel

Spotted laurel, a nice evergreen shrub

Shrubs
Hollyhock can come in a deep black color like this single black bloom.

Black hollyhock, mysterious beauty

Perennials
Bowl of nettle soup with a pretzel

Stinging nettle, a feisty damsel with many uses

Special reports
Ants on a stone margin being repelled with organic treatments.

Organic ant control – effective repellent plants and treatments

Treating diseases and pests
Saint John's wort

Saint John’s wort, a basket of sunlight in the garden!

Trees and shrubs
Three handfuls of bleeding heart flowers picked and strewn across a pastel blue plank of wood.

Bleeding heart, an exceptional perennial

Perennials
no stake tomato

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

The Vegetable Patch
The secret to growing strawberries

Tasty strawberries, the secret to growing them

The fruit Orchard
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

Month after month
Whitefly

Whitefly, techniques and organic treatments to avoid it

Treating diseases and pests
liquidambar tree

Liquidambar, flamboyant in fall

Trees
sansevieria

Sansevieria, mother-in-law’s tongue!

Foliage houseplants
Japanese skimmia

Skimmia, magnificent all year round

Shrubs
Adenium obesum, desert rose

Adenium obesum, the desert rose

Cacti and succulents