The Good Lord’s beetle is an incredible bug that feeds on aphids. It is… Read more
Treating diseases and pests
Plants in the garden rarely look as pristine as the images on labels from the stores we purchased them. Actually, even the pictures we showcase on this website sometimes feel like thousand-to-one occurrences! But fear not! Even you can grow sumptuous splendid flowers and scrumptious juicy flawless fruits with proper treatments against parasites, pests and diseases. And all of these are perfectly organic and natural, too!
Fruit flies, how to fight them
Very small flies score the fruits with their ovipositor to deposit their eggs inside.… Read more
Cherry fly, techniques & treatments to avoid it
The bug often called “cherry fruit fly” is a tiny fly that lays eggs… Read more
Transplant shock, what it is and how can you minimize it
Transplant shock is actually a combination of three factors. The plant undergoes a certain… Read more
Fermented horsetail tea, for the orchard and the vegetable patch
Fermented horsetail tea is an effective fungicide that helps avoid most fruit tree and… Read more
Bird vs. Bush – can there be too many birds?
Silverberry is quite a resilient shrub, but there are cases when something as innocuous… Read more
Aphids, how to get rid of them?
Aphids are fearsome insects that attack leaves and feed on plant sap. Leaves curl… Read more
Sooty mold, techniques and organic treatments to avoid it
When leaves are covered with a blackish substance, similar to black soot that would… Read more
Red spider mite, what is the best treatment ?
Red spider mite is a minuscule mite of the Tetranychidae family that attacks garden… Read more
Scab, avoiding the disease
Often called apple scab, this fungus is responsible for important damage to this fruit… Read more
Fermented comfrey tea, an excellent fertilizer
Organic gardeners favor it above all others: fermented comfrey tea is one of the… Read more
Avoiding and treating powdery mildew
Powdery mildew is a fungus that belongs to the Erysiphaceae family and frequently colonizes… Read more
Oak processionary, treatment for this caterpillar
This well-known oak tree parasite is a caterpillar that devours the leaves, until it… Read more
Tomato blight, effective treatments against downy mildew
Tomato blight is one of the most devastating diseases because downy mildew spreads extremely… Read more
Tomato pinworm, techniques and treatments to avoid and cure the disease
Tomato pinworms are native to South America, and appeared in France in 2009 in… Read more
Tomatoes without diseases
Tomatoes are often infected with fungal diseases (related to mushrooms). A typical gardener’s first… Read more
Organic treatments for your fruit trees
Do you have a garden with fruit trees and you’d like to get a… Read more
Caterpillars, techniques and organic treatments to avoid them
Caterpillars are butterfly larvae that come in many different shapes, colors and sizes, but… Read more
Natural and organic weeding, it works!
Weeding has always been the starting point of many questions: how can undesired growth… Read more
Useful animals in the garden
In these days of sustainable development and environmental protection, supporting animal and insect life… Read more
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