July garden tasks for a fulfilling summer
Summer is there and the garden has settled in! The month of July gifts us a multitude of colors, tastes and fragrances as we go about gardening.
Grape and Grapevine
Grape is the source of wine, and it’s a favorite fruit to eat and cook with, too.
September in the garden, tasks that will get you set for fall
Summer is slowly starting to turn its back away, and September is one of the key months for your garden tasks.
Grapevine, producing nice bunches of grapes
Grapevine is a beautiful fruit vine, offering us grapes at the end of summer.
Bordeaux mixture, an effective treatment
Bordeaux mixture is an effective fungus treatment authorized for use in organic farming.
Grape health benefits and therapeutic value
Grape is the fruit of the grapevine (Vitis vinifera). This is a shooty woody plant belonging to the Vitaceae family native to temperate Western Asia.
Ornamental and generous, the grapevine
Why not try your hand at growing grapes? Fall is the best season to plant a grapevine, why not start now?
Pruning grapevine, tips and guidance to succeed
The pruning of a grapevine is an important step that determines proper fruit formation and harvest.
Landscape a small garden with 5 simple features
A small garden is definitely an excellent opportunity to showcase what’s really most important. Discover our tips and advice to transcend your small outdoor space and, through astute landscaping ideas, make it seem larger than it is! Read also: 5 ideas to set up a shaded courtyard Clever ways to organize a long, narrow garden […]
Virginia creeper, superb in every season
Virginia creeper, although sometimes mistaken for ivy, has many advantages when it comes to covering walls and pergolas.
Which vine is best to decorate your garden shed or pergola?
Guest post resulting from our collaboration with FRANCE ABRIS! Proud of your beautiful garden shed? Think how amazing it would look with a few beautiful vines crawling and blooming here and there! Indeed, though our garden sheds and pergolas
Tiny fruit trees for small gardens and decks
A small fruit tree is ideal for large gardens but they also fit right in to tighter spaces like a balcony, deck, terrace or small garden, both in the city and in the country.
Botrytis rot, learn the symptoms and how to treat it
One of the most aggressive killers in the garden, Botrytis is a fungal disease that can attack all sorts of plants. It forms gray mold after it enters through wounds
Sooty mold, techniques and organic treatments to avoid it
When leaves are covered with a blackish substance, similar to black soot that would have collected overnight, it is a sign of sooty mold.
Erineum mite, a microscopic spider causes blisters on grapevine leaves
Erineum gall is a disease that is often encountered on trees, but the grape vine also falls victim and the distinctive gall growths appear on the leaves.
Sandy soil, which plants are best?
Sandy soil is both poor in nutrients and cannot retain moisture. But sand does have major advantages when it comes
