White mustard, both spice and green manure fertilizer
White mustard is getting popular: many are discovering its use as a green garden fertilizer, with the benefit of being a delicious
Green manure
Green manure is certainly the healthiest of all possible fertilizers. It’s also one that requires almost no work at all, since microbes do all the work for you!
Natural fertilizer for vegetables
If you want to stop bloating your vegetables with polluting chemical fertilizers, it is time for you to familiarize yourself with natural fertilizer!
Green manure, use cover plants to fertilize the next harvest!
It protects the ground from weeds and enriches the soil with nitrogen and humus: green manure scores perfect on all counts!
Spinach, all the tips on how to grow it
Spinach is a vegetable that is both easy to grow and has the advantage of being planted early in the season.
The legume family, perfect for the garden and the dinner table, too!
Beans, peas, lentils, soybeans… the legume family all share flowers shaped like butterfly wings, roots that lock nitrogen into the soil, and seeds that have high levels of protein. To sum it up, it just what any garden needs!
Broad beans, easy and quick to grow
Broad beans are a type of bean and part of the legume family. They’re easy and quick to
Permaculture fertilizers and compost
Underlying the success of every garden is the health of its soil – this is particularly true in permaculture. Fertilize it with fresh nutrients like compost, maintain it, disturb it only when absolutely necessary: your soil will stay healthy and fertile, and its quality will increase
Natural techniques for an organic vegetable patch
Chemical treatments are increasingly being banned across the planet thanks to the increased awareness of people. Growing “organic” vegetables has become mainstream, much more today than the fad it once was.
Nutrients and soil health: mulch, compost, manure give best results
Chemical fertilizers that some gardeners use sure can feed those vegetables in the patch, but not the soil itself!
Organic gardening ABCs
Organic gardening means gardening together with nature instead of against it. Organic growing techniques endeavor to respect soil, plants… and the consumer, too. They rely on vegetable and fruit species that are well-suited to local growing conditions.
Fall garden checklist
Days grow shorter and frost spells are just around the corner… Here’s a checklist of what needs to be accomplished in fall before it starts getting cold.
Chufa, a root vegetable that produces groundnuts
Chufa key facts Botanical name – Cyperus esculentus Common name – chufa Family – Cyperaceae Type – perennial
For a sustainable garden
To transform your growing beds into spots of high ecological value, here are a few simple tips and solutions. Common sense applies and points the way to sustainable gardening.
Mongolian milkvetch, boost your immune system
Native to Asia, mongolian milkvetch is a plant that grows in Northern China, in the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.
Lupine, radiant colors
Lupine is a beautiful perennial that offers particularly abundant and generous blooming.
Mulching techniques for permaculture, which is best?
For permaculture, a major source of inspiration is old growth forests. Have you ever seen a forest with bare soil?
