legume family | Nature and garden

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!

Legume family benefits in home and garden

Companion planting in the vegetable patch

Just like humans, vegetables also have friends and foes. Some families stimulate or protect each other. Other families tire each other out and make each other vulnerable. Companion planting is the art of pairing them well!

Natural fertilizer for the vegetable patch

If you want to stop bloating your vegetables with polluting chemical fertilizers, it is time for you to familiarize yourself with natural fertilizer! No need to keep poisoning water reserves and setting local environments off balance anymore.

Healthy vegetable patch with natural fertilizer

Albizia, a superb flower-bearing tree

The Albizia tree is famous for its fabulous summer blooming.

Albizia tree, the silk tree, white-pink blooms on mimosa-like leaves.

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

Acacia tree – planting, care and pruning of this towering shade-giver

Acacia is a very beautiful ornamental tree that can grow very tall. Planting, pruning and caring for it all contribute to helping acacia grow adequately.

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.