Which vegetables to grow in winter?
There are several different vegetables that are hardy enough to the cold that you can still make the vegetable patch an enchanting place to be. Zoom in on kohlrabi, Brussels sprouts, winter lettuce…
Lettuce
Lettuce is a salad vegetable. Leaves are picked, or the entire head is gathered. How to grow it depends on where you live. It hates droughts.
Arugula, easy-growing greens for mixed salads
Arugula is one of the most famous greens for tasty meals.
Greens and lettuce for every season
At the start of every meal or as a finishing touch, a few crisp, fresh greens always bring a touch of delight to your meal menus.
Oakleaf, a delicious lettuce
Green, red or gold oakleaf lettuce is an easy lettuce. On your marks, get set, SOW!
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!
30+ plants to grow from kitchen scraps – no need to go buy seeds!
Grow plants straight from the kitchen. No need to leave the house to garden!
Stock the pantry with winter vegetables
In the vegetable patch, summer is the season for harvests, but sowing still continues for lettuce, cabbage and other vegetables for winter.
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!
Direct sowing, sowing plants directly in the ground
Whether for vegetables or certain flower species, direct sowing or sowing in situ is very easy. It takes place in spring, once the last frost has passed, and during summer for most fall vegetables.
Garden with your kids
Nice weather usually means eating more delicious fruits and vegetables. Why not seize the chance to garden and grow your own together with your children?
How to grow lettuce and salad
Learn how to sow, grow and harvest lettuce with this informative short video. You’ll want to pull out the rake from the shed and get to work in no time! Timing, season, spacing, sowing seeds and smart tips to harvest whole heads or individual leaves. Read more ►
Lettuce health benefits and therapeutic value
Lettuce (Lactuca sativa), a small salad plant with tender leaves, smooth or ragged, green or red, is very certainly the most famous plant in our vegetable patches!
Lettuce, tips on growing it
Lettuce is an easy salad plant to grow, which needs little space and is open to all, even if all you have is a terrace or balcony.
Indoor vegetable patch, straightforward and effective
You live in an apartment, and your consumption of vegetables is minimal… what if you opted for an indoor vegetable patch? Easy and eye-catching, it is becoming a true trend.
How to rotate crops in the vegetable patch
Crop rotation helps generate abundant harvests. It’s also very effective at reducing crop diseases and maximizing nutrient availability for plants.
Escarole, resists cold weather well
Escarole is a salad green that is appreciated for its delicious leaves and for the ease of its growing and its hardiness.
Spring sowing and planting in the vegetable patch
Spring is a busy season for planting and sowing, busy as in “buzzy” since bees and insects have joined the show in the vegetable patch! You need to clean, sow, repot, transplant, and more if you want to harvest
Incredible edible, new urban vegetable patches
What if nature invaded cities in the “urban farm” mode? The collaborative Incredible Edible trend is pollinating across the plant…
Preparing an organic square-foot vegetable patch
You’ll simply adore biting into the organic vegetables you’ve grown yourself – all the more because it won’t have cost you any heavy garden work at all! Preparing an organic square-foot vegetable patch is your key to this dream situation.
