Magic potions from plants… for plants!
Prepare your own magic potions! Infusions, decoctions, fermented tea… take advantage of natural plant properties to easily prepare organic fertilizer and treatments at a very low price.
Organic gardening
Organic gardening is way to say, “let’s garden with what nature gives us”. No need for processed chemicals, grow your garden with what is already in it!
Organic gardening ABCs – got the basics? We’ve got you covered!
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.
Use dead leaves to fertilize and protect plants
In fall, when trees and shrubs lose their foliage, a thick blanket of useful dead leaves forms in the garden. It is the season to unclog gutters and pick up leaves, and use them for gardens and vegetable plots
How to save bees
Now that governments are starting to ban insecticides that are the most dangerous to our honey-making friends, a reminder of the situation and the best practices to implement on how to save bees.
Gardening by the moon, why it works and planting tips
Gardening by the moon, sure! But how? And why? Gardeners have always observed with fascination the impact of the moon on plants they were growing.
Turn your hedge into a protective barrier against diseases
Did you know that a hedge does much more than just protect us from neighbors, wind and noise?
Ashes, great garden fertilizer – if they’re the right ones!
Ash can be extremely useful in your garden and for your plants since it becomes an exceptional fertilizer.
Organic tips for great soil health
Knowing your soil type, delicately working the ground, associating plants and protecting them without using fertilizer or pesticides, all these tips will lead to healthy organic soil.
Hydrogel water crystals to beat drought
This is a product that goes by many different names: Polyter, Water Crystals, Orbeez, Watergel, Hydrogel, Hydrosource, Water drops, root watering crystals, super-absorbent polymers, PAM, water retention granules, hydrating crystals, water beads, water pebbles, hydrobeads, crystal soil, water jelly, jelly balls, soil moist, super slusher… The list seems endless and shows how much hope is […]
6 steps to start a vegetable patch. No more, no less!
Been wanting to start a veggie patch but not sure how get started? Find out how to start your first vegetable patch in 6 key steps!
Potato beetle, strike the striped Colorado beetle early!
These little striped beetles are definitely a hassle! The Colorado potato beetle devours leaves with terrifying speed!
Recycle in the garden, turn waste into gold!
In the garden, when you need to plant, sow, propagate, fertilize at the cheapest possible price, think “recycle”!
Discover BRF or RCW, Ramial Chipped Wood, the next mulch revolution!
BRF is a common term in forestry. It is derived from the French “Bois Raméal Fragmenté”, or Ramial Chipped Wood. Anybody can make this mulch from crushed and shredded green wood branches. It’s the best mulch for enriching and protecting garden soil.
Natural and organic weeding, which of these methods work for you?
Weeding has always been the starting point of many questions. How can undesired growth be removed without polluting the Earth and our environment? Can we weed naturally and efficiently, without using noxious herbicides that would seep into our plants and our bodies?
What’s the ideal layout for a raised garden?
Raised gardening gets a resounding “yes”, doesn’t it? Now, the time has come to select the best layout for raised garden beds. Square, rectangles, curves
Planting 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.
Fermented comfrey tea, an excellent fertilizer
Organic gardeners favor it above all others: fermented comfrey tea is one of the most effective organic fertilizers for gardens and vegetable plots.
Lawn grass clippings and compost: what’s the big deal?
Spring begins, and with it comes baskets and hampers full of lawn trimmings. What is one to do with all these clippings? Can you put lawn grass in the compost?
Nettle and tomato – convert weeds into great harvests!
Who hasn’t yet suffered the sting of wild nettle? Far from being a weed, stinging nettle is an excellent ally for organic gardeners, especially for growing tomato!
Ace your eco-friendly gardening practices
Mulching, composting, natural and organic produce… Are you hoping to learn more about environment-friendly gardening? Start right this winter or during the next dry spell!
Mulch, a layer to protect and feed plants
Mulch is anything purposefully layered on soil to protect plants, nourish them, and decorate your garden.
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!
Bordeaux mixture, an effective treatment
Bordeaux mixture is an effective fungus treatment authorized for use in organic farming.
Organic treatments for your fruit trees
Do you have a garden with fruit trees and you’d like to get a bit more organic? Preserving and protecting nature is getting more and more attractive, most of all for our own dear little children.
Attract butterflies with plants, flowers, and other tips
Attract butterflies to your garden! Threatened because their natural habitat is dwindling, and because of pesticides, butterflies can find refuge in our very own gardens,
Fermented tea, using weeds to make fabulous organic treatments
Fermented tea from weeds is an effective and environment-friendly resource to fight most insects, pests and plant diseases.
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.
Organic ant control – effective repellent plants and treatments
Natural organic ant control is possible and effective. Here are a few tricks to fight against these tiny insects.
Ladybug, the assistant gardener
The Good Lord’s beetle is an incredible bug that feeds on aphids. It is the best of the gardener’s friends.
3 top natural fertilizers for a fully organic garden
Natural fertilizer turns crops into vigorous growers without degrading the environment. Derived from plant, mineral or animal matter, it gives ornamentals and vegetables a powerful boost.
Organic gardening, what is it?
Organic gardening means applying to gardening the principles of organic agriculture. The main difference with organic agriculture is
Drought resistant pot arrangements
Are you starting to feel that watering in summer is a chore? Wouldn’t it be pleasing to have only plants with no watering? Select plants that can cope with lack of water and you’ll have found a great solution to your problem!
Worms Welcome! Get these wrigglers to make vermicompost for the garden now!
Zero efforts to convert food and plant waste into rich organic fertilizer, a dream come true? Yes it is! Go for vermicompost, it produces and excellent soil without any smelly side-effects.
Tomatoes without diseases
Tomatoes are often infected with fungal diseases (related to mushrooms). A typical gardener’s first reaction is to blast the whole plant with chemicals.
An effortless veggie garden
Want to grow your own vegetables, but you’re never home? If you’re one of the persons who can only visit their garden once a week or less, go for a self-managing vegetable patch!
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.
