Day: August 12, 2018
The bindweeds
August 12, 2018The bindweed, this old gardener’s traveling companion – who does not have one in his garden? A voluble climbing plant, particularly resistant and invasive, this convolvulace with pretty white or pink flowers has for primary biotope the alluvial valleys congested with nutrients. The cultivated land, our gardens, but also the roadsides and the wastelands suit him perfectly! In France, […]
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My first balcony kitchen garden
August 12, 2018By dint of seeing pretty images of generous vegetable gardens in very small spaces on Pinterest or Instagram , you say you perhaps: “And if I did my first kitchen garden balcony? It does not seem so complicated after all. “ We have bad news and a good one! The bad: if we made a ratio ( effort of installation and maintenance) / ( generosity of […]
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If I were a plant…
August 12, 2018” If I were a plant, I would not want to be one of those plants that have too much to do with man. No oats, no wheat, no barley, without being able to get out of it, in a field in good standing – and one does not even leave corn to their corn for their […]
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Water in the garden – or how to water?
August 12, 2018The quality of a plant’s water supply is paramount: many of the problems gardeners face are actually related to poor hydration. Water well , it is first to know the origin of the plant that is watered, and the rain regime that it prefers. We do not water radishes and a cactus in the same way! By simulating the frequency and intensity of the […]
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Planter of wild flowers
August 12, 2018A little bit fed up with multicolored thoughts or geraniums in your planters ? And if we put a little savagery in all this? Wild flowers that grow along the roadsides, weeds that happen and ask for a piece of soil, beautiful flowers, sometimes medicinal , often honey are waiting for you! Just observe, collect some seeds at the right time , and hop – it changes […]
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All you ever wanted to know about the rose bush
August 12, 2018Your rosebush does not have the shape , it blooms in a random way? I almost want to say that it’s normal ! You think it’s probably your fault because you do not know how to prune it or it does not have the fertilizer it needs? Not at all ! Rose bushes are known to be particularly fragile, so unless you turn into […]
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Ice saints and global warming
August 12, 2018Ice saints, when is it? On May 11th, 12th and 13th each year we celebrate the Ice Saints – and not as the facetious picture of this article suggests, the ice breasts , or the holy ice , as we often hear! From one year to the next, the ice saints are therefore fixed. Traditionally, Saint Mamert , Saint Pancrace and Saint Servais were asked by farmers to […]
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The weeds between the slabs
August 12, 2018How to weed our terrace? How can I get rid of the weeds that invade my terrace or driveway? Eternal question of gardeners! Between the slabs of your terrace, in the driveway that leads to the garage, everywhere and especially where you do not want it, herbs continue to grow despite all your efforts ? I often see this question […]
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Succeed radishes
August 12, 2018Radishes, it looks easy like that, but when you start, it’s not always easy to know how to do it! If you do not know anything about it or if you want to know more, abcofagri helps you to see clearly, and in addition we give you our little secrets ! 3 important points: Choose a suitable variety , depending on when you […]
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How to keep your orchids alive and make them bloom again
August 12, 2018“The word Orchid comes from the Latin orchis with the influence of the Greek orkhidion – which means testicle”. It seemed important to us to write an article about this detail, which is often overlooked! But no, the subject here is to tell you more about Orchids , which are too often seen as “flowering plants”. Some […]
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My hens in urban garden.
August 12, 2018– Audrey’s little vegetable garden, very motivated beginner gardener, and Mother of two young children – so exhausted overall, except in the garden! Hello my cabbages, Do you remember my challenge? Eat at least one food a day fresh-dry or frozen from my garden. For the freshest year is almost done, I just adopted three laying pullets , […]
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Cultivating organic lettuce all year round indoors or outdoors is possible?
August 12, 2018If some people are expecting to find advertising for a miracle gadget based on wooden marketing object with lamps and drip – or even put on an aquarium, they will be disappointed. We are talking about giving you information to cultivate “stupidly” with soil, water – rain if possible -, light – the sun – and […]
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The perpetual vegetables: why it is essential to the organic vegetable garden.
August 12, 2018Often when we start a vegetable garden, we think first tomatoes, radishes, carrots, basil. Because that’s what we used to buy from traders and it’s easy to prepare. However, all these crops are seasonal, they must be repeated each season – or several times a season as for radish. So we should start by installing plants that […]
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Salt to weed, the false good idea.
August 12, 2018“With what do I weed our terrace? ” Salt! ” ” Are you sure this is not some toxic? ” ” Nah, I assure you, the salt is natural! “ We see more and more this kind of dialogues, between gardeners or Facebook forums or gardening groups: salt, the ultimate solution as a ” natural ” weed killer . Really? We knew the use of […]
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What to do in the garden – and the vegetable garden – in May?
August 12, 2018In May, gardening and planting become easier : long days and mild temperatures guarantee a better chance of success. So if you missed some seedlings, it’s time to redo them. Everything is accelerating in the garden, and some essential vegetable plants must be sown now – before it was too cold, then they will not have time to grow until the fall. This is particularly […]
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