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Everything, everything, everything, you’ll know everything about parsley!

August 11, 2018

Let’s talk about parsley: The parsley does not require “exceptional conditions” to be grown … but it is a delicate , its leaves are shriveled at the first annoyance. It would be irrelevant if we ate the root, but since we just eat the leaf … it’s a problem.  NB ok, Hamburg parsley produces large edible tuberous roots … and […]

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The cutting for dummies

August 11, 2018

After our articles on the recognition of plants or associations useful to the kitchen garden , we continue in the series “for Dummies” – but of course, you are not worthless for a penny, you are even great ! One of the greatest pleasures of the gardener is to multiply the plants he loves. The most common method is sowing , especially in the vegetable garden, […]

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Grow your basil: the keys to sow it and keep it alive.

August 11, 2018

Pesto, tomato sauce, tian, with cheese, tomatoes, vinaigrette, salad … Basil is a must , not just in Mediterranean cuisine. It is also a legendary plant for novice gardeners or confirmed for its capricious side facing the culture . Which makes it all the more valuable on the plate. As explained here , starting in the garden with basil is like trying to run the marathon without […]

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Cabbages, jokes on cabbages and a little culture.

August 11, 2018

This article is not intended to take the cabbage with multiple methods of cultivation related to each variety, but to give you the basics, to make you want to know more. Who is the cabbage, where does it come from, what does it prefer, why do we grow it as we do today? The first cabbage. Cauliflowers, kale, […]

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Protect and enrich the soil with a vegetal cover.

August 10, 2018

Vegetation cover is in agriculture an intermediate culture between two production crops. Do not confuse with a “cover” of the soil, that is to say the fact of covering its soil with mulches, green manures, mounds of culture, and especially the thatched roofs. Sexy subject, is not it? Why did you decide to talk about plant cover in an […]

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Strawberry cultivation for Dummies – and others.

August 10, 2018

In fact, growing strawberries is not particularly complicated at first, so why make an entire article? First, to go to bed all a little stupid months. Second, to list the tricks that make the difference between “strawberries to bleed belly” and “not a lot of strawberries”. And trimo – or tertio for those who prefer the correct French – to […]

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Focus on Eremurus, the Steppe Lily.

August 9, 2018

The plant to impress his friends! We are now focusing on Eremurus, because once installed, it is a very gratifying plant . It becomes big, flowers long enough, and has a surprising appearance. Where does he come from and who are his parents? Before marrying a new plant, do you want to know more about her family and […]

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Urban agriculture: the last cow in Paris

August 9, 2018

A little riddle! Question: Do you know when was the last cow from Paris ? Answer: in 1971 . At the moment when the City of Paris announced the creation of a giant urban farm at the Porte de la Chapelle , it seemed important to show with this little riddle in the form of a booster, that urban agriculture is  not […]

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A little history of gardens

August 9, 2018

Today – once is not custom – we want to tackle a theme that crosses gardening and society . It is that of the relationship between the garden and the social representation. If you were expecting people to say, “The rich there are gardens like that, the poor are brave and you have them like that …” or conversely, you’ll […]

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All you ever wanted to know about sex in plants (1 of 3)

August 9, 2018

A little reference to Woody Allen’s movie , this title! That we do not accuse us of deception, it is good sex which we will speak here! But if this dear Woody posed a lot of questions about the comparative interest of this or that sexual practice (and how, incidentally, to get there), the plants themselves, until proven […]

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All you ever wanted to know about sex in plants (2 of 3)

August 9, 2018

After an introduction to the sexuality of plants, read here here is a fun little recreation, with some pretty striking examples of what nature could invent to achieve its ends, and frankly, question innovation , nature arises there. The color spots that humans do not see. We enjoy looking at the shimmering colors of the flowers, but do you […]

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Let’s act for biodiversity by becoming third-garden activists!

August 9, 2018

The third garden, kezako? The third garden is simply to leave a part of the garden fallow – to abandon it to nature alone. How? Technically, simply by not putting your feet , or almost: we tell you more, a little lower on this same page. And what is this for ? Biodiversity is in danger! Everyone is aware today that biodiversity is in […]

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10 flowering companion plants to associate with vegetables from the kitchen garden

August 8, 2018

In the gardener world, flowers that are good to associate with vegetables are called “companion plants”. It’s pretty, no? In addition, to associate the flowers with vegetables of the vegetable garden everywhere, it is pretty, it is eaten, and it is good for the biodiversity! Some are edible , at least in part: flowers, leaves, seeds! The flowers attract pollinating […]

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The size of fruit trees.

August 8, 2018

Why do you have to prune the fruit trees? Why do not you have to prune the fruit trees? How to do it ? When? We will also give you ways to make decisions after watching your plant. By fruit trees, we speak here of the most common fruit trees such as apple, pear, cherry, plum, mirabelle plum, apricot, peach, […]

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Nature and plants are resilient and know how to handle imbalances

August 8, 2018

How do we react to diseases, parasites and imbalances on our plants? When we notice an anomaly in our immediate environment, we look for a way to deal with it directly. I have a headache ? I take an analgesic that treats pain … We rarely worry about the causes, as long as we manage to treat the […]

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