Now is the time to think about peach leaf curl and its preventive treatment autumn. This fungus with the pretty name of Taphrina deformans, is responsible for peach leaf curl which distorts foliage (and twigs) bringing a reddish color to peach, nectarine, nectarine, and sometimes almond trees in e

Not very difficult to achieve and inexpensively and so useful when you want to change level... The log staircase requires few materials: – pegs tomato slices, cut 70 cm long and edged with a sickle or hatchet (2 per step) – logs 7 cm in diameter and 70 long (well, its a bit like we want the lengt

Size of the mulberry plane tree . Here is what not to reproduce:abominable sizes that will never heal. The new shoots will leave in an anarchic and uncontrolled way. The cuts are too far from the carpenter or too far. In the first case, healing is almost impossible and the carpenter is weakened. In

Its true that its February and that were in the heart of winter, which has been long overdue, but hey, that doesnt prevent us from remembering the garden work in February, which is in fact a few safety rules. The wind mingling with the cold and the snow:check the winter sails, think that potted pla

Watering and flowering pruning of the shrubs to be planned as soon as the thaw . That the temperatures are winter in winter, what could be more normal, even if the coldness is stronger this year in certain regions of our country. This should not make us forget that we must prepare for garden work, a

The first frosts have passed and the last leaves have left the persimmon tree. Its time to pick up the persimmons and set them to slowly ripen in the cellar. Persimmon, persimmon in autumn persimmon, persimmon fruit

So that the parsley plays the extension and before the frost burns the last parsley shoots, cut it, wash it, dry it with paper towels, and cut the stems and leaves into small pieces. It is better not to use a chopper, but rather a pair of scissors. You mix your parsley with knobs of butter and put

Whether your Christmas tree is fir or spruce, the recovery of conifers used for the end-of-year celebrations is somewhat risky. How to replant a Christmas tree? Some outlets offer container-grown trees. If you want to fill your garden, these plants can be planted after the holidays by following a f

The hazel mite Naughty little bugger, which undermines the harvest of hazelnuts. This tiny little spider does a lot of damage. Filbert mite Mites in hazel buds What to do? Very quickly, cut the affected branches and burn them. This is what you will see written often. In my garden I let things

Compost:implementation. Here is the best way to compost. Garden and kitchen waste is voluminous, and a source of well-being for soil life and therefore plants. 1. A mixed H2O and O² Composting is a natural process of transformation organic matter, i.e. what comes from living things (grass, root, le

Climbing plants on a fence It all depends on the type of soil and the region where you are. In general, ivy, Virginia creeper, honeysuckle, far from being original, are safe bets. If the height of the fence allows it, you can plant a wisteria, a bignone or a Banks rose. Be careful, these plants are

A garden is a set of different scenes forming a atmosphere . In the treatment of garden spaces, all the exterior parts are not maintained in the same way. If it is easy to understand that a vegetable garden does not receive the same treatment as a swimming pool edge or an embankment, it is less cust

It smells of the countryside and the natural. The flowered fallow invites itself into all spaces that want to be rural. But, what is a flowery fallow? A fallow is a garden plot made up of wild herbaceous plants or horticultural, adapted to the local environment . If you dont have space where you c

Plants for butterflies… and caterpillars! Rather than listing the plants visited by butterflies and harboring caterpillars here, we might as well pay tribute to those who did the work upstream. By clicking on the link below (or by copying it into your address bar) you will have a superb table. Its

The quince becomes yellow, covered with a light down, it is time to pick it. It can remain in the cellar for a while longer before finding its way to the jelly basin. A board with a notch at one end to wedge the branch, will support it to prevent breakage. Quinces are very heavy. If you have a

The leaves are falling. I collect them because:(Check the correct answer) its dirty You cant see anything below It rotted on the lawn To make compost Setting up a composter If you have decided to set up a composting area , here are some tips to finalize your space and set up your composter

In response to a question from an Internet user:Are nematodes the panacea for eliminating the beetle larvae that infest my garden and that of my neighbour? There is no panacea when it comes to wrestling. I know that on Reunion Island they use a mushroom called Beauveria Bassiana , which infects the

Flower pots Perennials, annuals, small shrubs, brighten up planters , window boxes, pots and containers. But it is good planning to put these plants in a healthy environment. The old soil is composted the containers are washed and disinfected with white vinegar and the pebbles from the drainage can

Tomato pruning:cultural or cultural technique ? April arrives and already the stakes and crosspieces structure the vegetable garden. These wooden, bamboo or metal supports will soon be filled with lush tomato feet. This is when two schools of thought clash:the “cultural” and the “secateur deniers”

Soil composed of a high proportion of fine elements , silt and clay, soggy soil which is difficult to dry, basin collecting water from runoff , soil packed … these lands are asphyxiating for soil inhabitants, insects, worms, and microorganisms, as well as for plant roots that cannot develop properly