Oh how boring it is to cross the vegetable garden and take a few cm because of the mud accumulated under the sole, which will have to be scraped off with an opinel. How to make the path to the vegetable garden? The hollow alley filled with shredded material. Easy to set up. When making garden beds

Following the article basic fertilizer , its now, a user (whom I thank here) asked me a question that deserves an elaborate answer. Can we skip eating? This short answer obviously needs to be qualified.Plants need to eat. In principle, they must find everything they need in the ground, at least whe

The whole point of planting a fruit tree is to get fruit! Some will say that its not just that, the beauty of the flowers and the light shade are appreciable. Yes but, a fruit tree without fruit smells like, lets see, chainsaw oil? wood fire? So before blaming your dealer for the poor quality of his

Many of you ask me this question:should I water in winter? If I shout to anyone who will listen that the combination of humidity and cold is detrimental to plants, so is desiccation. Saying that doesnt answer the question, I grant you.Young plantations, bulbs, biennial bedding plants... anything t

How to make an elegant wisteria all of long bunches dressed and erected as a tree? Photo:the garden is everything. http://lejardincesttout.typepad.com/lejardincesttout/climpantes/ Everything is said in this article by Céline in the garden. Its so well done that I dont need to add more 🙂 I lea

Yesterday I hosted a mini conference on compost, its the season. It was during an Occitan café. The different types of waste were noted in Occitan, for the participants to read and translate…and to find out if the waste was green or brown. The idea has much more and the participation was active. An

Another pun with two balls (of hay) in title for an ancestral phenomenon which exists since the worms coexist with the plants. The vermicompost whats this ? a word made with two, a compost made in earthworms. Lets go back a bit: The genesis Organic matter, anything that comes from life, litters the

Here it is again, our peach leaf curl , with its red marbling. Its quite decorative, but hey! This shows two things to choose from:either you forgot to apply the correct leaf fall and pre-bud treatments, or you have a very susceptible variety. Either way, theres not much you can do except pick off t

Well yes! mulching does not only have the function of slowing down evaporation and therefore limiting watering. Organic mulching prevents erosion by wind and water, prevents compaction of the ground caused by the sometimes violent rains, gives a cover soil populations:soil-dwelling insects that are

Picking linden flowers is done when the flowers are open and still white, they are picked up with the bract (small leaf at the base of the flower stalk). This is also the time when they are most visited by bees and other foragers, such as bumblebees. Besides, the lime tree buzzes, it is well known.

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EAJ =authorized use in gardens Who can do more can do less... My neighbor gives me a product he uses against powdery mildew on asters, roses and zucchini. It is even effective against tomato rot. It is a systemic product. Before any use, I do research on the net, because the packaging has become

Between mid-October and March, basic fertilizers extend to the garden. But to find your way around the entire range and make the right choice, you still need to know the actions of the different components. Here is a non-exhaustive list of fertilizers to apply in the fall. Fertilizers rich in nitro

Size of the mulberry plane tree , here is the question of a user: The size in the photo Pictures speak louder than words, so the ones below should help. Nevertheless, the small branches are to be eliminated. Only the extensions of the carpenters and certain new shoots are kept. They are reduced to

Frozen mimosa, question from a user:Hello Daniel, Can you give us some advice please?? We are in Prades, 30140 Thoiras, at an altitude of 300 m. The mimosa does not seem to have endured the several days at -10°, it has become very dry! If you touch it, it crumbles! Should we cut it? If so, when

An Israeli study shows that plants can communicate through their underground organs. Study:Plants talk through the rootsAuthor:Asaf Shtull-Trauring For those who are repelled by English, you will need to have a little imagination, the proposed French translation is approximate...but the essential

A question from a blogger:Hi Daniel, can I start a vegetable garden now ? after Easter, are we more afraid of frosts? there are tomato plants in the market and zucchini plants, and I bought some beans for sowing. No precipitation! Zucchini tomatoes and beans, are summer vegetables; They are not pl

Question from a user:My rosemary frozen who was all dead rises! maybe its the miracle of Easter? but what do I do now, do I cut everything or just remove the dead leaves? he is 15 years old my rosemary. So much the better if the rosemary resumes. Many evergreens have been cold this winter and their

The winter caused some damage to the olive trees. Some wont recover. And other weakened trees are subject to attack by a bark beetle called the olive neiroun (phlaeotritus beetles). The attack can also occur during the transplantation of an olive tree, the latter supporting stress and therefore weak

My answer: My dear Baptiste, here is a question that bothers more than one student. Reminder:Here are the differences between biennial and perennial. I added the definition of annual. An annual has a calendar year growing cycle (from January 1 to December 31):it germinates in the spring, flowers,