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11 February 2026 Growing vegetables

How can I identify a plant I don't know?

In my permaculture vegetable garden, I've already explained that I mulch the soil. This has several advantages: it nourishes the soil to keep it alive, and prevents weeds (and don't say weeds!!!) from growing. Sometimes, however, spontaneous shoots emerge from...

17 December 2025 Growing vegetables

When is spinach in season?

Spinach is a leafy vegetable in the Chenopodiaceae family, like amaranth and arrowroot. As well as its use in cooking, it also makes itself useful in the garden as a green manure. It can be grown in spring and autumn....

29 October 2025 Growing vegetables

Can you grow a cherry stone in your garden?

Growing a cherry stone in your garden is entirely possible. It can be done easily with your pitter provided you follow the right steps and get the right equipment. We provide all the advice relating to planting your cherry stone...

22 October 2025 Growing vegetables

How do I grow a lemon tree?

Growing a lemon tree can sometimes be complicated, especially if you don't have the right recommendations! We're doing the rounds to bring you all the advice and help you grow a lemon tree easily...<br /> Growing lemon trees in your...

18 October 2025 Growing vegetables

How do you plant a vine in your garden?

Vines, also known as Vitis vinifera, are woody plants that originated in Europe. A necessary step in cultivating your own wine or tasting delicious grapes, planting vines is an attainable dream as long as you follow a few basic principles....

8 October 2025 Growing vegetables

How to sow lamb's lettuce in the vegetable garden?

Very easy to grow, lamb's lettuce is a salad that finds its place on many menus. It requires very little space to grow and is easy to sow in your vegetable garden. However, to ensure good growth and a fruitful...

20 September 2025 Growing vegetables

Vegetable gardening and strong winds: how can you protect your crops when it's blowing?

These last few days, it's been hard to ignore the strength of the wind. Sudden gusts, bending branches, overturned garden chairs... and in the vegetable garden, it's mainly young shoots, fragile vegetables and even the soil that are suffering. When...

23 August 2025 Growing vegetables

How to grow celeriac?

Celeriac is a vegetable that has been cultivated since ancient times. This vegetable is mainly used for eating its root, as the leaves have a certain bitterness unlike its cousin, celeriac. Sown under cover from February to April, celeriac is...

16 August 2025 Growing vegetables

How do I grow an avocado?

The avocado is a plant that thrives in tropical regions. It cannot therefore be grown in the garden or vegetable patch in temperate countries except in pots, greenhouses or conservatories.<br /> How to get an avocado from a lawyer If...

30 July 2025 Growing vegetables

What to do in August in the vegetable garden

If there's one thing that most characterises August, it's the sun. In the vegetable garden, some vegetables are already overwhelmed by the heat and drought. So watering is obviously a major activity in August. But every gardener knows that there's...

19 July 2025 Growing vegetables

Yellow and bitter cucumbers: why? And what can you do about it?

You're proud of your garden cucumbers, but now they're taking on an unusual yellow colour and an unappealing bitter taste? Rest assured, this annoyance is fairly common, especially in summer, and can be corrected with a few simple steps. In...

12 July 2025 Growing vegetables

Proper vine cultivation and pruning for maximum grape yield!

No, I'm not talking about producing your own wine, but simply about being able to taste a succulent grape produced... at home! Looking for a few tips on how to maximise production from your vines? Follow the guide!Choosing a variety...

9 July 2025 Growing vegetables

How to plant and care for strawberry plants?

When you see the price of a raft of strawberries in the shops, growing them yourself can be very economical. And then, what a joy to be able to pick them directly from your garden with the certainty that they're...

5 July 2025 Growing vegetables

Why won't my cucumbers grow?

It's a familiar scenario in the vegetable garden: you've sown or transplanted some beautiful cucumber plants, watered them conscientiously, they've started to climb their trellis or run across the ground, the first flowers have arrived... and then nothing. Or almost...

21 June 2025 Growing vegetables

Salad going to seed: how to avoid it?

Sprouting is as much of a gardener's hassle as runaway seedlings. Everything looks promising and then, all of a sudden, the seeds arrive and blow away your hopes of a harvest. Most lettuces go to seed at the end of...

18 June 2025 Growing vegetables

Should vegetables be sown in this drought?

Growing vegetables organically during a period of drought presents particular challenges. However, with careful planning and appropriate practices, it is possible to succeed and produce healthy, tasty vegetables while adhering to the principles of organic farming. The health of the...

4 June 2025 Growing vegetables

When are the potatoes harvested?

The potato (Solanum tuberosum) belongs to the Solanaceae family. It is grown for its tubers. Potatoes are eaten cooked and are used in the preparation of a large number of recipes. They are often served whole or mashed as a...

28 May 2025 Growing vegetables

The potato tower: does it really work?

You have a small garden and don't want your vegetable patch to take up all the space. There are plenty of solutions for optimising the space in your little patch of greenery. In particular, when you grow vegetables that take...

14 May 2025 Growing vegetables

Carrots: why do they need to be thinned after sowing?

Thinning carrots, as with spinach or turnips, is one of those thankless garden chores that, while necessary, isn't much fun. But why is it necessary to thin carrot seedlings? <br /> Preparation before sowing Carrots grow best in a sunny...

10 May 2025 Growing vegetables

What to do in May in the vegetable garden (sowing, planting, harvesting, etc.)

The month of May represents spring in all its splendour, as plants adorn themselves with their most beautiful flowers and what seemed dead comes back to life in a joyous symphony of colour and fragrance. It's also a crucial month,...