Pruning and maintaining - gardening tips & advice

7 January 2026 Pruning and maintaining

Looking after raspberry bushes: how should they be pruned?

When you have raspberry bushes in your garden, it's essential to plan to prune them once a year. This is a shrub that can grow up to 1.50 m above the ground, with stems covered in small thorns. The fruit...

13 December 2025 Pruning and maintaining

How do I cut currants properly?

The redcurrant is one of the small fruit bushes, like the raspberry and blackcurrant, that fits in perfectly with the garden. To give it every chance of producing abundant fruit, it needs to be pruned properly.<br /> Small fruit bushes...

8 November 2025 Pruning and maintaining

Vegetable garden: what should you do in your greenhouse as winter approaches?

The days are getting shorter and shorter and the temperature is dropping day by day. You're picking your last vegetables of the summer: peppers, aubergines...You'll soon have finished your preserves for the approaching winter and you're putting the brakes on...

25 October 2025 Pruning and maintaining

How do you grow and care for a pear tree in the garden?

Growing a fruit tree in your garden such as a pear tree requires knowledge about the shrub itself, but also about the diseases and pests that affect this tree. We take a look at everything involved in growing and maintaining...

17 September 2025 Pruning and maintaining

When is the best time to prune ornamental shrubs?

When it comes to looking after your garden, pruning ornamental shrubs is an essential task. Indeed, regular pruning helps to maintain the health of the plants, encourage their growth and preserve their aesthetic appeal. But when is the best time...

30 August 2025 Pruning and maintaining

How do you cut lettuce so that it grows back?

To have beautiful vegetable plants like lettuces, it's essential to respect certain rules and, if possible, the environment that goes with them thanks to permaculture! Nothing could be simpler, so that they can give you their secret of beauty, all...

20 August 2025 Pruning and maintaining

Growing tomatoes: why do the leaves turn yellow?

You've planted your permaculture tomatoes and are patiently waiting to start enjoying your first harvests! But now, over the last few days, you've noticed that your leaves are turning yellow. Whether you're a beginner or a seasoned vegetable gardener, advice...

13 August 2025 Pruning and maintaining

6 tricks to get rid of weeds in the vegetable garden

What we mistakenly call "weeds" are often plants rich in virtues. Horsetail or nettle, for example, make excellent purins that strengthen plants and protect them from pests. We therefore tend to talk about undesirable plants or adventices, in the sense...

14 June 2025 Pruning and maintaining

How/when to prune kiwifruit?

Originally from China, the kiwi fruit has spread throughout the world. Although it prefers the heat of summer and the mildness of winter, this liana with its juicy fruit acclimatises easily. Ideally, plant one male and three females to ensure...

7 June 2025 Pruning and maintaining

Why and how should you thin out your seedlings (carrots, spinach, turnips, etc.)?

Thinning out young plants is an essential step after sowing, whether in the ground, in pots or under cover. Why should you do this? To give the other plants room to grow and develop. But how do you go about...

11 January 2025 Pruning and maintaining

When is the best time to prune your shrubs?

Welcome to this guide dedicated to the art of pruning your shrubs. Whether you are a gardening enthusiast or an expert in the field, we are here to give you the best advice to shape your shrubs optimally. At Permapotes...

1 January 2025 Pruning and maintaining

Now is a good time to clean your garden tools!

Spring is almost here (yes I know, it's still far away 😅) and that means it's time to take out your gardening tools to take care of your garden. But before you start gardening work, it is essential to clean...

20 December 2024 Pruning and maintaining

How/when to prune orchard trees effectively (apple, pear, cherry, plum, peach, etc.)

Hello Permapotes! Today, I will share with you some tips for effectively pruning the trees in your orchard, such as apple, pear, cherry, plum, and peach. Pruning fruit trees is an important step to ensure good production and quality fruit....

27 July 2024 Pruning and maintaining

When to prune thyme so that it grows back faster?

Thyme is a superb aromatic garden herb commonly used in cooking. If pruned correctly, this perennial offers wonderful flowering and a continuous harvest. To do this, simply follow our advice!<br> Thyme in your vegetable garden From the Lamiaceae family, the...

17 July 2024 Pruning and maintaining

How to protect your vegetables from heat waves?

Heatwave years are sometimes dark for gardeners: water stress on fruits, disrupted growth of vegetables, dry plants. Although most of our plantations appreciate the sun, prolonged excess heat can be fatal to them. However, there are a certain number of...