Tips and advice for a productive vegetable garden
English
April 22, 2020
Growing a vegetable garden is easy enough to do, and lets you reconnect with nature. What could be fresher and more local than food harvested from...Read more
Blog
The Gardener’s Book
Archives by category
Jardin botanique - The Gardener’s Book
A little glossary for choosing your seeds
English
February 12, 2020
Written on February 5, 2018 Organic or non-organic seeds, open-pollinated or F1 hybrid seeds – these criteria seem harmless enough, but if you’re...Read more
Make your poinsettia blush again!
English
January 8, 2020
Written on January 11, 2013 Your poinsettia made it through the holidays and now you want to keep it and make it turn red again? Here are the steps...Read more
A comforter of green manure for our plantings!
English
September 13, 2019
In nature, soil is rarely exposed. So why leave it that way in the garden? Pamper your soil in the fall by covering it with plants…while there’s...Read more
Getting a phalaenopsis orchid to bloom again
English
August 28, 2019
Text written on August 1, 2018 Considered easy to maintain, the phalaenopsis, or “moth orchid,” is a favorite choice of beginners. One of the...Read more
Latin American vegetable garden
English
May 1, 2019
From Mexico to Tierra del Fuego, Latin America consists of some 20 countries. This enormous territory boasts an extremely rich culinary heritage, one...Read more
Dare to start your first seeds
English
January 23, 2019
With a simple $3 seed packet, you can grow some of your own vegetables all season long. What could be more gratifying than watching your seeds grow...Read more
Multicultural vegetable garden: Africa
English
June 25, 2018
Beginning in the 19th century, Montréal experienced great waves of immigration. All those people coming from elsewhere brought their culture with...Read more
Creating an edible garden: a fair bit of work, but what happiness!
English
May 24, 2017
It’s such a pleasure harvesting your tomatoes, your carrots, your flowers and your herbs. Whether it’s a big kitchen garden, a smaller edible layout...Read more
Foodscaping
English
May 19, 2017
The first thing that comes to mind when we decide to grow edible plants is a kitchen garden hidden from public view in the back yard. But there’s...Read more
