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2025-05-17T17:35:00.000-07:00

A garden is a garden party where the cropping of vegetables for family consumption. It was essentially a utilitarian function, but at the same time this type of gardening is an enjoyable pastime and sometimes even a passion. The garden is not only a place of production of healthy vegetables, fresh and tasty. It is also a window into the nature and useful advice. It is a place where you just learn to observe nature and to follow the evolution of plants.
At the time of industrialization and all hi-teck, the garden is a great way to stay in touch with nature.

Through this blog I'll share with you the experience that I gained the son of the time as an amateur in organic vegetable gardening and residential. You will find a description of the plants that I grow or I have already grown. In these descriptions, I'd share my observations and techniques used. In the technology topics, you will find gardening techniques that may be common to several species.

As is by trial and error that we learn or improve their gardening techniques, heading a laboratory will provide you with the trials and past that I have done.
Feel free to leave me your comments, suggestions or questions that could improve the information contained in this blog.

Happy reading.

Zorg.

Basil

2010-07-27T15:00:00.000-07:00

Presentation

Basil is an annual plant of the family Lamiaceae. Basil is grown as a condiment and aromatic. It is the basis of pesto, condiments emblematic of Italian cuisine.

Strong and brave as he likes, basil little fear pests and diseases. In addition, to keep away from basil insects friend makes a plant popular in garden. Plant it in a few feet near tomatoes, peppers and eggplants to protect them. There are many species of sizes, colors and smells different.

Main species
Small basil leaves, lemon flavor, current markets, and its intense fragrance is perfect for cooking (soup with pesto, sauces).

Little Basil
Basil Green End
Basil Marseille
Lemon basil leaf light green, almost yellow, advised to keep away mosquitoes. Also called "pesto" in the south, this species of basil is a bit more fragile (and therefore a little harder to grow) than the others because this species is more sensitive to sun and wind.

Basil with large leaves, the smell of jasmine, licorice and lemon, whose leaves can reach up to 10 cm.

Big Green
Basil lettuce, cultivar Valentino, height 50 cm, compact, very large leaves pale green, broad and blistered, very fragrant
Basil leaves curled

Purple basil (leaves and purple flowers pale pink), the flexible sheets and decorative scented sweet and slightly peppery, used for salads.

Thai basil, leaves evoke both mint and cloves, and is used with seafood and exotic soups.

Holy basil, a species grown near Buddhist temples, including Thailand.

The planting and cultivation of basil
Growing basil requires a warm and sunny. It can also be grown in temperate countries, either in pots or in the ground with some caution. Growing basil requires five hours of sunlight daily. The basil plant is extremely sensitive to cold and not resist if the temperature drops below 10 ° C. It prefers a cool, well-drained and sheltered exposure. I
It should be prevented from flowering up to the leaves retain all their flavors, then pinch the ends of the stems when the flowers are formed. Propagation is by seed in spring when nighttime temperatures do not descend further below 5 degrees. But generally temperate climate, it is best done in greenhouses or in pots kept at a temperature of 20 ° C and then perform a transplant in the ground where the soil has warmed and frosts are not to be feared.

Medicinal
In brewing, the leaves are reputed to be sedative, diuretic and antispasmodic.
It is used against indigestion and as vermifuge.Il aids digestion, is slightly diuretic. Antispamodique.
He also attributed the virtues ant-inflammatory and antibacterial. It has soothing properties and fight against stress and anxiety.

Chives

2010-05-26T11:18:00.000-07:00

Introduction

Chives is an aromatic plant native to East of the Alliaceae family, cultivated for its leaves often used as a condiment. Bulbous plant, a more subtle taste that scallion and onion, its flavor is delicate, especially when the stems are thin and young. Chive blossom as a beautiful ball of blue lavender pink may well adorn a garden.

The planting and growing chives
Chives prefer full sun and enjoy the fresh soil but not too wet. It also lends itself very well to pot culture, if mixed with other plants of the same ilk.

By planting

Start by digging furrows to remote a foot and then, make holes at 15 centimeters from each other. Mix the soil with a good potting soil and possibly sand. Then place your plants so that they are situated at 1.5 inches deep. Replace cap, then gently tamp, soak your seedlings.
It can sow and grow chives in pots.

By division
We find that the clump of chives grown has grown and seems less vigorous: it is time to divide. Having collected a lump, it is divided into several parts of the size of a cup with a simple little hand shovel. The small tufts Results are delivered in the ground in a mixture of sand, soil and compost. The division and the renewal of the substrate are two factors guarantee the return of plant vigor. In the end, you water copiously, to properly pack the soil around the roots. Within days, the chives will look much better solved, and leaf production will follow.

Maintenance and harvesting

Chives will demand virtually no maintenance. Just think about all year, in summer, to divide the clumps for a better development. To harvest, simply cut aromatic herbs to four inches of soil. They keep well frozen, chopped in a bowl sealed. In the open air, your chives will stay fresh three to four days.

Note:
Chives has the characteristic of repelling pests of fruit trees.

Mildew

2010-05-26T06:56:00.000-07:00

Introduction:

Mildew is the generic name for a series of fungal diseases affecting many species of plants. Contrary to what has long been thought due to its appearance, mildew is not caused by fungi, but by algae, which explains its extreme sensitivity to copper.

Symptoms :
Spots yellow / brown oily appearance on the top leaves and whitish or gray corresponding mark on the underside of the leaves, visible time humide.Les leaves shrivel up and wither. Brown spots on the plants shrivel and die tiges.Les. vegetables are suffering bumps and dark spots.

Dates:
High humidity, rain successive without drying, and mildew by species, freshness (peas) or heat (potato, tomato)

Risk Factors:
- Plants tight
- Lack of crop rotation
- Too much moisture.

Species of mildew the most common:
Peronospora parasitica or mildew of crucifers (cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower ...)
Phytophthora infestans: potatoes and tomatoes
Peronospora destructor: onions, garlic
Phytophthora cactorum: strawberry
Phytophthora capsici (mildew of pepper)
Peronospora brassicae (cabbage)
Pseudoperonospora cubensis (downy mildew of Cucurbitaceae)
Bremia lactucae, attacks lettuce and artichokes.
...

Prevention:
- Space the plants: you plant a little less, but we do not lose everything. Air circulates Parmet and the plant to dry.
- Practice crop rotation that interrupts the reproduction of insect pests and fungal diseases.
-Avoid constant moisture on the leaves, planting tomatoes and potatoes in the sun and water at the foot.
- If necessary and if you can protect from rain with plastic stretched over guardians.
- For the tomatoes: bury the nettles at the bottom of the hole, about 20 cm.

Remedies:
-Monitor and the first (and low attacks) immediately remove the affected leaves and try to treat the nettle manure. Otherwise: destroy infested plants, burn. The disease spread rapidly, respond quickly.
- Imperatively: do not replant the same species in the same place before 5 years.
- Although the mildew is very resistant to heat, do not compost infested plants.
- The manure nettle, diluted and garlic décocion prove themselves. (Rather than preventive)
- Fungal treatments: Bordeaux mixture or spray Burgundy. (Controversial character bio)

Treatments Bio
It is possible to treat naturally mildew using a solution of baking soda, and dish soap. The following mixture is sprayed on infected plants:
-10 Grams (about 1 tablespoon) baking soda
- 4 liters of water
- 40 ml (2 ½ tsp) of horticultural oil or soap
The soap is used to set the baking soda on the sheet, repeat the spray after rain or watering the leaves. The toxicity of the treatment is zero.

powdery mildew,

2010-05-26T06:46:00.000-07:00

Introduction:

The powdery mildew, is the common given the asexual form of certain fungi belonging to the family of érysiphacées. Powdery mildew is a fungal disease. It is also known as "white mildew", caused by different species of fungi. These fungi are responsible for terrible diseases that infect more or less specific, various species of cultivated plants. Each mushroom his favorite plant, there are over 100 species. Thus the rose powdery mildew on your squash will not, and vice versa. Powdery mildew attacks the vine, to the roses, to the fruit trees, to the gooseberries and to the vegetables...

Symptoms :
The leaves are covered with white mycelium on both sides, a sort of white powder. The leaf curls, is drying up. Lacking the ability to synthesize chlorophyll the plant vegetate. Powdery mildew can cause distortion of leaves, which curl and swell. The fungus multiplies preferentially on young bodies (leaves), it invaded and deformed.

Risk Factors :
The hot and humid summers.

Species of powdery mildew the most common:
Erysiphe graminis : oïdium des céréales
Sphaerotheca pannosa : oïdium des rosiers
Erysiphe cichoracearum : oïdium des concombres et des courgettes
Podosphaera aphanis : oïdium du fraisier
...

Prevention:
- Adequate spacing of plants.
- Regular cleanings around plantations (clear the center of Roses does not help maintain moisture).
- Fast Removal of the parties or affected individuals to avoid or slow the spread.
- Do not water the foliage during hot weather.
- Preventive treatment in susceptible individuals.

Sulphur Treatment (Bio)

Sulphur, commodity, used for a very long against powdery mildew, always gives good results in Controls (late autumn and early spring) or semi-healing. It is allowed in organic farming and can be used very close to harvest because it is completely biodegradable. Its shares are also interesting side on a number of other fungi and insects or mites. Sulphur bought as a "wet powder" which is diluted in water so the doses given on the package, and the increase does not improve treatment efficacy. But this "sulfur water" is much less effective than sulfur powder.

Remedies:

Milk Processing(Bio)
A regular spray foliage with a mixture of water and milk (10 1) can eradicate powdery mildew. Furthermore, this vaporization strengthen the immune system of the plant. Preferably use a skimmed milk or semi-skimmed milk to avoid the odors of decomposition of the milk fat. Do not overdose milk if other types of fungi develop. The action of milk on powdery mildew can be explained by its anti-fungal natural.

Treatment with bicarbonate of soda (Bio)
The spray of baking soda is quite effective. Its basic pH prevents fungal spores from germinating. Dissolve 5 g (1 teaspoon) of baking soda per liter of water and add 1 teaspoon liquid soap or milk so that the solution clings to the leaves.
Spray this solution on and under leaves and repeat after any heavy rain.

Treatment with bleach (Bio)

By spraying in early winter to prevent. 25 ml of bleach to two quarts of water, even dilution curative but avoid the sun. The result is successful even with a heavy infection. Advantages: cost, environmental impact limited (chlorine evaporates fairly quickly), no stains. It is a radical means of care for roses susceptible to this fungus. Disadvantages: it kills the wildlife and flora of the soil, reducing fertility in the medium term.

Treatment with Bordeaux mixture
Bordeaux mixture, a potent fungicide can also be used.

Other treatment Bio
-The use of manure horsetail, containing silica, or an infusion of garlic mixture in (sulfur compounds in garlic, the milk used for adjuvant antifungal grip and also see below) , will eliminate mildew, while preserving the environment and soil fertility. For use at the onset of symptoms.
The decoction of roots-Nettle or sorrel has a dramatic effect: Soak in a quart of water, 100 g of roots for 24 hours. Simmer 30 minutes and use pure.

The Carrot

2010-05-22T06:43:00.000-07:00

Presentation

The carrot is a biennial plant of the family Apiaceae. It is cultivated for its root orange edible including the pulpit is one of the most popular in the kitchen. In the wild, the ancestor of the carrot of the garden is present throughout Europe, Central and West Asia and North Africa. There are about 22 subspecies and varieties.

The carrot of the garden, as we know it today, produces its edible part the first year and makes flowers the second. No need to let go to seed, she would return quickly to its wild state which is edible but too bitter and fibrous to be eaten.

In the cores of the garden, there are two varieties: carrot called "Eastern" and the carrot called "West".The carot of the East has been domesticated in the tenth century and maybe even earlier in Central Asia. The carot of East is still today are often purple or yellow. The carot of the West was created from natural selection in the seventeenth century in Holland. This is the first carot fleshy, called the Long Orange. It is that which is found everywhere on the shelves of our supermarkets. There are also white carrots fodder. Old varieties now in danger of extinction are also colored red, purple or yellow. There are many varieties of carrots from the garden that grow more or less early, which allows them to grow in all regions.

The planting and cultivation of carrots

Carrot loves deep well loosened soil, fresh and rich in organic matter. The soil should be well weeded. Compost amendment is desirable. A sandy soil is ideal. Carrots prefer sun or partial shade.
Sow in the ground as soon as danger of frost is past. It is usual to sow in rows spaced 20cm apart. The seeds of carrots are very small, it is not always easy to sow. One technique is to mix the seeds with sand. It becomes easier to sow has stolen the mixture into a zone reserved. Whatever the technique used, it must then cover the seed with a little soil, tamp the earth and wait ... and wait.
It takes about a 15aine of days before seeing the first plants appear.

PS:
There are seeds sold in ribbon, evenly spaced. Then simply place the ribbon at the bottom of a trench and cover it, like for ordinary seeds.

Care of young plantsWith a little practice, you will easily recognize the seedlings as they appear coming to. At this stage, you should "clarify" your seedlings. That is to say leave about 8cm between each seedling in order to leave sufficient space to develop for your carrots. If you don't do it, your carrots will be small, ugly and rickety (yuck)
During his growth, the carrot require much light and regular watering to keep the soil cool and moist. We can just turn the soil at the base of the plant to aerate the soil and suppress weeds. We can also mulch between rows to prevent weeds to grow and keep the soil moist.Carrots are harvested 3-4 months after sowing, using a spade. Carrots must be keep well inside silos filled with sand.
But the best thing to do is to eat them fresh.

Friends of the carrot
Onions, leeks, cilantro, tarragon, sage and rosemary keeps away the carrot fly, an insect whose larvae fond of carrots.

Some popular tricks:

To repel carrot flies, lay the ground onion peelings after sowing.
Mix the seeds of radish and carrot, when you harvest the radishes, carrots grow .--> radishes growing much faster, once harvested they therefore leave room for baby carrots, this reduces the thinning.

Medicinal Properties
Besides antioxidants, carotene and vitamins it contains, the carrot has long enjoyed a legendary efficiency on human vision. The pulp is used against burns.

The scallion

2010-05-21T06:35:00.000-07:00

Presentation

The scallion (or green onion) is that this vegetable is called wrongly "shallot" in Quebec. It does not form a bulb, but has a slight bulge in the base. We use this like a the white onion. The green part of the plant, considered an herb used as seasoning.

Planting and Culture

It loves the cultivated soils, but without the addition of manure. Because the fermentation would rot the plants. Sow in small trench at 20 cm distance. To help a little, put a little compost in the trench because the onions likes soils rich in humus. In this bed, the seeds will germinate more easily. Sow them with space for later, you will clarify the seedlings to 3 in
ches away. Tamp down a bit and sprinkle them: in three months, you can begin to harvest.
He must destroy the plant to extract the bulge.
This may also grow as chives, tufted. In this case we just multiply by division. This method is more adapted for use sheets that are cut regularly at the base of the plant.

Cucumbers

2010-05-20T06:00:00.000-07:00

Presentation

Cucumbers are warm weather vegetables and they can not stand frost. Temperatures below 10 degrees Celsius (50 F) may hamper their development and impair the quality of fruit. Cucumbers require well-drained land, not compacted and fertilized generously.
The flowers are pale yellow. Male and female flowers are separate but brought by the same footing.
The elongated fruits and fleshy, rough to the touch, can reach 30 cm long and 5 cm in diameter. This is a berry containing many seeds. Their color at maturity varies among varieties of green to white through yellow. The same can give up either pickles or cucumbers following if the crop is young or developed in the latter case are harvested cucumbers.
Note that new varieties of seeds have specialized in one or the other species.

Sowing and cultivation of cucumbers
Sowing done after all risk of frost and in place directly in moist soil to a depth exceeding 2-2.5cm (1 "). Seeds buried too deeply are often slow to stand up and give a more sparse. . The ideal soil temperature at planting time is between 25 and 30 degrees Celsius (77-86 F) so it is best to wait until the soil is at least 15 degrees Celsius (59 F) before planting. Do not transplant the plants in the field until all danger of frost has passed.

The spaces between the rows are 3 to 4 feet for cucumbers harvested manually. The row spacing should be four to six inches. I used to plant three seeds at a time and not let that grow. This allows me to have no "hole" in my ranks.
It is possible to allow the plants to develop this land, but be aware that the cucumber plants are creeping / climbing and therefore they take up valuable floor space. Another way is to cultivate the cucumber has them climbing a fence or on a series of son has stretched horizontally. Personally, I do grow my cucumbers on a fence of about 1m in height and located on the edge of my garden on the side of the windiest it. This allows me to limit the damaging moisture on the leaves of cucumber while creating a natural shield for my garden.
Note:
Pick cucumbers when their ends are rounded and pale complexion. Do not wait until they turn yellow as they become bitter.

Maintains cucumber plants

Cucumbers vertically along a fence, carved on a single stem: we grow a main stem up to about 2.5 m high, then the tool: it causes side branches between each leaf, called "greedy." Then, as and when growth is suppressed suckers and fruit developed on the main stem from ground level to about 0.70 cm high.
Cucumbers grown in a dish: pinch over the second sheet: nearly two stems will form. We then clip them after the 4th leaf size and then all other branches over a sheet of each fruit.

Friends of cucumber
Basil protects against the development of cucumber downy mildew so it is advisable to grow nearby.
Radishes like broccoli away "the fly cucumber.

Medicinal Properties

Rich in B vitamins, especially folic acid or B9 (15ug/100g), vitamin C (9mg/100g), and vitamin E (0.1 mg), vitamins all more abundant in skin than in the flesh, cucumber is ideal when you want to keep fit or treat obesity.
The cucumber contains pyridoxine (vitamin B6), a substance having soothing. Thus, the cucumber into the preparation of drugs to combat stress and anxiety.
His wealth of water, potassium (150 mg in 100g) and low sodium (3 mg) it contains give it also draining and diuretic virtues. The cucumber promotes the flow of urine, helps the kidney and bladder, liver diseases and diseases of the pancreas. The potassium content of cucumber makes it useful for conditions of high and low blood pressure. The high silicon and sulfur cucumber promotes hair growth. The cucumber juice is also valuable to help diseases of the teeth, gums, especially if pyorrhea. The high mineral content of the plant also helps to prevent splitting of nails of fingers and toes.

Parsley

2010-05-19T12:22:00.000-07:00

Presentation

Parsley (Petroselinum crispum) is a herbaceous plant of the family Apiaceae (Umbelliferae), commonly used in cooking for its deeply divided leaves.
Parsley is a biennial plant to 25-80 cm high (25 to 30 for the most common forms), very aromatic when crushed, with characteristic odor. The leaves are shiny green, are doubly divided, especially those of the base, the upper leaves often having only three lobes narrow and elongated.
Parsley adapts to any terrain. However, it is really productive and in light soil, fresh and fertile.

The planting and cultivation of Parsley

Parsley suits everywhere, it supports the sunny places or partial shade but is still very sensitive to frost. It prefers light soils rich in humus. It is better to sow near the house for easy picking. It is recommended to soak the seeds prior to hasten germination. Sprinkle with warm water also helps to germination. Seeds should be buried 1 to 2 cm in the ground or in pots. The germination of seeds of parsley is very long and somewhat capricious, typically on the order of a month. It takes three months between planting and first harvest. The collection of leaves is as they grow.

Friends of Parsley Being given that parsley is a victim of the carrot fly, it is best to plant Surrounding onions, leeks, cilantro, sage or rosemary that repels the insect.

Medicinal Properties
Properties: Antiseptic, emmenagogue, digestive, purifying (urinary tract, liver and gall bladder), stimulating anticatarrhale, cancer ...

The marigold

2010-05-18T10:23:00.000-07:00

Presentation

The marigold belongs to a species of plant of the Asteraceae family, genus and Tagetes. The marigold, which is not from India but origiaire Latin America, offers many varieties and many forms and colors.

The marigolds are plants whose flowers are edible, and tastes similar to that of passion fruit.

Besides the fact that it is edible, the true advantage of the marigold to the garden is its defensive qualities this dernier.Tout First, the smell of its foliage is often regarded as unpleasant. It attracts hoverflies a small fly-eating aphids and repels many pests including ants who "raise" these same aphids.

As a result the roots of marigold, secreting thiophene, which has an inhibitory effect on:

nematodes, small worm parasite that attacks the roots of plants.
whiteflies and whitefly, tiny insects (3 mm). They are a scourge that exists mainly in the greenhouses and attacks many plants. They particularly appreciate the cucurbits (melons, cucumbers ...), the Solanaceae (eggplant, tomatoes ...).
bindweed and quackgrass. For these repulsive effects that is often associated with other cultures.

Culture and Planting
Planting of marigolds are very simple. Just place the seeds in the sun on the earth amended a little compost, cover lightly with compost (5mm) and maintain the wetland. Planting can be made directly in the ground or earlier in a small box inside.
From experience I noticed that my seedlings outdoors always end up catching up and surpassing the plants that were transplanted. Moreover, they are much larger and carry a lot more flowers. I therefore recommend to direct seed into the ground.

Maintains.
Helping keep the plant moist soil during development are. What she does very well with a single leaf are dense and cool once it has reached a respectable size.
Remove fading flowers to encourage the growth of new flowers.

Raspberries

2010-05-17T06:43:00.000-07:00

Presentation

Raspberries are the fruit of raspberry, a shrub with upright stems and cylindrical shape up to 1.5 to 2 m high.
The stems of raspberries are biennial and die after fruiting the second year. The stump suckers, perennial issues new stems every year.
The raspberry is native to Europe and temperate Asia. Its natural habitat is mainly in the mountainous undergrowth, usually below 1500 m, but it also occurs in the lowlands. Culture of raspberry apparently since the late Middle Ages.

Culture
The raspberry is indifferent to the type of land as long as it is fresh and well drained. It is highly resistant to cold but some cons, he fears the high temperatures and drought. Note that it grows more vigorously in shade than sun.
The multiplication of raspberry that fact by separating suckers well rooted cuttings or shoots of the year. The first option appears to be the simplest and has a success rate close to 100%.

Maintains raspberries

To keep the soil cool and moist raspberry and also in order to remove the weed, you can use grass clippings as mulch at the feet of raspberries. This also has the advantage of feeding the soil.
The stems of raspberries that have produced, also known as canes, wither and die at the end of the season. They bear fruit only once. When dry, they take a darker color, they then have to "fold" (cut at ground level). The young shoots green or purple are brought to fruition within a year. They must be kept intact, just blunt to 0.80 m or 1m.

Friends of raspberries
Seedlings of forget-me (pretty little blue flowers) can be planted at the foot of raspberries in order to escape the midge fly. Fly that lays its eggs on the small shoots, and cause the appearance of a large gall and worm in the fruit.

Medicinal Properties
The fruit, according to the herbalists and naturopaths could, pregnant women, helping to alleviate nausea and vomiting in the morning as motion sickness, help uterine relaxation and thus to the prevention of spontaneous abortion.The fruit can reduce blood glucose in diabetes with utility. The treatment, raspberry, tonsillitis has been reported.Raspberry leaves contain tannins with astringent and useful in diarrhea.