Qu’est-ce que «l’engrais vert» ?
Les engrais verts sont des plantes telles que le ray-grass, les trèfles, les haricots des champs, la phacélie, la moutarde et le sarrasin …
What is ‘Green manure’ ?
Green manures are plants such as ryegrass, clovers, field beans, phacelia, mustards and buckwheat …
Berce du Caucase – Heracleum mantegazzianum
Une plante hautement toxique, envahissante et dangereuse
Cette année, lors de nos promenades le long du canal de Nantes à Brest et de la rivière Blavet, nous avons remarqué de nombreuses plantes hautes à fleurs blanches poussant dans les haies et le long des rives du canal et de la rivière.
Giant hogweed – Heracleum mantegazzianum
A highly poisonous, invasive and dangerous plant
Version en français en bas de la page … Sweet Peas Sweet peas, which come in either dwarf varieties or those that grow up to 2.5 metres tall, are grown as named or mixed varieties. They are famous for their scent and colour. The header picture shows a variety called Spencer (Lathyrus odoratus), one the […]
If you grow old varieties of tomatoes it’s a good idea to save the seeds in the Autumn. The interesting thing about old varieties of tomatoes is that they are not predictable croppers nor necessarily ‘pretty’ BUT the taste is so much better than the standard tomatoes bought in the supermarkets. It is also likely […]
