Gardening Tips

Controlling thrips effectively in your garden or on your plants can be challenging, but it’s essential to prevent these tiny, destructive pests from damaging your plants. Thrips are small, slender insects that feed on plant sap and can cause damage to leaves, flowers, and fruit. Here’s how to control thrips effectively: Integrated pest management (IPM) […]

For special occasions like Valentine’s Day, for a loved one’s birthday or Mother’s Day or even for no reason at all, just to please the recipient and show tenderness, a beautiful bouquet is always very pleasant. However, we do not know how to keep a beautiful bouquet of fresh flowers for a long time. Roses,

Summer is slowly coming to an end, not without difficulty for our gardens and vegetable gardens that have suffered enormously from the vagaries of the weather (drought and heat wave, storms, violent winds…). Very often, with the vacations, the gardener also takes a little to neglect the maintenance of green spaces. As a result, between

The phalaenopsis orchid is very popular, especially with beginners and all those gardening enthusiasts who feel they do not have a green thumb. However, there always comes a time when these beautiful flowers are eventually damaged and wither. All that is left is an evergreen foliage that is not very decorative in our homes! We

Do you love to light a fire in the fireplace or enjoy the warmth of the wood stove in autumn or winter? If so, you’ve probably noticed that you end up with a lot of ashes that you don’t know what to do with. The good news is that these ashes are excellent for the

Very often, we associate essential oils with human health. However, they can also be useful in the garden or vegetable garden. Indeed, plants also suffer from fungal diseases and they can be the prey of various pests and harmful mites (white flies or whiteflies, beetles, mealy bugs, grubs …). Among these undesirable pests, aphids can

A member of the Coccoidea family, the mealybug is a pest that is particularly feared by gardeners, as it attacks vegetable plants as well as other garden plants, fruit trees and houseplants. And once established, white mealybugs, mealybugs or shell mealybugs (black shells) are difficult to dislodge and tend to spread. For the sake of

Many people suffer from apiphobia (the fear of bees, hornets, wasps and other bumblebees) or are allergic to stings. Also, the presence of wasps in the garden or in the vegetable garden can worry some gardeners. In addition, these pollinating insects are known to be more aggressive in the summer when it is hot or

In the long list of small auxiliary insects in the garden or vegetable garden, the ladybug is one of the most appreciated by gardeners. As a good predator, it attacks many insect pests and parasites, starting with aphid colonies. Nevertheless, it would be very simplistic to see them only as a biological control tool against

If the idea of inviting flowers into your vegetable garden may surprise any good gardener, it is in fact very logical. Indeed, some vegetable plants attract many harmful pests. Unfortunately, fruits and vegetables can suffer, hence the idea of planting at least 1/3 of flowers among your seeds in order to protect them from unwanted

After months of hard work, all you can think about is taking a vacation and relaxing! But before you do, you’ll have to deal with a tricky issue. Indeed, between friends who are leaving with you on a trip, family who are abroad and unavailable neighbors, you don’t have anyone you can trust to come

If the taste of working the land animates more than one gardener, the fact of being able to harvest and consume the fruit of one’s labor is also a wonderful source of happiness. On one’s balcony or in one’s vegetable garden, one grows quality fruits and vegetables, thus forgetting the insipid and often out-of-season fresh

This dicotyledonous plant belongs to the Convolvulaceae family. Although elegant, hedge bindweed and field bindweed are considered weeds by many gardeners in the same way as dandelion. Like quackgrass, this plant has an unusual root system that makes it difficult to control. Indeed, if you forget even a piece of it, it will generate a

Whether in a pot on the terrace, in a window box on the balcony or on the windowsill or of course in the garden, the geranium is very appreciated for its beauty and resistance. In addition, there are more than 200 species and varieties of geraniums that thrive from spring until the first frost. What

Whether it is for perennials, flowers, shrubs and many types of plants, the technique of cutting is widely used in gardening. To do it, the gardener must take a part of his plant with secateurs and give birth to a new plant in water or soil (in pots or cups) from this fragment. Ecological and

While spring and summer are two great seasons for vegetable gardening, there is also a lot going on in the fall! However, many gardeners tend to leave the garden a bit abandoned. Between the falling leaves and the wilting or burning vegetation, one might be tempted to think that gardening is a waste of time.

Between harmful insects and pests (aphids, beetles, slugs, etc.) and cryptogamic diseases (alternariosis, peach blight, powdery mildew, etc.), our vegetable plants and other fruit trees can suffer great damage. Among gardeners, however, it is often mildew that is the most well-known and feared. If nothing is done to stop the infestation, the fungus can quickly

When you love your houseplants or outdoor plants, you are very sensitive to the changes that can occur over time. In addition to seasonal changes, there may be signs of declining plant health. In many plants, the appearance of unsightly yellow leaves is particularly telling. When this yellowing is localized, it is not very alarming

The warm weather is far away, but that doesn’t mean you have to give up on garden maintenance! Indeed, during the cold seasons, plants work too. Moreover, if you want to help your plants get through the winter and find a beautiful and productive vegetable garden in the following months, you must not be impressed

Lovers of green plants praise both their beauty (ideal for brightening up an interior) and their benefits, especially their air-polluting properties. However, in order for these beautiful plants to embellish our interiors for a long time, they need to be pampered a little. Otherwise, they can quickly wither away! And contrary to the myth, it

Just like baking soda, white vinegar or soda crystals, black soap is well known to fans of ecological household products. It can replace Marseille soap to make a very efficient home laundry. It must be said that this soap rich in vegetable oil (usually olive oil) is very versatile and can be used to clean,

Summer is definitely over. The nights are cold, the days inhospitable. Whether insects freeze, whether they experience cold as unpleasant, is unknown. In any case, they have developed successful strategies to deal with cold. Life-threatening problems caused by frosty temperatures are not usually experienced by insects in this country. They have developed successful strategies for

Orchid is one of the most important flowers in Asian cultures and a popular symbol of harmonious interior design. With just a few orchids can be tied a magnificent bouquet, which, according to Feng Shui, even flow positive energy in the house. Alternatively, orchid flowers in ikebana style effectively come into their own as a

Orchids are one of the most beautiful and popular plants ever. Already in the Middle Ages, the orchid was used to convey certain messages or symbolism. Thus, due to its root shape, the orchid was actually a sign of virility and fertility. Later, the orchid acquired its most widespread meaning today and became a common

Seagulls in the garden make noise and can even get really cheeky. But fortunately there are some home remedies to drive away the curious birds. They scream, attack beloved flowers and shrubs, and often breed on roofs: Seagulls are with many after pigeons, ravens and crows on the unpopularity scale at the top. But with

Ginger is a valuable medicinal plant and also indispensable in the kitchen, but it is often imported from far away. But you can also grow it yourself On the Internet there are many tips and instructions on how to grow your own ginger, but some of it is a bit cumbersome or works only with