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Choosing a Plot for Your Garden
When deciding where to plant your garden, there are three rules to follow that take orientation, gra...
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Crop Rotation
A natural vegetable garden needs diversity! Follow this guide with three simple tips.
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Grouping Vegetables According to Plant Families
Grouping plants by botanical family makes it possible to save space and promote mutual protection am...
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Plant a Fast-Growing, Natural Vegetable Patch
Are you too busy to take care of your vegetables every day? Are you unable to plant your vegetable g...
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Plant Diseases, Garden Pests, and Possible Treatments
Most vegetables will face pests and diseases. These attacks slow plant growth and can even be fatal ...
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Varietal Improvement and GMOs
The Louis Bonduelle Foundation has assembled a scientific file that outlines current and future meth...
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Vegetable garden: growing artichoke
The artichoke is a perennial plant that prefers a humus-rich, cool, well-drained, neutral (pH = 7) s...
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Vegetable garden: growing asparagus
Asparagus is an herbaceous perennial and rhizomatous plant (plant contains an underground stem), whi...
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Vegetable garden: growing avocado
Avocado is a perennial plant that appreciates the humus-rich soils, neutral (pH = 7), well- drained ...
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Vegetable garden: growing beetroot
Beetroot enjoys a cool, light, deep and rich in humus soil, as well as a sunny exposure....
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Vegetable garden: growing black radish
Black radish is an annual plant that enjoys rather rich and well-drained soils and sunny exposure. ...
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Vegetable garden: growing broad bean
Broad bean (Fava bean) is a perennial plant cultivated in temperate areas. It enjoys a clayey limest...
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Vegetable garden: growing button mushroom
Button mushroom is essentially grown in France. It enjoys a moist, fresh soil as well as an exposure...
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Vegetable garden: growing cardoon
Cardoon enjoys light and humus-bearing grounds; is cultivated in the sun....
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Vegetable garden: growing carrot
Carrot is a bi-annual plant that enjoys sandy, well-drained, neutral and light soils, as well as sun...
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Vegetable garden: growing cauliflower
Cauliflower enjoys silt-clay, well-drained rich soils as well as sun exposure. Seedlings start in Fe...
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Vegetable garden: growing celeriac
Celeriac is a bi-annual plant that enjoys soils rich in humus. Sowing starts from end of February up...
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Vegetable garden: growing celery stalk
Celery stalk is a bi-annual plant that needs a soil that is moisture-retentive, rich in humus and ne...
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Vegetable garden: growing chestnuts
For optimum growth, chestnut enjoys sunny locations or partial shade in a deep, well-drained soil, a...
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Vegetable garden: growing chickpeas
Chickpeas are an annual plant that enjoys sandy, deep, dry soils with neutral pH (pH = 7) and sunny ...
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Vegetable garden: growing chicory
Chicory loves well-drained, humus-rich, light soils with a neutral pH (pH=7)....
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Vegetable garden: growing Chinese artichoke
Chinese artichoke is a rhizomatous plant (underground stem of perennial plants) that enjoys light s...
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Vegetable garden: growing cucumber
Cucumber is a perennial climbing plant that prefers a deep, well-levelled, rich in humus and well-dr...
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Vegetable garden: growing dandelion
Dandelion is a rustic plant that enjoys rich in humus and loosened, soils and as well as sunny posit...
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Vegetable garden: growing eggplant
Aubergine or eggplant is an annual plant. Aubergine loves loamy soil and need plenty of sunshine and...
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Vegetable garden: growing fennel
Fennel enjoys humus-rich soil, rather light and fresh soils, but also sun exposure. Therefore, fenne...
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Vegetable garden: growing flageolet
Flageolet is a perennial herbaceous plant that enjoys light, rich and well-drained soils and sun exp...
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Vegetable garden: growing garden peas
Peas is a perennial herbaceous plant that enjoys rich, light, and slightly damp soils and sun exposu...
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Vegetable garden: growing garlic
Garlic is a bulbous perennial plant that appreciates argilo-calcareous or argilo-siliceous grounds, ...
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Vegetable garden: growing gherkin
Gherkin enjoys deep and rich in humus soils as well as sun exposure. Gherkin cultivation mainly take...
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Vegetable garden: growing ginger
Ginger is a perennial herbaceous plant that appreciates light, well-drained, humus-rich soils with a...
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Vegetable garden: growing green beans
Green bean is a perennial herbaceous plant that enjoys light and slightly damp soils and sun exposur...
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Vegetable garden: growing green cabbage
Green cabbage is an herbaceous perennial plant that enjoys deep, fresh, and humid soils.
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Vegetable garden: growing horseradish
Horseradish is a perennial herbaceous plant that enjoys rich, loosened, fresh, humus-rich soils and ...
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Vegetable garden: growing Jerusalem artichoke
Jerusalem artichoke is a perennial rhizomatous (underground stem), plant, cold resistant that enjoys...
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Vegetable garden: growing lamb’s lettuce
Lamb's lettuce is a perennial herbaceous plant that enjoys fresh, shallow and slightly clayey soils ...
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Vegetable garden: growing leek
Leek is a perennial plant but cultivated as an annual plant, that enjoys fresh, humus-rich and well-...
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Vegetable garden: growing lentil
Lentil is a perennial plant that enjoys well drained clay and sandy soils with a neutral pH (pH = 7)...
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Vegetable garden: growing lettuce
Lettuce is a perennial plant that appreciates humus-rich, fresh and light soils and sunny exposure.
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Vegetable garden: growing melon
Melon is a perennial plant that enjoys rich, deep, fresh, humus-rich soils and sunny exposure.
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Vegetable garden: growing onion
Onion is a perennial bulbous plant that enjoys light, rather sandy and well-drained soils as well as...
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Vegetable garden: growing parsley
Squash is a perennial herbaceous plant that enjoys humus-rich, well-drained and little calcareous so...
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Vegetable garden: growing parsnip
Parsnip is a bi-annual root vegetable: It does not blossom the first year but "settled" into the gro...
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Vegetable garden: growing pepper
Pepper is an annual plant that enjoys light, rich and well-drained soils and sun exposure.
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Vegetable garden: growing pumpkin
Pumpkin is an annual herbaceous plant that enjoys rich and well-drained soils as well as sun exposur...
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Vegetable garden: growing purslane
Purslane is an annual herbaceous plant that enjoys light and well-drained soils as well as sun expos...
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Vegetable garden: growing radish
Radish is an annual herbaceous plant that enjoys light and humus-rich soils with a neutral (pH = 7) ...
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Vegetable garden: growing rapini
Rapini is the young shoot of the raab broccoli. It enjoys humus-rich, well-drained, neutral (pH = 7)...
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Vegetable garden: growing red beans
Red bean is a perennial plant. It can be a bushy or climbing plant. Each pod contains from 4 to 12 s...
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Vegetable garden: growing rocket
Rocket is an annual herbaceous plant that enjoys fertile, fresh and well-drained soils as well as su...
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Vegetable garden: growing rutabaga
Rutabaga enjoys rich in humus, well-drained and humid soils as well as as sun exposure or partial sh...
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Vegetable garden: growing salsify
Salsify is a biennial herbaceous plant that enjoys sandy, rather light, well-drained, humus-rich soi...
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Vegetable garden: growing shallot
Shallot is a perennial plant that enjoys light, rather sandy soils and sun exposure. It does not lik...
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Vegetable garden: growing sorrel
Sorrel is a perennial plant that enjoys humus-rich and rich soils as well as sun exposure.
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Vegetable garden: growing soy bean
Soy bean is an annual climbing plant that enjoys sandy, rich in humus and well-drained soils as well...
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Vegetable garden: growing spinach
Spinach is a perennial herbaceous plant that enjoys fresh and clayey soils as well as exposure to se...
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Vegetable garden: growing sweet corn
Sweet corn is a perennial plant that enjoys rich, deep, fresh, humus-rich soils and sunny exposure.
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Vegetable garden: growing swiss chard
Chard is a bi-annual plant. Chard loves rich, fresh and deep soils with a neutral pH (pH=7).
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Vegetable garden: growing tomato
Tomato is an annual plant with yellow flowers that enjoys fertile, well-drained, rich in humus soils...
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Vegetable garden: growing turnip
Turnip is a perennial plant that enjoys humus-rich, light soils and sun exposure. For optimal growth...
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Vegetable garden: growing watercress
Watercress is a perennial plant that enjoys humus-rich, well-drained, neutral (pH = 7) soils and par...
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Vegetable garden: growing white beans
White bean is a perennial plant. It can be a bushy or climbing plant. Each pod contains from 4 to 12...
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Vegetable garden: growing yam
Yam is a climbing herbaceous plant that enjoys fresh, deep, light humus-rich soils with a neutral pH...
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Vegetable garden: growing zucchini (courgette)
Zucchini is a perennial plant that appreciates humus-rich, well-drained, light neutral (pH = 7) soil...
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Vegetable garden: sweet potato
Sweet potato is a perennial plant that enjoys sandy, humus-rich, well-drained soils and sunny exposu...
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Vegetable growing: Brussels sprout
Brussels sprout is an herbaceous perennial plant that enjoys deep, fresh, rich in humus soils.
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