Books: Gardening & Vegetable Garden

Technical advice for growing organic vegetables during the winter.

A Market Gardener in Winter is a treasure trove of valuable and practical information for anyone wishing to grow a variety of organic vegetables in the middle of winter. Eliot Coleman explains his innovative and original techniques in detail.

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Author: Eliot Coleman
Publisher: ACTES SUD
Publication date: 2014
Pages: 216
ISBN: 9782330023584
Language: French

All the methods for preventing weed growth and effectively weeding. How to avoid weeding and get rid of the most problematic plants in different parts of your garden. Discover best practices for respecting the environment.

• The various curative solutions: manual, mechanical, thermal, biocontrol...
• How to avoid weeding: ground covers, mulches...
• Getting rid of the most problematic plants: perennials, thistle, bindweed, bramble...
• Weeding the different parts of the garden: paths, flowerbeds, vegetable garden, lawn...
• Good practices for respecting the environment.

You can read an excerpt by clicking here: Excerpt from the book Weeding - Organic

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Summary :
Weed control and prevention methods

• Chemical weed control with authorized natural products
• Physical weeding
• Thermal weed control
• Mechanical weeding
• Preventive control using ground cover plants
• Preventive measures using mulches and coatings

Controlling different types of weeds

Weeding the different parts of the garden

• Before cultivation
• Trees and shrubs
• Flower beds
• Vegetable garden
• Orchard and vineyard
• Courtyards and walkways
• Ditches and ponds

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Author: Jérôme Jullien
Publisher: Ulmer
Collection: Mini-Maxi
Dimensions: 17.2 x 21.2 cm (7 x 8.3 in)
Page: 64, color
Publication date: April 8, 2021
ISBN: 9782379220975

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This book reveals that the varieties are all different and that each of them has its own type of branching and fruiting.

From pruning to training fruit trees offers a new perspective on the growth and fruiting of fifteen different species (apricot, almond, cherry, chestnut, quince, fig, kiwi, hazelnut, walnut, olive, peach, pear, apple, plum, table grape).

No longer pruning fruit trees to obtain primarily a geometric and structured shape, but accompanying them in their natural development to quickly obtain good quality fruit and better behavior of the tree in the face of diseases: this is the goal that twenty-five authors and collaborators have set for themselves, under the coordination of Jean-Marie Lespinasse and Évelyne Leterme.

This book reveals that all varieties are different and that each possesses its own unique branching and fruiting pattern. Their natural structure is not only the most harmonious but also the most efficient. If we respect this natural tree structure and its fruiting method, we will no longer need to impose artificial pruning. We will act as educators, encouraging the characteristics of each variety. We can then suppress the often destructive "pruning reflex," which is disrespectful of nature and lacks any scientific or physiological justification. Let nature take its course and assist it according to its own instructions.

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Authors: Evelyne Leterme and Jean-Marie Lespinasse
Edition: Du Rouergue
Publication date: 2024
Pages: 324
ISBN: 978-2-8126-2570-1
Language: French