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Peas, tomatoes, beets, chili peppers, and celery make up this beautiful print. This superbly decorative design is perfect for kitchens and dining rooms.

Beautiful poster with illustrations of various vegetables and garden plants.
Dimensions: 13"L x 19"H

Front: Color
Reverse side: Black and white

With a simple and fluid writing style, Diane Mackay wonderfully conveys the desire to care for oneself and one's loved ones with herbs with multiple properties, in the form of infusions, liquid extracts, oils or ointments.

This spring, Colloïdales Publishing will release 40 Medicinal Plants for the Family Medicine Cabinet, Diane Mackay's first book on 40 medicinal plants that are easy to grow, process, and use, including 12 well-known aromatic herbs such as basil, oregano, rosemary, and thyme. She presents them in six sections: history, botany, gardening, uses, culinary applications (where applicable), and precautions. The book is designed as a practical guide for growing, harvesting, and processing 40 simple remedies that address most common health problems. An essential resource for building robust and natural health, the key to a healthy, free, and fulfilling life.

Diane Mackay lives with her partner, Yves Gagnon, in Saint-Didace, where they established Les Jardins du Grand-Portage. It was there that she was introduced to traditional herbalism, exploring the vast healing potential of medicinal plants. She cultivates about a hundred species, half of which she transforms into dried herbs, liquid extracts, oils, and ointments. For thirty years, she has treated those around her with her homemade products, who have witnessed their remarkable effectiveness. She also offers training and gives lectures on the subject.

You can read an excerpt by clicking here: Excerpt from 40 medicinal plants for the family pharmacy .

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Author: Diane Mackay
Publication date: April 2019
Publisher: Colloïdales
Subject: Health through plants
ISBN: 9782981027443

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Solitary bees, also called wild bees, carpenter bees, or mason bees, are important pollinators. There are over 350 species of these bees in Quebec. They are the first to pollinate flowers in the spring and represent a vital link in our ecosystem. Provide them with a winter habitat! They will lay their eggs there, which will give rise to life when spring returns.

• Each insect hotel can accommodate solitary bees.
• Solitary bees are not aggressive towards humans because they have no honey to defend. More than half don't even have a stinger. They carry out their pollination work within a radius of 250 meters.
• Orient the front of the chalet to the south or southeast, with its back to the prevailing winds and sheltered from the elements, at least 30 cm from the ground.
• Pre-installed anchor on the back of the cottage for installation on a house, shed, fence, deck, etc. Avoid drilling into tree trunks.
• Plant a beautiful variety of flowers that attract solitary bees.
• This chalet can also accommodate ladybugs and lacewings, which are excellent predators of aphids.
• Avoid the use of pesticides and insecticides.
• Height 6 in (15.24 cm); width 6 in (15.24 cm); depth 6 in (15.24 cm).
• Cedar chalet made in the Eastern Townships by a craftswoman who has a great concern for the environment.

Site selection, development plan, choice of plant species, budget, work organization and citizen participation: this book provides the tools to develop collective food forests in our communities.

How can we easily and abundantly grow healthy fruits and vegetables for a local community? And how can we do so in an environmentally friendly and resilient way, while also strengthening cultural ties, promoting education in sustainable agriculture, and maintaining biodiversity? The answer lies in multi-layered agroforestry systems, better known in Quebec as "food forests." Self-regulating like a natural forest and requiring minimal maintenance, these systems are valuable allies in the ongoing agroecological revolution.

In this guide, Caroline Dufour-L'Arrivée leverages her expertise to equip and support communities wishing to establish food forests in their environment, whether urban, rural, municipal, school, or institutional. In addition to offering numerous tips on plant selection and agricultural techniques, this guide:

• explains the concept of "food forest" and its importance;
• shares the experience gained by thirteen model and pioneering initiatives in Quebec in the form of detailed and illustrated portraits;
• shows how this type of development allows communities to rebuild links and develop their resilience;
• identifies the fundamental elements that must be taken into account to successfully carry out a collective food forest project;
• offers a step-by-step working method to help structure the implementation processes of this type of project and monitor their progress.

Citizens are increasingly expressing their desire to develop a new, healthy, and sustainable agriculture that is less labor-intensive and creates multifunctional green spaces. This guide will certainly meet their need for support in their collective project.

Illustrated by Mélika Bazin

Author: Caroline Dufour – The Arrival
Publication date: November 4, 2024
Publisher: ECOSOCIETE
Pages: 300
ISBN: 9782898570339
Format: printed paperback book
Illustrations: 178 color photographs, 71 illustrations
Dimensions: 21.6 cm x 21.6 cm

This collection of five books addresses current environmental issues. Its educational tone raises awareness among young readers about the role they can play in protecting the environment. After reading, children can explore the topics further if they wish. This collection is sure to appeal to young scientific minds!

Ecosystems are amazing places, but their balance is fragile. A simple change in the ecosystem can disrupt the lives of everyone who lives there. Jade and her older sister travel along waterways, through forests, and across mountains to admire the beauty of the ecosystems around them. Follow them on their discoveries!

Green Turn Collection

This collection of five books addresses current environmental issues. Its educational tone raises awareness among young readers about the role they can play in protecting the environment. After reading, children can explore the topics further if they wish. This collection is sure to appeal to young scientific minds!

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Author: Collective
Publisher: L'Envolée
Collection: Green Turn
Publication date: 2020-01-14
Size: 25.0 cm x 27.5 cm
Pages: 16
Binding: Softcover
ISBN: 9782894886632
Language: French

Aimed at both novice and experienced foragers, this book has all the qualities of the perfect guide: easy to consult, it offers an overview of each edible plant through detailed descriptions and color photographs.

Furthermore, the author suggests ideas for cooking the collected specimens and identifies poisonous plants to avoid. This is an essential tool to keep in your backpack!

Laurence Burton

Laurence Burton is passionate about edible wild plants. Trained in foraging at several renowned schools in Quebec, the United States, and France, this professional forager founded and now runs the company Un goût de forêt (A Taste of the Forest) , whose mission is to introduce people to the edible, medicinal, and survival-related wild plants of Quebec. Here, she presents a comprehensive field guide on the identification, ethical harvesting, and conservation of 70 of these plants found in our forests and along our coastlines.

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Author: Laurence Burton
Publisher: Les Éditions de l'Homme
Dimensions: 16.5 x 20.5 cm (6.5 x 8 in)
Page: 304, color
Publication date: April 27, 2022
ISBN: 9782761957854

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The author presents his ecological vegetable gardening technique, the result of over 30 years of experimentation. It is a precise and easy-to-understand method for growing vegetables in companion planting.

The author presents his ecological vegetable gardening technique, the result of over 30 years of experimentation. It is a precise and easy-to-understand method for growing vegetables in companion planting. The planting diagrams are clear and easily reproducible in the garden.

This technique will be particularly suitable for those who cannot cultivate on mounds or wish to maintain a linear vegetable garden structure, while wanting to stop tilling, work with cover crops (surface composting), associate crops with each other, fertilize naturally... Furthermore, the author's overall "all ecological" approach will also interest those looking for a coherent cultivation technique for a permaculture approach to the vegetable garden.

Aromatic and medicinal plants play a vital role in this farming system. The author believes they are also essential for human health, enabling a healthy diet. Therefore, she dedicates a significant portion of her book to describing their uses for health and cooking, including numerous recipes. Each plant description is accompanied by a photograph to help identify the plant.

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Author: Gertrud Franck
Publisher: Imagine a Hummingbird Publishing
Pages: 256 pages
Date: July 2013
ISBN: 978-2953734447

The transplanting trowel is ideal for digging small holes in the soil, planting bulbs, and preparing potting mixes. This narrower model is perfect for container gardening.

• Sturdy 6-inch (15 cm) stainless steel blade
• Wooden handle with cushioned grip for added comfort
• The color of the handle may differ from that shown in the photo.

This light strip support allows you to adjust the lighting to the ideal height according to the height of your plants. Adjusting the height is quick and easy. As your plants grow, simply raise the lamp!

• Made of durable injection-molded plastic and rust-proof powder-coated aluminum.
• A durable and reliable product for many years.
• The suspension strips for SunBlaster lighting sets attach easily when more powerful lighting is needed with multiple light strips.
• For all lengths of SunBlaster T5HO and LED lamps.
• Instruction manual

Marius Fabre is reviving the wall-mounted soap dish, which originated around 1950. It was originally designed to make soap use easier, particularly in schools and public places. The soap, rotating on the dish's stem, is easier to handle, more aesthetically pleasing, and cleaner. No more soap slipping through your fingers!

• Chrome-plated brass soap dish that attaches directly to the wall above a sink.
• Corrosion resistant, hygienic, easy to maintain and durable.
• Total stem length: 15 cm; wall plate: 7 cm x 6.5 cm.
• Marseille soap made with olive oil, without perfume or colour.
• The package includes a soap dish, screws to fix it to the wall and a Marseille soap.

50 projects and solutions for the garden and the home.

From mound cultivation to greenhouses, via compost and vermicompost, recycling of everyday objects and good pest management, the book covers the main points that will interest the beginner permaculturist, for their garden or home, and others that will be particularly useful for a small diversified farm.

– p.4 Preface by Bill Mollison, co-founder of permaculture + Map of Candlelight Farm (and its "design").
– p.10 What is Permaculture? A design method, an ethic, principles, practices.
– p.15 Lasagna beds + Round beds, crown planting mounds, mandala garden, double mandala garden, planting trees + notions of permaculture: fertility, limits of elements.
– p.27 Greenhouses + A mini-greenhouse, cold frame, a large greenhouse + Permaculture: solar systems, bioclimatic design.
– p.35 Shade greenhouses + Shade greenhouse, a geodesic dome.+ Permaculture: concept of zones on a site.
– p.42 Animal tractors + Permaculture: concept of sectors on a site.
– p.48 Slopes and contour lines + Making an Egyptian level, water level + Permaculture: making good use of slopes.
– p.55 Plant propagation + Making your own labels, harvesting seeds, sowing, cuttings, layering + Permaculture: producing your own seeds.
– p.65 Recycling plastic bottles + Grain and dust scoop, funnel, fruit fly trap, woodlouse traps, slug trap, mini-greenhouses, protection for young plants, flower pots, measuring the infiltration capacity of a soil, solar distiller.
– p.75 Recycling: Newspaper pots.
– p.77 Recycling tires + raised bed, mini-pond, retaining walls + Permaculture: the location and functions of elements on a site.
– p.80 Compost + Permaculture: the re-circulation of elements.
– p.88 Natural liquid fertilizers + Comfrey, algae, multi-plant and multi-purpose, earthworm castings, poultry manure + Permaculture: site maintenance, organic matter.
– p.93 Vermiculture + Small vermicomposter, Ben Hur model, large vermicomposters, harvesting earthworms. + Permaculture: role of earthworms.
– p.101 Ecological pest control + integrated management, crop rotation, attracting birds, spraying + Permaculture: a holistic approach.
– p.108 Eco-responsible in everyday life + Making your own soap, paper, cleaning products for the house, kitchen, laundry, bathroom, for personal hygiene.
– p.120 Norwegian cooker + Permaculture: the search for energy and economic efficiency.

Authors: Ross and Jenny Mars, 2 experienced permaculturists and trainers.
Edition: Passerelle -eco
Publication date: 11/2017
Number of pages: 126
ISBN: 979 109 553 9032

An easy-to-use field guide to identifying 125 of the most common and spectacular species of moths and their caterpillars.

Embark on a journey to discover a mysterious world

• Well-documented species identification sheets
• High-quality illustrations and photos
• The most up-to-date distribution maps and nomenclature
• Enlightening texts on the biology and ecology of moths
• Tips and advice for attracting and photographing them

A science communicator and prolific author, Michel Leboeuf has already published some fifteen non-fiction books on flora and fauna. A two-time recipient of the Hubert-Reeves Prize for best popular science book, he was editor-in-chief of Nature sauvage magazine for 10 years. He now works for a conservation trust in the Lanaudière region.

Stéphane Le Tirant, curator of the scientific collection at the Montreal Insectarium, is the co-creator of the Butterflies Go Free event at the Montreal Botanical Garden. Author of numerous scientific articles on insects, he co-authored, with Michel Leboeuf, the guide Butterflies and Caterpillars of Quebec and the Maritimes in the same collection.

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Authors: Stéphane Le Tirant and Michel Leboeuf
Publication date: April 2018
Publisher: Quintin Michel
Pages: 336
ISBN: 9782897623050

Already considered "the little bible of ecological vegetable cultivation" by several gardeners since its first publication in 2010, it is a reference work that is aimed at both apprentice gardeners and those who want to improve their practices, whether in the suburbs, the countryside or the city.

Growing your own vegetables in an environmentally friendly way is a wonderful way to protect your health and the environment.

Thanks to My Healthy Vegetable Garden, you:

• will understand what the "health" links are that unite all living organisms and why growing your own vegetables in an ecological way helps to protect the environment;
• you will learn why growing and consuming your own vegetables has a positive effect on your physical and mental health and that of your loved ones;
• you will discover tips and tricks to maintain your health potential while gardening;
• You will learn how to plan and carry out your vegetable garden project in all conditions: in your yard, in a community garden, on your balcony...
• You will learn all about the ecological cultivation of around forty vegetables, from sowing to harvest;
• you will be informed about the various health benefits of vegetables;
• You will benefit from a complete chart on vegetable preservation in order to enjoy their value for as long as possible;
• learn how to make a self-watering container to easily grow your tomatoes and other vegetables on your balcony;
• will be informed of natural methods of prevention and control of damage caused to vegetables by pests (insects and others) and diseases.

You can read an excerpt by clicking here: Excerpt from the book "My Healthy Vegetable Garden"

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Author: Lili Michaud
Publisher: MultiMondes Publishing
Dimensions: x cm (x in)
Page: 328, color
Publication date: March 2017
ISBN: 9782897730338
Language: French

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This testimonial guide, accompanied by numerous photos and practical fact sheets, will provide you with all the information to start your micro-farm.

The guide-testimony, with a foreword by Pierre Rabhi and Nicolas Hulot.

Do you dream of returning to the land? This testimonial guide, accompanied by numerous photos and practical fact sheets, will provide you with all the information to launch your micro-farm, think about your project and "open the doors to a commitment that is both personal and collective" (Pierre Rabhi).

• What is a micro-farm?
• Where to get training?
• How to choose your legal status, secure financing, and find land?
• Which cultivation methods should be favoured?
• How to buy or produce your own seedlings
• Why diversify?
• How to communicate and grow?

"What I have tried to convey in this book is a love for the profession, areas requiring vigilance, and the different fields of exploration and research, through our own experience."

For this work, she collaborated with experts such as Kevin Morel, an agricultural engineer in charge of the study on micro-farms in France. Linda Bedouet provides the essential keys to setting up as an agroecological farmer, to help you develop a productive, profitable project that benefits both the environment and people.

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Author: Linda Bedouet
Edition: Rustica
Publication date: 2017-02
Pages: 320
ISBN: 9782815309264
Language: French

My beautiful vegetable garden , an album for budding gardeners, will guide young and old alike in planting fruits and vegetables in their garden.

In rhyme and poetry, Anne-Marie Fortin offers us a simple agricultural calendar. Sowing, trellising, roots, perennials, harvesting, picking, and composting—she explains it all!

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Author: Anne-Marie Fortin
Illustrator: Julien Castanié
Publisher: Isatis (Of the)
Pages: 24
Publication date: November 2019
Children's books
ISBN: 9782924769805

It is indeed possible to have a wonderful vegetable garden right there, at your kitchen doorstep, planted entirely with perennial vegetables. Let them grow and enjoy!

Annual sowing, regular watering and weeding... Do you lack the time to provide the daily care necessary for the success of your vegetable garden? What if perennial vegetables were the solution?

It is indeed possible to obtain a wonderful vegetable garden, right there at the kitchen door, entirely planted with perennial vegetables and "generous" species, food or condiment, which, with a minimum of effort, will lavish their bounty year after year.

Beautiful in the garden, these plants will surprise you with the variety of their flavors: the indispensable artichokes and perennial leeks, of course, but also the original crunchy tiger nuts, the tasty ground pears, the delicious Mauritanian mallow and the surprising mertensia with an oyster flavor.

Plant, let it grow, and enjoy!

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Note: Some species mentioned in the book are not perennial under the climatic conditions of Quebec.

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Author: Collective
Publisher: Rustica
Publication date: April 2012
Pages: 111
ISBN: 9782815302104

The new edition of Phillips' Mushroom Guide contains the completely updated nomenclature. Indeed, since the last edition of this guide, several French and Latin names have changed.

For millennia, saffron has been one of the world's most prized spices. It is derived from the red stigmas of a plant called Crocus sativus , it has been at the heart of wars, laws, religious rituals, and above all, iconic dishes.

This 64-page book presents the history of saffron, in addition to gathering all the necessary advice for growing, harvesting, processing and cooking it at home, with the collaboration of Micheline Sylvestre, one of the pioneers of saffron cultivation in Quebec.

With this book, Bernard Lavallée wants to show, once again, that knowing a food inside and out is one of the best ways to maximize the pleasures associated with food.

Author: The Urban Nutritionist - Bernard Lavallée
Publication date: 2023
Publisher: The Urban Nutritionist
ISBN: 9782982166714

A fascinating culinary journey. This magnificent book, written by Caroline, Stéphanie, and Patricia Ho-Yi Wang, and featuring photographs by Virginie Gosselin, is brimming with information and recipes to help you better understand Asian vegetables. A true tribute to the land, good food, and roots.

While bok choy has carved out a prime spot on Western shelves, many other Asian vegetables remain relatively unknown. Yet, these are flavorful and nutritious vegetables that thrive in temperate, and even northern, climates!
Caroline, Stéphanie and Patricia Ho-Yi Wang, three sisters of Cantonese origin, have made it their mission to introduce and make people love these vegetables in a unique book, at the crossroads of gardening guide, cookbook and family story.

Organized around 15 Asian vegetables presented according to the seasons, the book offers organic growing and harvesting advice for both casual gardeners and aspiring market gardeners, as well as preservation techniques, nutritional information, and cooking methods. Around forty recipes, some developed by renowned chefs, are also included.

The Wang sisters also explore the world of Asian vegetables from a cultural perspective, tracing the place they have occupied in their own lives and in that of their family, part of which left China to emigrate to Madagascar before settling in Quebec.

You can read an excerpt by clicking here: Excerpt from Asian Vegetables .

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Authors: Caroline, Stéphanie and Patricia Ho-Yi Wang
Illustrated by Virginie Gosselin
Edition: Scent of Ink
Dimensions: 22 x 28 cm (8.5 x 11 in)
Page: 352, color
Publication date: October 2022
ISBN: 9782925101048

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