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Forest gardens: an ocean of edible perennial plants.

Practice self-sufficiency at home, based primarily on perennial crops, by one of the leading teachers of permaculture. Reduce your cultivation efforts with plants that regrow each year or readily self-seed.

Insightful questions, effective and inexpensive solutions, exceptional plants… and mistakes too. This is the true story of how they transformed their 400 square meters of poor soil in a disadvantaged suburb into a lush and bountiful vegetable garden and forest garden, inspiring many around them… Follow their thought process, their trials (from the moment they bought the land), and the gradual growth of their forest garden from 2004 to 2019, step by step.

This book will also allow you to experience in everyday life what the permaculture approach can be like, thanks to a chronological life story, by the author and his roommate, soon joined by their respective partners.

A practical, surprising, fresh, motivating and truly inspiring book!

Numerous photos of plants.

Authors: Eric Toensmeier
Edition: Imagine a hummingbird
Publication date: 11/2019
Number of pages: 180
ISBN: 9791095250050

The transplanting trowel is ideal for digging small holes in the ground, planting bulbs, and preparing potting mixes. This wider model is perfect for repotting and other garden work.

• 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.

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.

A practical guide to creating beautiful gardens all year round through the use of effective microorganisms (EM), developed by Japanese researcher Teruo Higa.

A practical guide to creating little green paradises in your gardens and on your balconies using Effective Microorganisms (EM). A book that will become an indispensable ally in your gardening practice! Developed in the 1980s by Japanese researcher Teruo Higa, an agronomist and university professor of horticulture in Okinawa, Japan, Effective Microorganisms (EM) are composed of a balanced mixture of approximately 80 species of aerobic and anaerobic microorganisms, some of which live off the metabolites of others.

An effective alternative to chemical products, EM (Effective Microorganisms) regenerate soils and stimulate plant growth. They are also effective in a multitude of uses, ranging from natural fertilizer and pest control to all-purpose household cleaners, animal care products, and rust removers. This practical, illustrated guide is full of advice on how to best manage different parts of a garden using invigorating biological methods for the soil. It will accompany you through the seasons in the practice of sustainable gardening, with a wealth of new ideas, including on the use of EM.

Each season demands specific tasks from us gardeners. These are described in detail in the twelve chapters, each dedicated to a month of the year: what to do in the garden, month by month; numerous tips for sowing, using fertilizers, plant care, harvesting, storage, and overwintering; and information on fruits and berries, flowers, shrubs, and water features throughout the seasons. Delicious recipes for preparing your harvest are included at the end of each chapter.

Author: Anne Lorch
Publication date: July 2018
Publisher: Golden Breath
Pages: 384 pages
ISBN: 9782840586111

As its name suggests, this tunnel is extremely easy to install! It effectively protects your crops from animals, birds, pests and diseases, as well as from frost and bad weather.

• Robust 150 micron polyethylene tunnel, UV resistant, and rust-resistant galvanized steel hoops.
• It warms the soil, stimulates earlier and faster growth, and helps retain moisture.
• The hoops are slipped into convenient loops for easy installation.
• It unfolds and folds like an accordion to allow easy access to crops.
• The ends of the tunnel open to allow ventilation.
• Dimensions: 3 m (9 ft 10 in) long by 60 cm (2 ft) wide by 45 cm (1.5 ft) high, at the center.

It's the queen of our vegetable gardens! The favorite plant of gardeners, amateur or experienced.

The tomato!

It's the queen of our vegetable gardens! The favorite plant of gardeners, amateur or experienced! Red, yellow, green, and even black, or small, fleshy, round, oval, and juicy, tomatoes come in more than 15,000 varieties. And each one offers different flavors and aromas.

While paying tribute to this fruit-vegetable so beneficial to health, Lili Michaud tells us which varieties are best suited to our soils and climates. She offers us a vegetable gardening adventure that begins the moment the seeds are sown in pots and continues all the way to the table. The book includes valuable advice for:

• choose the varieties that best suit our tastes using a unique chart displaying more than 200 varieties;
• starting a crop, in pots or in the ground, and knowing how to maintain it;
• protect plants from diseases and harmful insects;
• recognize the right time to harvest;
• consider the best ways to cook our tomatoes;
• knowing how to preserve, dehydrate or freeze them.

The most daring gardeners will even find tricks to successfully graft and create their own new and exclusive variety.

As a bonus, around twenty healthy and delicious recipes.

For the enjoyment of gardeners, cooks and gourmets!

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Author: Lili Michaud
Publisher: MultiMondes Publishing
Dimensions: x cm (x in)
Page: 291, color
Publication date: April 2018
ISBN: 9782897730819
Language: French

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Practical advice and methods for adopting Theory U. This model for managing change in organizations and individuals, through collective intelligence, proposes to follow five steps: initiate, perceive, be present, create and deploy.

Driven by hundreds of thousands of actors in the transition, more than ten thousand social innovation projects have emerged from Theory U worldwide. It is no longer just a model for managing change, but a global movement that is sparking profound transformations at all levels of our systems: economic, political, agri-food, educational, innovation...

It was therefore high time that the essentials of Theory U were made accessible to everyone!

Every action we take impacts our entire ecosystem. So how can we contribute to the necessary transformations of our world? It begins with the quality of our presence—as individuals, teams, and organizations—that we must learn to observe and feel ourselves, to be fully present to the future that seeks to emerge through us. Through concrete tools and a comprehensive method, the author helps us to envision and implement our best possible future.

Ten years after the first edition of Theory U: Renewing Leadership, Otto Scharmer revisits the essence and key principles of the U-shaped process with inspiring testimonials and concrete examples of profound transformation initiatives. He provides us with a practical guide to redefining the organization of our world in crisis, beginning with a fundamental reflection on what motivates each of us, the source of our actions.

Labels for potted plants, garden rows and landscaping. Reusable.

This thermometer allows for a quick and accurate measurement of the compost temperature.

• Precise and easy-to-read dial
• Stainless steel dial and probe with a total length of 19 in (47.5 cm).
• Simple reading from 0 to 220 °F (-17.8 to 104.4 °C).

The Propagator 125 tent is a real gem! Very easy to assemble, it is ideal for starting seedlings, rooting cuttings and initiating flower buds in short-day plants.

• Lightweight and compact, it can be set up in a flash and stored away just as quickly when you no longer need it.
• Its shelf with 3 adjustable shelves is made of sturdy steel with polypropylene corners and supports a load of 20 kg.
• Along the metal rods, a series of notches allow you to easily adjust the height of the shelves.
• The tablets attach securely, but easily with a simple click into the notches.
• With the exception of one side, the tent lining is made with 190D Mylar (190 microns), a durable, flexible and ultra-resistant material.
• The 190D Mylar reflects light wonderfully to ensure good brightness for all your plants inside the tent.
• The side without Mylar is made of a soft, breathable, flexible material that helps control humidity and temperature inside the tent.
• The tent floor material is completely waterproof.
• For easy access, the front of the tent opens on 3 sides using a sturdy zipper.
• The tent's outer material is durable and perfectly blocks light, thus offering perfect control over the time and quality of lighting.
• The inside and outside of the tent are washable for easy maintenance.
• Dimensions: 126 cm (4.13 ft) wide x 123 cm (4.03 ft) high x 62 cm (2.03 ft) deep for a volume of 0.96 m3 (33.90 ft3)
• Included in the package: Tent and shelf with shelves
• Assembly required.

Photo credit: Holland Horticulture

The irrigation mat supplied with the Growlight Garden and Micro Growlight Garden indoor gardens is not eternal! For effective irrigation, it must be replaced when it becomes too dirty or when plant roots have been allowed to establish themselves in large quantities.

• Pack of 2 Growlight Garden irrigation mats.
• 1 mat cut in 2 gives 2 mats in the size of the Micro Growlight Garden.
• To avoid excessive root colonization, rotate the trays or pots once a week.
• Hand wash irrigation mats with a little dish soap every 2-4 months to prolong their lifespan; rinse them well, then let them drip dry without wringing them.

Over the past century, 75% of the plant varieties used for our food have disappeared. In this sense, learning to grow one's own seeds is more than ever an act of activism in favor of controlling our food system and against the monopoly of the industry.

From seed extraction to the art of manual pollination, including the storage and preservation of artisanal seeds, this book literally reveals everything you need to know to collect your own seeds in the most optimal way possible in order to grow your vegetables, fruits and herbs independently.

You can read an excerpt by clicking here: Excerpt from the book The Art of Producing Your Own Seeds .

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Author: Lyne Bellemare
Foreword by Mélanie Grégoire.
Illustrations: Laucolo
Edition: Québec Amérique
Dimensions: 20 x 23.5 cm (8 x 9 in)
Page: 216, color
Publication date: March 7, 2023
ISBN: 978-2-7644-4963-9

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These very simple and economical fixings allow the safe installation of SunBlaster T5HO or LED lighting assemblies.

• Thin but sturdy metal fixings that are securely attached below a shelf, to the wall or ceiling.
• With a simple press, the entire lighting assembly is clamped into the mount.
• Two fixings are required for each lighting set.
• Pack of 4 fixings

These suction cup mounts have been designed to hold SunBlaster lighting assemblies securely in place on a humidity dome or any other smooth surface.

The design of these lightweight pruners, inspired by the popular Hydrofarm pruner, prevents hand fatigue for the user. Its surgical-grade stainless steel blades offer incredible cutting capacity for such a small tool.

Features :

• Razor-sharp blades made of surgical-grade stainless steel that stay sharp longer
• For right-handed and left-handed users
• Extra-long, non-slip soft gel handles in lime green and black
• Ergonomic design that reduces strain in the hand
• High-quality spring that improves speed and performance
• Ultra-lightweight
• Safety catch

Traditionally valued for its antiseptic, diuretic, anti-inflammatory, antitumor, emmenagogue, expectorant properties.

A sprout with a slightly tangy taste and intense resinous flavor.

Preparation :

As an infusion: Infuse 15 ml (1 tbsp) of dried herbs in 250 ml (1 cup) of boiling water. Cover to preserve the essential oils. Infuse for 10 minutes, strain, and enjoy.

In cooking: Use as a condiment in fish dishes, meat dishes, sauces, dressings, syrups, desserts, jellies, etc.

Warning: All information provided is for informational purposes only and is not intended as therapeutic advice. Please consult your healthcare professional before use and take all necessary precautions, particularly regarding pregnancy and drug interactions.

The SMART POT is the original geotextile container! They are easy to move thanks to their handles. They are made of lightweight and durable material (7 to 10 years).

*The handles may vary depending on the format.
See the " Choosing the right format " guide.

Smart Pots technology lies in the porosity of the material, a thick geotextile that ensures optimal root development and therefore plant growth. Smart Pots promote excellent root development because the fabric allows for aeration of the potting soil and the root system, a fundamental principle of gardening. Aeration prevents root spiraling, which hinders healthy plant growth. Furthermore, air circulation prevents overheating, which is harmful to roots and soil microorganisms.

Smart Pots are simple to use and easy to clean. They are washable and collapsible for storage. Their handles make them easy to move. They are made of lightweight and durable material (7 to 10 years). They are unbreakable.

You can add a saucer (to prevent water from running out) or raise the Smart Pots slightly off the ground (on wooden slats for example) to ensure greater aeration for the plants.

See the " Choosing the right format " guide.
You will find information on the volume of substrate (potting soil and compost) and the number of plants that can be planted in each Smart Pot size.

High-performing

• Maximum ventilation
• No root spiraling
• Denser root system = more efficient
• Excellent drainage
• No overheating like in traditional pots

Versatile

• Available in all formats
• For all places: large production, nurseries, greenhouses, balconies, rooftop vegetable gardens, cultivable areas, walls, railings, etc.
• For all crops: vegetables, flowers, herbs, small fruits, trees, etc.

Easy to use

• They can be left outside in winter.
• Unbreakable, lifespan of 5 to 10 years

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

This germination station allows for better control over climatic conditions. This enables you to produce healthier and more vigorous seedlings in your preferred potting mix or planting pellets.

The Jump Start germination station includes everything you need for successful seed starting:

• A waterproof (UL certified) 17-watt, 120-volt heating mat
• A 2-inch high clear plastic dome with an adjustable opening for ventilation and humidity control
• A waterproof tray measuring 11" x 22"
• A seedling insert with 72 cavities
• Cultivation instructions and advice.
• Consult the manufacturer's instructions.
• See the germination station