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This blend combines four aromatic varieties with Mediterranean and Asian origins: holy basil , Genovese , Opal purple , and Thai . Each is distinguished by its foliage, texture, and fragrance , offering a varied sensory experience, from tender green to deep purple, from aniseed to peppery notes.

Easy to grow, this annual plant forms a bushy, compact habit , ideal for container gardens, window boxes, or vegetable borders . It requires warmth, sun, and regular, but not excessive, watering. Its discreet flowers attract pollinators , prolonging the vitality of the vegetable garden while perfuming the space with its essential oils.

This blend is perfect for curious gardeners , small spaces, or those who wish to explore the aromatic world of basil in all its diversity .

Genovese basil is the undisputed champion of culinary basil. Recognizable by its large, tender green, slightly crinkled, and highly aromatic leaves, it embodies the freshness of summer both in the garden and in the kitchen. Its clean and balanced flavor, both sweet and peppery, makes it a cornerstone of Mediterranean traditions.

In the garden, it quickly forms a compact, flexible clump, easy to incorporate into the vegetable patch, as a border plant, or in containers. It thrives in sunny locations, rich, well-drained soil, and with regular, but not excessive, moisture. With careful cultivation, it provides a continuous supply of tender leaves throughout the summer.

Genovese basil responds very well to regular pruning. Pinching the tips and delaying flowering encourages branching and prolongs the harvest. Allowing it to flower attracts pollinators and signals the end of its optimal harvest period.

Native to the Mediterranean region and cultivated for centuries, 'Rainbow Mix' Swiss chard is renowned for its foliage in a variety of colours, ranging from bright yellow to deep red, including orange and pink, which brightens vegetable gardens with a cheerful and vibrant touch. This colourful mix pays homage to the natural diversity of this nutritious and robust plant.

In the garden, 'Rainbow Mix' Swiss chard unfurls its large, wavy leaves with an upright habit, making it easy to grow even in small spaces. Its role as a versatile leafy vegetable makes it a valuable companion, providing a regular abundance of harvests for salads or cooking, while also contributing to crop biodiversity.

Native to the tropical regions of Southeast Asia, Thai basil is a variety of basil renowned for its powerful and distinctive aroma, blending notes of anise, licorice, and spices. Highly prized in Thai and Vietnamese cuisine, it complements stir-fries, soups, and salads, adding a unique aromatic freshness.

In the garden, this variety stands out for its compact, bushy habit and its light to dark green leaves with slightly wavy edges. A generous plant, it charms with its delicate flowers and attracts numerous pollinators. It is a valuable addition to a vegetable garden with exotic aromas, blending harmoniously with other small companion plants.

Originating in the United States, the Touchstone Gold beet is a remarkable American variety with a bright yellow flesh that illuminates plates like a ray of sunshine. It has long been prized for its natural sweetness and milder flavor compared to traditional red beets, making it a delightful addition to both the kitchen and the garden.

In the garden, Touchstone Gold proves to be generous, robust, and easy to grow, offering a harvest of firm, round roots. Its vibrant yellow color adds a touch of brightness among classic root vegetables.

This beetroot fits perfectly into a food garden, contributing to food and visual diversity, and it plays the role of a versatile root vegetable, ideal for gardeners looking for mild flavors and simple cultivation.

Originating in Europe, the Lutz beetroot stands out as an heirloom variety steeped in history. Renowned for its deep red, globular roots, it is also prized for its tender, sweet flesh that delights the palate in cooking.

In the garden, the Lutz beetroot stands out for its hardiness and ease of cultivation. It actively contributes to vegetable diversity and offers a generous harvest at the end of summer, perfect for soups, salads, or naturally colored juices.

This variety embodies the meeting of tradition and simplicity, a reliable ally for the gardener concerned with healthy and tasty production.

Lightweight and pleasant to use, the Growers & Co. wheeled hoe is the ideal tool for ecological gardeners and market gardeners looking to efficiently maintain their growing beds effortlessly.

The 45 cm (18-inch) oscillating blade ensures precise weeding and optimal soil aeration, while its ergonomic design guarantees comfortable use. Easily replace the blade with a ridging attachment to create planting trenches with ease.

• 45 cm (18 inch) oscillating blade made of high-quality steel
• Hilling attachment not included (sold separately)
• Designed and manufactured in Canada
• Weight: 7.5 kg (16.5 lbs)
• Assembly required

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Photo credit: Growers & Co.

This all-purpose hoe is the perfect tool for weeding, regardless of the weed's stage of growth. Its sharp blade cuts weeds close to the plants, right down to their roots.

• Ergonomic tool mounted on a large handle.
• Sharp blade 7 in (17.5 cm) wide.
• Sturdy ash handle, which can be replaced.
• 59 in (150 cm) tall.
• Weight: 2.2 lb (0.7 kg)
• Already assembled
• Designed and manufactured in Quebec.
• The manufacturer offers a 5-year warranty against manufacturing defects.

Photo credit: Growers & Co.

Equipped with a thin, double-edged, oscillating blade, this high-quality hoe allows for thorough weeding of the soil when working between rows of crops on an organic vegetable farm. For optimal effectiveness, the hoe should be used when the weeds are still very young and their root systems are not yet developed.

• Ergonomic tool mounted on a large handle.
• Oscillating blade with two cutting edges.
• Sturdy ash handle, which can be replaced.
• 59 in (150 cm) tall.
• Weight: 2.6 lb (0.9 kg)
• Pre-assembled
• Designed and manufactured in Quebec.
• The manufacturer offers a 5-year warranty against manufacturing defects.

Photo credit: Growers & Co.

Equipped with a thin, double-edged, oscillating blade, this high-quality hoe allows for thorough weeding of the soil when working between rows of crops on an organic vegetable farm. For optimal effectiveness, the hoe should be used when the weeds are still very young and their root systems are not yet developed.

• Ergonomic tool mounted on a large handle.
• Oscillating blade with two cutting edges.
• Sturdy ash handle, which can be replaced.
• 59 in (150 cm) tall.
• Weight: 2.6 lb (0.9 kg)
• Pre-assembled
• Designed and manufactured in Quebec.
• The manufacturer offers a 5-year warranty against manufacturing defects.

Photo credit: Growers & Co.

Equipped with a thin, double-edged, oscillating blade, this high-quality hoe allows for thorough weeding of the soil when working between rows of crops on an organic vegetable farm. For optimal effectiveness, the hoe should be used when the weeds are still very young and their root systems are not yet developed.

• Ergonomic tool mounted on a large handle.
• Oscillating blade with two cutting edges.
• Sturdy ash handle, which can be replaced.
• 59 in (150 cm) tall.
• Weight: 2.6 lb (0.9 kg)
• Already assembled
• Designed and manufactured in Canada.
• The manufacturer offers a 5-year warranty against manufacturing defects.

Photo credit: Les jardins de l'écoumène ET Growers & Co.

Native to the Mediterranean basin, borage (Borago officinalis) has long been a prized companion plant, valued for both its beauty and its traditional culinary and medicinal uses. Its star-shaped blue flowers attract bees, creating a vibrant display in the heart of the garden, hence its nickname, "the star of the garden."

In the garden, its hardiness and bushy habit make it a valuable ally for enriching biodiversity while offering edible foliage and flowers with a slightly briny fragrance. Its flowering period extends from spring to late summer, bringing color and life to mass plantings or borders. Borage, a faithful companion, integrates naturally into a garden that provides sustenance and respects ecological balance.

German chamomile is a delicate and luminous annual plant, prized for centuries for its fine blooms and comforting aroma. Its small white flowers with golden-yellow centers rise above finely cut foliage, giving the plant a light and almost ethereal appearance.

Native to Europe and Western Asia, Matricaria chamomilla has become widely naturalized in gardens and open areas. It grows quickly and establishes itself easily, sometimes even where it is least expected, demonstrating its spontaneous and resilient nature. Its abundant flowering attracts numerous pollinating insects, contributing to the vitality of the garden.

In the garden, German chamomile thrives in well-drained soil and sunny locations. Undemanding, it tolerates relatively poor conditions and adapts well to vegetable gardens, borders, and medicinal herb gardens. Regular harvesting prolongs its flowering period and maintains a balanced shape.

Originating in temperate regions, the Danvers 126 carrot is an old variety renowned for its hardiness and mild flavor. Thanks to its ability to thrive in clay, compact, or shallow soils , it has earned a prominent place in organic vegetable gardens where conditions are not always ideal.

In the garden, its distinctive conical shape and dense, deep orange flesh make it a reliable and generous root vegetable, prized as much for its consistency as for its culinary qualities. Easy to grow, it offers an abundant harvest where other varieties struggle to take root.

This carrot embodies a beautiful balance between hardiness and productivity , ideal for gardeners who wish to cultivate simply, meaningfully, while working with nature rather than against it.

Dwarf Blue Scotch kale is a compact and hardy variety, prized for its finely curly blue-green leaves and high cold tolerance. Its low, dense growth habit forms a well-structured rosette, ideal for vegetable gardens of all sizes, including container gardening.

This variety is distinguished by the quality of its leaves, which are thick yet tender when harvested young. With the arrival of cooler temperatures, their flavor mellows and deepens, making it a particularly prized leafy green at the end of the season. Its steady growth allows for leaf-by-leaf harvesting, extending production over several months.

In the garden, Dwarf Blue Scotch adapts well to cool to temperate weather conditions. It prefers rich, well-drained soil and consistent moisture. Its hardiness makes it an excellent choice for gardeners seeking a reliable crop that is relatively unaffected by climatic variations.

Originating in Central Europe , the Red Kalibos red cabbage is distinguished by its elegant conical shape , its intense purplish-red color , and its natural hardiness . Its compact head with thick, finely veined leaves evokes a true garden jewel , bringing structure and brilliance to the heart of autumn crops.

In the garden, Red Kalibos stands out for its upright habit , vigor , and good cold tolerance, making it a reliable ally in cooler climates . It integrates easily into crop rotations and pairs well with other autumn-flowering brassicas.

Native to Europe and Asia , this aromatic perennial is as well known for its euphoric effects on cats as for its calming properties in humans. Its downy, grey-green foliage , with its camphor-like scent, and its discreet white or mauve flowers , make it a gentle and vibrant presence in the garden.

Easy to grow, catnip thrives in full sun or partial shade , in light, well-drained soil . Drought-tolerant once established, it grows quickly and can be pruned to prolong flowering. It attracts bees, butterflies, hoverflies, and ladybugs , making it a beneficial companion plant in a vegetable garden or herb garden.

Not very invasive but hardy, it integrates well along the edges of aromatic plants, dry embankments or naturalistic beds , where it brings freshness, movement and animal companionship .

Originating in Central Europe , the Styrian naked-seed pumpkin is an ancient variety remarkable for its naturally shell-free seeds , ready to be eaten or processed without peeling. Rooted in Austrian agricultural tradition , it was once cultivated as much for its abundant fruit as for its seeds, rich in nutritious oils , used notably to produce the famous Styrian pumpkin seed oil .

In the garden, this squash stands out for its impressive vigor and creeping habit , forming large protective leaves and beautiful fleshy fruits, green or striped, containing a treasure trove of oil-rich seeds . It attracts pollinators in abundance thanks to its generous summer flowering, while also playing a structuring role in crop rotations , effectively covering the soil and limiting erosion.

In an ecological and gourmet vegetable garden , the Styrian embodies a balance between rustic aesthetics, nutritional richness and seed autonomy , offering the gardener harvests that are as abundant as they are precious.

Those who are more curious will find concepts that will allow them to compost larger quantities than those, more limited, of home composting.

New edition!

More content, more photos, more answers to your questions, whether you choose to make your own compost or contribute to the municipal collection. Finally, you'll understand why, when, and how to use compost to fully benefit from its fantastic properties.

Those with a thirst for knowledge will discover concepts that will allow them to compost larger quantities than those available for home composting. Others will benefit from this knowledge to understand how the organic matter they put out for municipal collection is used.

Here you will find a detailed table of compostable materials according to different processing methods: a useful and unique tool. A significant section is also dedicated to home composting, which remains the most eco-friendly (economical and ecological) way to make use of organic matter.

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Author: Lili Michaud
Publisher: MultiMondes (Quebec, Canada)
Category: Environment
Publication date: 2016-04-14
Pages: 260
ISBN: 9782895446965
Language: French

Designed for small spaces , the Spacemaster cucumber is an ideal choice for urban gardeners , sunny balconies, and small vegetable gardens. Developed using modern breeding methods focused on compactness and productivity , it combines a bushy habit , easy cultivation, and bountiful harvests.

Whether in the garden or in containers, its short, branching plants adapt perfectly to pot culture without sacrificing the harvest. It offers an abundance of crisp, refreshing fruit , perfect for eating raw or slicing into summer salads. Undemanding and quick to produce, it's a practical, easy-to-grow, and truly accessible variety that allows you to cultivate freshness even where space is limited .