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My tomatoes are still green!

Your tomatoes are beautiful and formed but they don't seem to want to ripen? Here are some explanations of the tomato ripening process and what y...

Tomato diseases

Your tomato plants have grown up and are finally starting to produce the most beautiful tomatoes in the whole world (nothing less!), unfortunately ...

La plantation des plants de tomate au jardin

Planting tomato seedlings in the garden

You have launched into tomato seedlings, with success. Now it's time to transplant them into the garden or into containers (if you're doing a cont...

Des trous dans la roquette et dans les feuilles de radis ? Ce sont des altises.

Holes in arugula and radish leaves? These are flea beetles.

The 'lace rocket' can have a certain artistic sense, but on the plate it is a little less chic. Whose fault is it? The flea beetles. These littl...

Les repères phénologiques, avec eux, on ne peut pas se tromper!

Phenological markers, with them, you can't go wrong!

Here in Eastern Quebec, due to our northernness, it is often difficult to find one's way in American or French reference books with regard to sowin...

Comment protéger le jardin des ravages du vers gris (Cutworms)

How to protect the garden from the ravages of cutworms (Cutworms)

Cutworms can destroy a vegetable garden overnight! Indeed, this scene is unfortunately all too common: You have just finished planting your garden...

Les meilleures tomates à cultiver en climat froid

The Best Tomatoes to Grow in Cold Climates

Who has never heard someone be disappointed with their tomato harvest or say that it absolutely takes a greenhouse to achieve a good harvest in a c...