Make your kitchen garden

How to water your tomatoes, learn to prepare to maintain your soil, aerate, irrigate, maintain a naturally rich soil, make your compost: engineer agronomists, trainers and authors of books on gardens and vegetable gardens give you their answers and informed advice.
Also find all the tools you need to design a good vegetable garden that will reward you with its generosity, and discover all the tools that Tom Press offers to maintain your trees, shrubs and your garden.

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Think of your soil as a living organism

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It´s February and time to start sowing peas and beans and to plant onion bulbs.
But first and foremost, let´s talk about your soil. Winter weakens the earth and puts it to sleep. That is why before planting or seeding, you will have to bring it back to life.

What to do in the garden after a lot of rain

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After a long period of rain, the soil becomes very wet and even saturated. This can lead to unexpected delays in plant growth. Prepare your plants now so that they can use this water during summer dry spells.

A recipe for compost: utensils and ingredients

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By Ludovic Martin, author of ""Je réussis mon compost et mon lombricompost"" (Successful composting and worm composting)

How to get taste back into tomatoes.

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Researchers at the INRA demonstrated that when you store tomatoes in the refrigerator, they lose up to 2/3 of their taste! But this process is not irreversible…

Mini garden hothouses

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Are you concerned about the cold? Would you like to keep the earth warm during the night? Encourage germination? Have early tomatoes? Use these mini hothouses.
Easy to install, move and store, you will no longer think twice about protecting your fragile plants.

How to water your tomatoes

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""Black bottom"", mildew and other tomato diseases can result from poor watering. Here is some advice for lovely tomatoes by J.-M. Laporterie.

Protect your garden from pests

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Snails ,slugs & birds, voles or mice can cause significant damage to the garden or to fruit trees. Do not let them destroy your crops! Here´s how to protect them ..

Protect your garden from birds

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How to protect your cherries and other fruit from birds and hold them off? Scarecrows, nets and kites are all means to combat birds effectively.

Protect your garden from rodents

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How to remove voles and other harmful rodents. Control methods, pitfalls and predators .

Protect your garden from snails and slugs

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How to get rid of snails and slugs in the garden: control methods, pitfalls and predators .

Spring to the hive: season of all issues.

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Spring finally arrived ! Bees will perform a noble mission: pollinate 80% of plant varieties.

Breeding chickens, more than a trend

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It´s February and time to start sowing peas and beans and to plant onion bulbs. But first and foremost, let´s talk about your soil. Winter weakens the earth and puts it to sleep. That is why before planting or seeding, you will have to bring it back to life.

After a long period of rain, the soil becomes very wet and even saturated. This can lead to unexpected delays in plant growth. Prepare your plants now so that they can use this water during summer dry spells.

By Ludovic Martin, author of ""Je réussis mon compost et mon lombricompost"" (Successful composting and worm composting)

Researchers at the INRA demonstrated that when you store tomatoes in the refrigerator, they lose up to 2/3 of their taste! But this process is not irreversible…

Are you concerned about the cold? Would you like to keep the earth warm during the night? Encourage germination? Have early tomatoes? Use these mini hothouses. Easy to install, move and store, you will no longer think twice about protecting your fragile plants.

""Black bottom"", mildew and other tomato diseases can result from poor watering. Here is some advice for lovely tomatoes by J.-M. Laporterie.

Snails ,slugs & birds, voles or mice can cause significant damage to the garden or to fruit trees. Do not let them destroy your crops! Here´s how to protect them ..

How to protect your cherries and other fruit from birds and hold them off? Scarecrows, nets and kites are all means to combat birds effectively.

How to remove voles and other harmful rodents. Control methods, pitfalls and predators .

How to get rid of snails and slugs in the garden: control methods, pitfalls and predators .

Spring finally arrived ! Bees will perform a noble mission: pollinate 80% of plant varieties.

It is more and more common to see chicken gardens around a street corner while walking around town.

It´s February and time to start sowing peas and beans and to plant onion bulbs.
But first and foremost, let´s talk about your soil. Winter weakens the earth and puts it to sleep. That is why before planting or seeding, you will have to bring it back to life.

Are you concerned about the cold? Would you like to keep the earth warm during the night? Encourage germination? Have early tomatoes? Use these mini hothouses.
Easy to install, move and store, you will no longer think twice about protecting your fragile plants.