A few days before Christmas Eve, our grower offers some ideal gift ideas for all lovers of vegetable garden.
Welcoming the bees, Charlotte Lambert (Ulmer)
The first idea is of course towards buying a good book ! And this year, a little crush on the book by Charlotte Lambert published by Ulmer which bears the name Welcoming the bees.
Bees are essential to our life on Earth. They allow us to transform the flowers from our vegetable garden into a real harvest. And this book highlights the importance of welcoming wild bees and domestic, thanks to respectful beekeeping practices.
shame, Gauthier Delvert and Raphaël Guillemette (Ulmer)
This book highlights wild cabins open to everyone all year round. So why are we talking about this book which seems slightly removed from the world of the garden and the vegetable patch.
Quite simply, because this book allowed our gardener to draw inspiration from some achievements for the construction of a henhouse, but also from a cabin project for his children. You have to know how to broaden your reading to get inspired and create a vegetable garden that suits you.
What seeds to give for Christmas?
You can also consider purchasing seeds! All the vegetable gardeners will run to buy their seeds at the start of 2025, so this gift will always be a pleasure. You can of course opt for classics such as purchasing Marmande tomatoes or Coeur de Bœuf tomatoes.
But this year, some atypical varieties to test in the vegetable garden. You have the Violet Jasper tomato with a purple color or the Indigo Rose tomato which is a variety of cherry tomatoes. For eggplants, you have the Round Egg Violet and for peppers, Chocolate Peppers which I advise you to grow in pots.
What tools should you give to an enthusiast for Christmas?
It's always difficult to choose only one tool! But if you only had to choose two, you can opt for a mini-serfouette or pruning shears. These are two tools that we use almost all year round in the vegetable garden. There mini-serfouette allows you to work the soil on the surface, tap to bring the seeds into contact with the soil, or even remove some weeds. The pruner allows you to prune shrubs, cut off shoots and even take cuttings!
You also have the sowing calendar available which you can download and print at home. Don't forget to select your region before downloading it, because yes, the calendar will be slightly different depending on whether you live in Caen, Marseille, Paris or near Bordeaux.
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