| A défaut de me consacrer à la rénovation du mur historique de mon jardin, j’effectue quelques travaux arboricoles. |
Dix-sept greffes
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Category Archives: Garden
A great formative weekend
| On 15 and 16 March, I was honoured to welcome one of the best French arboriculture experts in my property. |
Un weekend d’apprentissage formidable
| Les 15 et 16 mars, j’ai eu le privilège d’accueillir sur mes terres une des meilleures spécialistes en arboriculture fruitière agroécologique de France. |
Wikimedia contest – Living heritage
What I did after publishing the French version of this article on 16 September.
Concours Wikimedia – Patrimoine vivant
S’inspirer de ce concours pour produire et partager des images libres de droits sur l’art de l’espalier.
The pear tree begins to grow again (Le poirier repousse – English version, updated)
Le poirier repousse !
De nombreux rejets apparaissent sur la souche du poirier de 150 ans abattu le 11 mars.
The Old Man’s Trees
This is the first part of a series on the life expectancy of fruit trees. We start with a story based on a real life incident, an ageing gardener who uproots trees in his orchard.
Cultivar identification and fruit sharing
With so many varieties growing in the domestic gardens of Aurillac and its surroundings, identifying the name of an apple can be difficult. But is it a priority for those who aim at sharing their fruit with other gardeners and fruit users?
Peaches in chilly Aurillac
It will come as a surprise to many, who believe Aurillac is France’s coldest city, that peaches actually grow here. I visited Claude’s garden on 8 August, where he has been cultivating this fruit for almost half a century.
Les Jardins d'ici 