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Le poirier de 150 ans et l’agriculture locale

Posted on June 30, 2020 by Les Jardins d'ici
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Du grand poirier centenaire, il reste la souche, le tronc et quelques pépins. Fallait-il sauvegarder cet arbre de la variété Curé dans l’intérêt de l’agriculture ?

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Des vertus de la confiture (Helping hands – French version)

Posted on May 26, 2020 by Les Jardins d'ici
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Ce weekend, mon père et moi avons fait de la confiture de fraises. Ce fut une expérience réconfortante, presque thérapeutique, qui m’a en outre permis de gagner du temps au cours d’une journée chargée.

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Helping hands

Posted on May 25, 2020 by Les Jardins d'ici
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This weekend, my father and I made strawberry jam. It was a healing experience which enabled me to save precious time.

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Le poirier de cent cinquante ans (The 150 year-old pear tree – French version)

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Les Jardins d'ici
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Dans la quatrième partie de cette série sur l’espérance de vie des arbres fruitiers, nous retournons à Aurillac pour célébrer la mémoire d’un poirier de douze mètres abattu le 11 mars 2020 dans le centre-ville. Voyons pour commencer les étapes qui ont mené à sa perte.

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The 150 year-old pear tree

Posted on April 30, 2020 by Les Jardins d'ici
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In the fourth part of this series on the life expectancy of fruit trees, we come back to Aurillac to celebrate the memory of a remarkable twelve-metre tall pear tree felled on 11 March 2020 in the town centre. To start with, let’s look at the steps which led to its downfall.

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News: happy new year!

Posted on January 20, 2020 by Les Jardins d'ici
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With my best wishes for 2020.

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A fresh breeze of Tuscan biodiversity

Posted on October 31, 2019 by Les Jardins d'ici
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We found our trip to Tuscany quite refreshing despite the June heatwave. The history of the Italian province may not have been one of undisturbed peace and harmony, but the hills above Vinci felt like a haven in our times of globally threatened biodiversity.

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At the Swiss National Museum in Prangins

Posted on October 26, 2019 by Les Jardins d'ici
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There is a lot to say about Prangins Castle’s kitchen garden, located close to the lake between Lausanne and Geneva, from its creation in the eighteen century to the modern day. This is a first encounter.

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Jam with less sugar: a grandmother’s recipe

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Les Jardins d'ici
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Some jam recipes don’t require more than 300g of added sugar per kilo of fruit. I tried one with plums, tasted the result and thought about the potential benefits of such a recipe with regards to sugar intake, food miles and food self-provisioning.

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Switzerland 2019

Posted on April 30, 2019 by Les Jardins d'ici
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We take a break from the series on the life expectancy of fruit trees to introduce three topics inspired by a recent trip to Switzerland: fruit trees at various altitudes, fruit trees in expanding cities and fruit trees in museum gardens.
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