august
Gardening and Good Health
August is traditionally a month in which to sit back and enjoy the garden, especially if the weather is hot. Hopefully there will be plenty of vegetables to pick and flowers to admire, and, in Brittany, one can be sure that there will be a marvellous assortment of insects to watch busily going about their [...]
Buckwheat in Flower
A field of buckwheat in full bloom. The crop was sown at the end of May and should be ready for harvest in September.
August – Keeping things tidy
An effective and very strurdy climbing frame for beans. The frame is made entirely from bamboo, and uses no string (the bamboo is woven in and out of the uprights). The beans on the picture are not very vigorous. so the frams did not need to be particularely high
I have grown a lot of cabbages [...]
Apple Props
Don’t forget that overladen apple branches commonly snap under the weight of the fruit. If there seems to be any danger of this happening, either remove some of the fruit, or prop up the branch with a suitable prop.
- Coppicing and Faggot Making
Given that so much is said about sustainable energy resources, it is perhaps surprising that the anc... - Autumn Tree Planting
October is the month when you can start to think about this winter's tree planting programme. Firstl... - Firewood and Log Splitting
I was talking to one of my old Breton neighbours recently and she told me that as far as she was con... - Compost
One aspect of life in Brittany that is not adequately celebrated today is the fact that we have one ... - Tree Planting
Anyone not accustomed to land management may be disturbed by the idea of chopping down anything as m... - Tree Felling
There is a well-established belief that the sap is at its lowest in the trees during the first week ... - Potatoes – Getting Ready
You can start digging trenches for your potatoes in February. Early potatoes can also be put in seed... - Peas
February is still a long way off from the main vegetable-growing season, but there is a lot that can... - Tree Protection
Deer and hares are the two principal causes of danger for young trees. It is when the sap begins to ... - April Planting
April is the month in which Bretons traditionally start to put serious work into their gardens. It i...
Gardening
