Once the nursery frame and internal grid had been installed, all that remained to be done was to fit a protective frame with a number of purposes:– Reduce the intensity of the sun’s rays, which are particularly hot in southern … Read More
At Roosboom, young plants have a number of enemies: the sun, lack of water and attacks by locusts and grasshoppers, which love young shoots… So we designed a system of bottomless trellises that has the advantage of drying out less … Read More
Summer, which corresponds to the rainy season in southern Africa, is the ideal time to set up a fertiliser tree nursery. These trees have been chosen for their ability to fertilise the soil by producing nitrogen nodules at their roots, … Read More
The production from the nursery has been a real success on the Levi’s Nek farm! It has enabled the farm’s young residents to cultivate tomato and butternut beds in open fields. These crops complement the bell pepper seedlings already transplanted … Read More
The Ivory Foundation has provided the Levi’s Nek farm with bottomless trays to optimize seedling production in the greenhouse. The advantage of this method is to maintain a high level of substrate humidity by positioning the trays in 10cm-deep trenches … Read More
Once again, the horse at Levi’s Nek farm will be taking part in the farming activity… He will be in charge of pulling the seed drill, in which the youngsters have mixed the seeds with a blend of compost, manure … Read More
The “wintering” period is not the most favorable for seed production, with its heavy rains favoring the development of diseases such as mildew.Abdhouramane, the man in charge of the Bala garden, has nevertheless maintained a varied production during this period, … Read More
At the Traversine Bercy garden, we focus on observing the life cycle of the vegetable from seed to seed.Our pretty cauliflower was magnificent during summer ! After forming a beautiful white head over 20cm in diameter, it began to change … Read More
On the roof terrace of the Bercy school, space is limited… As a result, the planters are never empty!After removing the tomato plants, they were replaced by celery plants grown in the greenhouse.They will finish growing before winter arrives…
The women in charge of the garden and the gardener at Halfway House are preparing for the arrival of spring!The cold, dry southern winter will give way to the temperate, rainy summer season, ideal for planting new crops.The beds are … Read More
