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The brewery L’Entrepôt – supplier of peelings for the compost
posted in: Compost, France, Traversine garden - Paris-Bercy
All breweries have not gone to ready-made dishes and pre-peeled vegetables! The brewery L’entrepôt, located close to the school of Bercy, keeps its peelings to enrich the compost of La Traversine garden.
The secret of a good compost
Leaves from the schoolyard + peelings and decomposed vegetables = Nitrogenous matter + carbonaceous matter … The secret of a good compost, 100% local
Traversine – Compost
posted in: Compost, France, Projects newsfeed, Traversine garden - Paris-Bercy
La Traversine develops a short circuit compost … The composter of La Traversine is preparing to digest the harvest of dead leaves from the past winter! We organized the composter in 2 bins, one stock the brown leaves collected from … Read More
Harvesting beans
posted in: The mandala
The first beans sown on the Mandala of the Grand Potager have been harvested! The Mandala thus fulfills its vocation of production and it is a pleasure to be able to grow good vegetables in such a beautiful place.
Installation of a drip irrigation system on the mandala
posted in: The mandala, Water management
A drip irrigation system has been set up on the petals of the Mandala of the Grand Potager. This irrigation system is particularly adapted to the shape of the Mandala, because it allows to irrigate the plantations without watering the … Read More
A flowery keyhole
posted in: The keyhole
The Key Hole of the Grand Potager looks like a miniature of the garden of the Domaine de Fontenille … On this small surface, high, fed at its center by the compost of the kitchen of the restaurants of the … Read More
A pedagogical composter
At La Traversine, a demonstration compost bin was designed to show children the evolution of the decomposition process. We fill the tank by the left, mixing leftovers, peelings (nitrogenous matter) with the dead leaves recovered from the courtyard. Then, when … Read More
A cover for the keyhole
posted in: The keyhole, Traversine garden - Paris-Bercy
A metal cover has been placed on the Keyhole of La Traversine Garden. It prevents the dead leaves placed between the kitchen waste to fly away. It retains the moisture of the compost, while providing heat that accelerates decomposition. It … Read More
Keyhole from Lesotho
An example of a family Keyhole in Lesotho. In this mountainous country, stones are the basic material for all buildings. The keyhole, this small elevated vegetable garden, with central composter, does not escape the rule.