Legume family Archives

Organic gardening ABCs – got the basics? We’ve got you covered!

Organic gardening means gardening together with nature instead of against it. Organic growing techniques endeavor to respect soil, plants… and the consumer, too. They rely on vegetable and fruit species that are well-suited to local growing conditions.

Natural fertilizer for vegetables: source it from the entire Circle of Life!

If you want to stop bloating your vegetables with polluting chemical fertilizers, it is time for you to familiarize yourself with natural fertilizer!

Healthy vegetable patch with natural fertilizer

Lupine, radiant colors: how to grow and care for it

Lupine is a beautiful perennial that offers abundant and generous blooming.

Peas and green peas, growing them from seed to harvest

Growing green pea is quite easy and is very enjoyable. It usually starts in the spring and continues during summer.

Mongolian milkvetch, boost your immune system

Native to Asia, mongolian milkvetch is a plant that grows in Northern China, in the Sichuan and Yunnan provinces.

Plant Snow pea for refreshing meals and snacks!

Snow pea is a variety of green pea for which the seed and the pod are eaten together.

Beans, all the tips on how to grow them

Beans, which come in many varieties, are very easy vegetables to grow.

Companion planting in the vegetable patch

Just like humans, vegetables also have friends and foes. Some families stimulate or protect each other. Other families tire each other out and make each other vulnerable. Companion planting is the art of pairing them well!

Lentil, from seed to harvest

Known and renowned for its nutritional properties, lentil is an annual plant that is a cinch to grow in the garden.

Lentil plants growing in a vegetable patch, with pods ready for the harvest

The legume family, perfect for the garden and the dinner table, too!

Beans, peas, lentils, soybeans… the legume family all share flowers shaped like butterfly wings, roots that lock nitrogen into the soil, and seeds that have high levels of protein. To sum it up, it just what any garden needs!