Evolution of agricultural technologies of the last decades Agricultural tractors are part of the equipment to have benefited from the mechanical innovations of the twentieth century. If the first models are born in the late nineteenth, it will be a hundred years before they reach the maximum of their performance. The evolution of technologies will have facilitated the improvement [...]
Category: Agriculture
Food and agriculture: farming techniques, GMOs, animal husbandry, fruit and vegetables (kitchen), pollution, pesticides and fungicides ...
Plant VS Animal Protein: Health, Nutrition and Environment
Animal and plant proteins - Nutritional powers and environmental issues Proteins are water-soluble macromolecules used in the constitution of any organic tissue (bone, muscle ... etc.). They physiologically ensure the functions of hormones, enzymes, antibodies. If the proteins exist in innumerable forms, all of them consist only of a molecular assembly of 22 amino acids called proteinigenic. [...]
Extension of the authorization of Roundup (Glyphosate) for 5 years in Europe ... Thank you who?
In debate since 2015, Europe has today decided ... to extend the authorization of RoundUp despite the health risks to human health and wildlife. Indeed, member states have agreed Monday to re-authorize for 5 glyphosate at an appeal committee after more than two years of intense debate on this herbicide [...]
Growing a vegetable garden on a balcony, it is possible!
Spring finally arrived ! It is time to enjoy the first rays of sunshine and the flowering nature. For this, nothing better than to grow it yourself. No need to have a garden to have its corner of greenery, a balcony or a window sill will do the trick. Today, […]
Phenoculture, the "official" name of the hay mulch permaculture technique developed for econology
Initiated in the spring 2014 on forums of the site, Didier Helmstetter's technique of "permaculture" for hay mulch is experiencing a growing success both in terms of productivity and popularity, many gardeners are testing the technique at 4 corners of the La France! As a reminder, this [...]
Wolvendael Magazine: The Kitchen Garden Lazy, better than permaculture, Didier Helmstetter
The 621 issue of 2016's September issue of Wolvendael Magazine devotes an article from 2 to the Lazy Potager's technique. This article was written by Stève Polus (former editor-in-chief of the newspaper "Le Soir") and it is the very first article of written press on the improved permaculture technique initiated and [...]
Le Potager du Lazy, fruits and vegetables in August 2016
Le Potager du Lazy, report for August 2016 by Didier Helmstetter (aka Did67)
INRA: economic study of permaculture
INRA has published a study for four years on the economic viability of organic permaculture.
Virtual video tour of the vegetable garden of the sluggard
Le Potager du Sloth, virtual tour in video (s) by Didier Helmstetter (aka Did67) Legend of the introductory photo: "Didier, the lazy gardener, in the middle of gardening! The "Lazy Potager" is a way of producing vegetables "more than organic" (ie without any treatment products or fertilizers, neither biological nor, of course, chemical) [...]
Le Potager du Sloth: origin, objectives and principles Video
Le Potager du Sloth, video presentation by Didier Helmstetter (aka Did67): its origin, its objectives and principles ... Legend of the introductory photo: "The owner of the Potager du Sloth surprised at work ... explanation! The "Lazy Potager" is a way to produce vegetables "more than organic", in abundance, without any work of the [...]
