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Month: mars 2016

La sève de bouleau, merveille du printemps

La sève de bouleau, merveille du printemps

Au printemps toute la nature revit, les végétaux reprennent leur croissance, les arbres bourgeonnent, la température augmente, les fluides se remettent en circulation dans la nature comme dans notre corps pour un grand nettoyage. Pour le bouleau c’est la sève qui monte vers les bourgeons pour leur donner sa force et les nourrir de ses nutriments. L’eau ou la sève de bouleau fraîche, en provenance des racines, se récolte au tout début du printemps en perçant doucement l’écorce de l’arbre…

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Acid soils

Acid soils

How to bring down my soil pH between 4 and 5 to plant blueberries :  The trick is to put a handful of sulphur in fresh soil before planting yor blueberry shrub.

Blueberry shrubs pruning

Blueberry shrubs pruning

Pruning is done during dormancy in cold dry weather conditions after leaf fall. Dry weather avoids disease proliferation when making cuts and allows wood to heal faster. Pruning shears must be clean, wipe it with alcohol or fire to kill all bacteries and viruses. This must be done regularly during pruning day. It avoids progagating diseases in the orchard. Pruning consists of aereting your bushes to allow light inside the shrubs. We are keeing 5 main branches with the current…

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Blueberry jam recipe

Blueberry jam recipe

This recipe is quite simple to carry out : necessary ingredients are blueberries (i use frozen ones), sugar and citric acid (lemon juice). I put together 5 kilos of blueberries and 3 kilos of sugar no more because my fruits are naturally sweet already and bring it to boil, let it cook for about ten minutes in order to reach 55 brix degrees ( brix being the unit to measure the sugar content, it is done with a refractometer). I then…

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