Seed box - Permaculture
Permaculture is a complete concept inspired by nature. What if practicing using permacultural gardening methods became possible? This box of organic, reproducible seeds contains everything you need to move from theory to practice, including :
- 10 organic seed packets
- 10 growing instructions for each species
- The book Débuter son potager en permaculture (in French only)
- 24 wood fiber cups 6x6cm
- 10 seed storage bags
- 1 gardener's notebook
What does the Permaculture Seed Box consist of?
It's made up of a selection of 10 packets of organic, reproducible seeds. These varieties have been selected for the diversity they bring to the vegetable garden, as well as their complementarity.
The book Débuter son potager en permaculture (Starting a Permaculture Vegetable Garden) simply explains, with the help of its illustrations, how to put the main principles into practice, such as analyzing the soil, making cultivation mounds, creating a good compost, associating species, and so on.
The wood-fiber cups are biodegradable, so there's no need to take the plant out of the cup. Simply plant it directly into the hole when planting.
Seed storage bags are ideal for storing harvested seeds after the season. Stored in a box or carton, they can be resown next year.
Crop sheets are a gold mine of generic information on the species, and a valuable ally in cultivating varieties.
The gardener's notebook provides a guided record of a season in the vegetable garden. Sowing calendar, garden design plan, month-by-month crop list, creativity and free expression are all welcome!
The organic varieties in the permaculture box?
This ancient "lemon basil" variety, known as "Maenglak" in Thailand, produces small, elongated, pointed leaves with a lemony flavor.
This variety produces smooth, cylindrical, thick roots. Their orange skin contains little core. They keep well through winter.
The Tarbais bean is a very old variety with pods around 20 cm long. They offer melt-in-the-mouth beans, traditionally used in the preparation of cassoulet.
This variety can grow up to 2.50 m tall.
This old variety produces 1 to 2 ears of about 15 cm, made up of 8 rows of yellow kernels. The milky phase is short, so pick as soon as the ears are ready.
This variety, a must in the scent garden, produces a profusion of small orange flowers with an exquisite citrus fragrance for several months.
The whole plant can be used to flavor desserts or mulled wine.
Carefully harvested flower by flower, these seeds are very delicate to sort. So, the presence of small pieces of waste in the bag is normal and in no way hinders germination!
The Corno di Toro Giallo sweet yellow pepper, also known as "Yellow Bull's Horn", is an ancient variety that produces an abundance of very juicy, horn-shaped fruits, ripening from green to yellow-orange. Perfect for stuffing, they offer a highly appreciated, fragrant flavor.
This highly productive variety has vigorous growth and a branched habit.
Green Hokkaido is an old variety with 1 to 3 round, slightly ribbed fruits, up to 15 cm in diameter and weighing up to 2.5 kg. They keep for almost 1 year. Their yellow flesh is dry, not very fibrous and sweet.
From spring to autumn, this variety offers a mixture of orange and yellow flowers, single or double, which are melliferous, tinctorial and have many medicinal virtues.
Marigold is also known as Calendula. And the origin of this name comes from the fact that it blooms all year round, during the calendas (1st day of the month in Roman times) of each month.
The Coeur de Bœuf de Nice tomato is an old-fashioned variety with red "coeur de bœuf"-type fruits weighing 200 to 300 g.
This species is an excellent green manure and winter forage. It retains nitrogen and roots deeply, leaving a very good soil structure.
When to start sowing in the garden?
You can sow all year round, depending on your climate, equipment and varieties. The most important period is spring, when seeds are generally sown between March and the end of April. There are other sowing periods, such as summer or autumn for winter harvests. However, they require a certain amount of experience to cope with the cold.
All our bags indicate the sowing period, the container and all the information needed for good germination.
What is permaculture?
Permaculture is a way of life in which mankind, inspired by nature, creates an environment conducive to self-fulfilment within a natural ecosystem.
Permaculture is more than just a method of producing food; it's a global approach in which man is seen as a promoter of biodiversity.
The 3 pillars of permaculture are: caring for nature, caring for people and sharing resources equitably.
A few methods:
- Design: thinking about the layout beforehand, so as to connect elements in the best possible way.
- Multifunctionality: an element must have several functions and contribute to the surrounding elements.
- Species diversification: the more different species there are, the more individual properties (resistance to disease, climatic conditions) will enhance the ecosystem and make it resilient.
