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First aid for growing strawberries

17 February 2023

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Did you know that of all fresh fruits and vegetables, strawberries contain the most pesticides? In fact, the Dutch strawberry contains up to six times more pesticides than...

Winter time = the time for vegetable garden planning

4 January 2023

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Having your own vegetable garden is hipper than ever! While growing your own vegetables used to be a sign of poverty, now we like to know...

A gift for the future with Treedom

5 December 2022

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If you can do one thing that contributes to a green, better future anyway, it is to plant a tree. Despite all the innovations, trees remain...

Green fingers? Plant organic bulbs!

2 November 2022

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Want a blooming garden in spring? Then autumn is the time to start planting bulbs. But did you know that common bulb cultivation...

Birds in the garden: here's how to help them through the winter

24 October 2022

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With their presence, birds literally and figuratively add colour to the garden or balcony. By choosing the right plants and shrubs and...

Garden ready for winter? This is how to really help garden animals through the winter

14 October 2022

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When the leaves fall from the trees, many people think of winterising the garden (read pruning everything neatly and clearing the leaves) and...

Native plants: why are they important?

12 August 2022

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A few years ago, nobody seemed to be talking about it and now you fall over this word: native plants. But what are they? And why...

Things to do in Rotterdam: strolling through the Buijtenland of Rhoon

15 July 2022

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If you live near Rotterdam or go on holiday, then an outing to the nature and recreation area the Buijtenland van Rhoon...

Wouter on sustainable agriculture: food forests are the future

4 July 2022

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What once seemed like a great system: efficient agriculture that provides lots of yields, is turning out to be a destructive event that we need to get rid of as soon as possible. Food forests...

Palm oil: it's not as black and white as you think

24 June 2022

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Palm oil is a tricky issue. There are people (and companies) trying to eliminate palm oil from their lives, but there is also a current that...

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