He smiles Jacky Mercier, organic market gardener in Frontenay sur Dive, because on this October 10, 2022, the tomatoes are still excellent, perhaps they are even at the top of their flavor after the hot months. At the moment in the garden, the last summer vegetables and autumn vegetables are crossing each other. There are still melons, but they are losing their flavor for lack of sun. Eggplants and cucumbers have bowed out.
What to do with plants that have finished giving their vegetables?
I grind them and mix them with the earth.
Yes, but Jacky has fields, in our modest garden, we can compost them.
And then we wait for the rain to sow the beans and the peas?
No, we’re waiting for the day before a rainy day. Because it’s more pleasant to sow in dry land. On the other hand, the seeds will develop better if it rains the following day.
So here we are with our noses glued to the weather forecast. Before heading back to his fields, our market gardener tells us about an organic fertilizer that he likes because, unlike homemade compost, we know exactly what its qualities are and it is therefore easy to dose. Especially since beans and peas will not need potash.