Les Jardins Collaboratifs du Moutonblon
0,5 ha acres12 chemin des Patriotes, Saint-Charles-sur-Richelieu, Québec, J0H 2G0Olivier Painchaud
Regenerative agriculture is about cultivating the land in a healthy way and respectfully interconnecting all the actors in the ecosystem—whether in the biological, geographical, or socio-cultural aspects of our projects.
Products
- About forty different varieties of organic vegetables
Regenerative Practices
- Reduced tillage
- No-till
- Minimum-till
- Soil cover
- Cover crops
- Organic mulch
- Plastic mulch
- Biodiversity
- Intercropping
- Companion cropping
- Diverse crop rotations
- Pollinator buffers
- Habitat conservation/creation/restoration
- Agroforestry and perennials
- Perennial crops
- Windbreaks
- Native perennial vegetation conservation
- Organic inputs
- Compost
- No synthetic pesticides
- No synthetic fertilizers
- Water management
- Water conservation
- Wetland restoration
Observations
- The widespread use of wood chips throughout the garden over the past five years has clearly increased the soil’s organic matter content and made working with clay soil more enjoyable
- Adding birdhouses definitely attracts birds, mainly tree swallows, which are great predators of harmful insects and a joy to watch as they flit around the garden—without being a nuisance to us!
- Flower beds surrounding the gardens attract pollinators throughout the entire cultivated area.
How to buy
- Directly on the farm, by coming to farm them with us! The farm is going into collaborative mode - we still have room for people who want to come farm with us!
