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Silence, it’s gardening!!!!!

This promised summer you will be able to have your rosebush in full bloom and health. We will provide you with all our care tips so that your rose can flourish. Watering, pruning, choice of fertilizer, association with other perennials, and other gardening tips: discover all our best tips to take the best care of your roses.

The secrets of perfect watering!

In the first years, watering your roses is not to be neglected. It is advisable to dig a basin at the bottom of the roses, covered with mulch to maintain moisture. In very dry weather we recommend that you gradually water a 15 L watering can at the roses‘ feet every 15 days. And so it is

promote the growth of the rosebush and allow it to flower more abundantly.

When summer comes, you can water them once a week, avoiding the foliage of course. It is better to water copiously than by drip watering.

After its first two years, it is necessary to moderate the watering of the roses. From 4/5 years old the rosebush has the ability to draw water from deep within.

On your marks ready TAILLE!!!

On sunny days it is important to do a small spring pruning to boost their flowering.

“Botanical” roses do not necessarily require regular maintenance pruning. Their flowering takes place on the twigs of the following year.

The size of the roses will only be irregular, spaced 3 to 5 years apart. It will simply be necessary to thin out the clumps that have become dense, by completely removing the dead or excess branches. If properly maintained, a rosebush will regenerate much more easily and last for a long time.

For upwelling shrub roses, their size should be considered as a summer flowering shrub. It is therefore necessary to take care of their size at the end of winter by leaving a framework adequate for their development. This will give you a good annual vegetation, a greater number of flowers and a better distribution of flowering.

A little advice in addition, if you prune your roses regularly enough, by removing the wilted flowers, you will avoid the formation of fruits and seeds. This will allow your rising rose to flower again.

Sterilization?

You want to save money, eat healthy and homemade, so why not make your own jars of fruit or vegetables, meat, fish or sauces. Sterilization can be frightening, but we assure you that it is not rocket science and guarantees optimal hygiene and promises you many advantages.

First steps!

Let’s start by defining sterilization, it simply consists of removing all the air from the jars. The primary purpose of sterilization is to make your jars waterproof. To do this, the jars will be immersed in boiling water (over 100°C), which will remove all living organisms.

Then, the hot water that has been initiated in the jars will then turn into water vapour, and thus allow the air to be removed from the containers.

Finally, once the steam has cooled, a “vacuum” will occur, which will allow the jars to be hermetically sealed during closing.

The benefits include

Sterilization is a practical trick that allows you to keep your food much longer. Indeed, fruits and vegetables can be kept for example between 6 months and 1 year if they are stored in sterilized jars. Without sterilization, your cans will tend to expire more quickly.

In addition, sterilization offers much more optimal hygiene conditions, as all organisms in the jars are eliminated, so you will not have any fear when consuming them, your food will not rot. Above all, you will have the satisfaction of telling yourself that this is homemade and made by you.

Recipe idea

It is time to put your knowledge into practice. We therefore offer you a small recipe for homemade pesto:

Ingredient :

• 25g pine nuts
• 1 clove of garlic
• 1 bunch of fresh basil
• 20g grated parmesan cheese
• 25cl olive oil
• Salt, pepper

Préparation :

Dans une poêle bien chaude, déposez les pignons de pin et faites-les griller jusqu’à ce qu’ils soient bien dorés. Placez vos pignons bien dorés dans votre mixeur. Effeuillez et laver votre basilic frais puis pelez et pressez votre gousse d’ail. Ajoutez vos feuilles de basilic et votre ail pressé dans votre mixeur et votre assaisonnement . Mixez jusqu’à obtenir une préparation assez homogène.

À présent vous pouvez verser votre préparation dans votre bocal en verre. Refermez-le et placez dans votre stérilisateur et laisser pendant 20 min, puis laissez refroidir dans votre stérilisateur. Et vous pourrez conserver votre bocal 6 mois à 1 an.

How to start the zero waste trend.

At a time of zero waste trend and start gently without disturbing your daily life too much, you can simply put a compost pile in your garden.

What is compost?

First of all, it is important to know that compost is an environmental action aimed at recycling organic materials. It helps to nourish, protect and strengthen your plants or your vegetable garden, without using any type of harmful products such as fertilizers or other industrial products.

Having compost in your home means you have a natural, high-quality fertilizer that doesn’t emit any bad smell. Compost therefore improves plant growth and also reduces waste.

Condition for good compost at home

It is best to choose a discreet place in your garden where you have room to integrate a composter or a compost bin.

Your pile must be in contact with the soil to allow microbial activity to act and do its job.

Making compost at home requires you to consider a few conditions:

Shred your large waste, this avoids slowing down decomposition.
Avoid piling up too thick layers of the same material. It is preferable to pile up a variety of materials in small quantities.
Try to maintain a balanced humidity. The best thing is to water the pile if the weather is too dry, and cover it in heavy rain.
If you want a perfect result, put thin layers of nettle on because this weed is very useful as a remarkable compost activator.
Finally, a last tip to apply, discard your vegetable peelings, lawn mowing, fireplace ashes, egg shells, coffee grounds, tea bags, wilted flowers and dead leaves. And you will be the king of compost!

To the kitchen!!!!!!!

With the dazzling trend of homemade and all-in-one dishes, we are rediscovering the making of dishes, whether they are simple like a good homemade mashed potatoes or a little more elaborate with fish soup worthy of the great chefs. Homemade products give us the pleasure of making and cooking fresh and seasonal products.

Homemade is good !

The fact of taking time for cooking, of being able to make your own dishes leads to many advantages that are not negligible.

Do it yourself, allows you to control your preparation, to know the origin of the products. With the homemade product, you have the luxury of being able to vary recipes by adding or removing ingredients to them according to your taste. In short, you have the possibility to add your personal touch and even create new recipes. Doing it yourself therefore allows you to feel a certain personal satisfaction. Moreover, it is much more economical and above all you know what is on your plate so much better for your health.

In your kitchens, stainless steel is required.

In order to prepare your homemade dishes, do not hesitate to search in the drawers, cupboards of your grandparents’ house to find stainless steel kitchen utensils.

Why do you always use stainless steel in your kitchen?

Well, stainless steel guarantees you a better and flawless food hygiene and an obvious quality of construction.

In addition, it reacts very little to corrosion and therefore does not degrade, no risk of rust. It holds up perfectly well compared to other common kitchen utensil materials.

Stainless steel is one of the most common materials for kitchen utensils. People who wish to take care of their health in this way will prefer stainless steel in their kitchen.

Some materials react to heat and release toxic elements that can spread through your food. While stainless steel is absolutely not subject to oxidation at high temperature. So by using stainless steel, you are safe.

See you soon on our website !

Let’s start at the beginning.

Timeless, useful, and even decorative, the watering can is the basic tool of the real gardener. The history of the watering can is fascinating, and it would take pages and pages to tell you about it. But do you even know what the first watering can was? Originally, the watering can was just a goatskin that was used to transport water from point A to point B. Then, as the years the watering can has seen its shape evolve. At first the watering can saw its shape change to “chantepleure” it took the form of a funnel, had no spout or handle and closely resembled the fruit of the coloquinte. Then over the years the watering can became much more rounded in shape.

Plastic, copper or zinc, it’s up to you?

Whether your watering can is made of metal or plastic, it’s a question of style and taste, but also of weight, strength, and ease….. Plastic is certainly a much cheaper material, with greater flexibility and much lighter weight, which allows this material to better withstand shocks without piercing itself. But admit it, it’s less pretty and less solid over time.

So what is the point of choosing a metal watering can?

There is of course the aesthetic, and even decorative side. The charm of a zinc watering can is incomparable. If these watering cans are also very robust, they last over time and do not rust. Whether they are zinc, copper or galvanized steel, they all carry trace elements essential to man in small quantities. They also have a sanitizing effect on water. Zinc oxide has fungicidal and antiseptic properties. These are details that matter to anyone who wants the best for their plants!

An object that decorates your interiors!

Today, whether it is small, stylish or traditional, your grandparents’ watering can will find its place in your apartment, for its vintage, aesthetic and fashion aspects. Its surprising shape and refreshing colours make it an ultra trendy object to the point of competing with your flowerpots and other decorative objects. That’s how you can dust off such a classic garden tool !

Let’s start at the beginning.

Probably first appeared around the end of the 19th century, the storm lamp is known to be considered a utilitarian and robust object. This lamp, with its all-fire all-flame temperament, was designed to be an outdoor lamp, with its glass protection that protected the illuminating flame from the wind or other bad weather.

The timeless one!

Today we can see that the storm lamp invites itself into our homes as part of our decoration. Whether it is placed on a table or suspended, this real lamp filled with history will be the charming asset of your outdoor spaces. Very well known and very trendy in Africa, it will give your garden a touch of exoticism, chic and romanticism.

With the arrival of the sunny days, let yourself be tempted by this inescapable and timeless side that Guillouard proposes with his firefly storm lamps, by his panel of colors imagine an outdoor decoration to your taste and that looks like you, let your imagination speak for itself. If you want a garden with a classic but chic atmosphere, choose the colours “anthracite grey” or “white”, you would rather reproduce a vintage garden that is tempted by the colour “cherry red”, but if you are looking for an industrial atmosphere, let yourself be carried away by the classic “metal” model, but if you want an ethnic spirit the “mole” lamp is made for you. According to your tastes, the Firefly lamp knows how to meet your expectations and will thus become your new trendy decoration accessory that reflects its small retro, vintage style.

Guillouard guarantees you his know-how and excellence by displaying on his own storm lamp a red medallion featuring a firefly proving its originality, because it is important for us that you “demand the original firefly”.

Holidays = absence!

With summer coming to an end, the holidays fast approaching. So it’s time to start getting organized so you don’t leave your friends the plants behind with Iriso.

Whether you go away for a weekend, a week, a month or even 48 hours, you shouldn’t leave them behind and even leave them in a corner of your apartment or house. It is a pity to let your plants die slowly when it is very easy to avoid this disaster.

You have to take care of it like your pet!

Our advice!

Light, the first condition for the good survival of your plants or flowers. Be careful with balconies, terraces or verandas, your plants must not suffer from direct sunlight at the risk of being roasted when you return.

It is therefore preferable to leave a light point, even if it is dimmed, and to group all the plants together.

Practical tip: favour rooms with a small window, such as toilets or bathrooms and your plants will thank you for this little comfort.

Our tips with Iriso!

It is important not to overlook ecological watering, which will keep your plants healthy, so we offer you a patented, reliable and regular “drop by drop” watering system with its own float.

Iriso, is simply composed of an offset foot which allows watering as close as possible to the plant and easy filling of the tank. You can even have the luxury of choosing the intensity of the drop with a wheel system. Iriso has the advantage of operating without batteries 24 hours a day with an autonomy of 5 to 30 days. In addition, it can be adapted to all types of bottles.

Iriso is therefore recommended for your friends the potted plants who will thank you for their splendour as soon as you return from your holidays. And it is also Made in France!

See you soon on our website…

La râpe mandoline est arrivée

Cela fait un certain temps que nous préparons cette nouveauté et nous sommes très heureux de pouvoir vous la présenter. C’est un des produits, les plus abouti en termes de design et d’efficacité, que nous vous proposons aujourd’hui. Ces quatre râpes, ou mandolines, appelez les comme vous les souhaitez, vont changer votre façon de cuisiner !  Choisissez votre râpe mandoline et laissez vous aller !

Photo : Râpe à gros grains 

Un manche en bois pour un confort authentique :

Trois de nos râpes mandoline sont fabriquées avec un manche en bois. Et cela pour une raison très simple. Guillouard cherche dans tous ces produits la richesse de l’essence qui les compose. C’est pourquoi nous avons choisi des modèles avec des manches en hêtre, soignés et légers. Les manches en bois sont aussi ceux qui épousent les plus agréablement votre main. Effectuer des fortements en tenant fermement votre manche en bois est quelque chose de plus aisé avec une matière brute plutôt qu’une matière transformée. Mais c’est une chose que vous pourrez vérifier vous même ! 

Photo : Râpe à petit grains – Zesteur

Trois râpes différentes pour trois utilisations différentes !

Et oui, nous vous proposons aujourd’hui quatre modèles différents pour trois lames distinctes. Il faut savoir que ces trois râpes sont en acier inoxydable, ultra coupantes. Vous pourrez apprécier la qualité et l’épaisseur parfaite de la râpe coupe large idéale pour trancher les légumes, les fromages ou les chocolats les plus durs. Ensuite vous pourrez vous servir de la râpe à gros grains pour râper les légumes durs comme les carottes, les fromages à pâte molle comme l’emmental. Il vous restera à utiliser la râpe fine aussi appelée zesteur pour retenir tous les zestes des agrumes ou encore râper de façon fine et appliquée les épices et les condiments !

Une garantie 5 ans :

Parce que votre confiance est ce qui nous importe le plus, nous appliquons une garantie de 5 ans à ces produits. Cette dernière porte sur tous les vices de fabrication dans le cadre d’un usage normal. L’arrière de l’étiquette sur laquelle sera accrochée votre râpe vous explique quelles sont les produits de prédilection de votre râpe-zesteur ! Cette garantie est limitée à l’échange de l’article reconnu défectueux en cas d’appel en garantie, vous devez nous retourner l’article avec son ticket de caisse. 

N’attendez plus pour craquer pour cette nouveauté pleine de surprise et de plaisir ! 

Guillouard sounds triumphantly the return of the storm lamp of color and metal.

At the end of the summer, we were talking about our little kerosene lamps that we cherish so much, and today we are announcing the return of the storm lamp to our partner stores and on our website.

Patience and length of time are better than …

Our lamps are back with new colors, which you will love! Be aware that this early winter, the metal lamp, and all other colors are (almost) available. They are already strongly victims of their return since many Internet users are tearing them away already. Only the trendy green has yet to wait a little to discover the world of your homes.

But you must certainly wonder why, Guillouard stopped his production of oil lamps. This reason is explained by the decision of the city of Nantes to close the production plant, which has been in operation since 1911! But what would Guillouard be without his iconic model of an oil lamp? The return of the storm lamp could not be delayed any longer.

The long trip!

Then, It was necessary to find another structure with real skills to revive our firefly production. This structure is located in Slovakia, and is lucky to have seen more than 200 machines enter its factory! Indeed, we wanted to keep a demanding quality and that is why we made this choice to send all our production machines in Slovakia. Then there were long months of training to keep intact the French know-how that has represented us for so long.

She is back!

And as this association works miracles, we can now offer Luciole oil lamps, but we have also taken care to imagine new colors! And yes, the unparalleled style of our small lamps would be nothing without these colors that come to put a warm atmosphere in your rooms!

On menu, red, anthracite gray, trendy green … Noble and bright colors to dazzle your living spaces.

Formats:

You will probably notice, we sell our iconic in two different packagings. The first is in kraft, environmentally friendly and purified of all text and explanations! The second is a gift box for the holidays of the end of the year. Take advantage of this format to place some lamps under the tree of your loved ones or under yours of course! The storm lamps will illuminate your Christmas with their magic.

Products Galvanized

Since 1911, Guillouard keeps and cultivates its “DNA” with products Galvanized under heat, this finish allowing the material to cross years thanks to his waterproofness and in its protection against the corrosion.

Then we were present in the Paths of the last lounge “Gafa”, in Cologne last September, to feel the last market trends of the Garden.

In a few words:

Authenticity, tradition, vintage and natural wood are the common points of this international highlight with 150 000 professional Visitors.
A particular wink for an American stand held by 2 young founders of a project of green wall in “bag hessian” !

Let us not forget our famous Zinc which remains a noble and smart material for the garden, but also became in time an object of decoration.

See you now at the next Food Fair in Frankfurt in February: Ambiente 2018 – from 9 to 13/02/2018 – Hall 3.1 / Guillouard / Nogent *** A70.

Until then, the trade shows, Gamm Vert, Truffaut, Jardiland, Mr Bricolage will take over until the end of the year.

The Guillouard team