PORTRAITS
Inside a Galician living-soil farm.
Mateo Vidal grows in soil that has been continuously alive for twelve years.
9 min · February 2026 · Marco Sanz
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GROWING · LATEST
Why we stopped selling mineral nutrients.
And why you should stop using them. A four-year experiment, in numbers.
Read the essay →
6 min · March 2026 · Léa Moreau
GEAR
The grinder you'll still own in twenty years.
We took apart eight wooden grinders. Only two passed the test.
5 min · January 2026 · Léa Moreau
GROWING
Worm castings: the amendment that outperforms everything else.
We tested seven amendments across two growing seasons. Worm castings won by a margin we didn't expect.
7 min · December 2025 · Léa Moreau
SCIENCE
Mycorrhizae: the underground network your plants already need.
Ninety percent of plant species form mycorrhizal relationships. Understanding how to support them changes everything about how you grow.
8 min · November 2025 · Dr. Clara Navarro
GROWING
How to brew a microbial tea that actually works.
Most growers brew it wrong. The window between beneficial and harmful is narrower than you think.
6 min · October 2025 · Marco Sanz
MAKERS
Five European makers who refuse to compromise on material.
From a Basque cooperage to a Flemish glass workshop — the craftspeople behind our most considered products.
10 min · September 2025 · Marco Sanz
SCIENCE
The case against synthetic pesticides — by the numbers.
The economics of organic pest control are better than you think. The data is in and it isn't close.
7 min · August 2025 · Dr. Clara Navarro
GEAR
Hemp paper vs. rice paper: a grower's honest comparison.
We rolled with both for six months. The answer depends on what you actually value.
5 min · July 2025 · Léa Moreau
SUSTAINABILITY
Packaging that returns to the soil: our full material audit.
Every material we accept, every material we reject, and the reasoning behind each decision.
8 min · June 2025 · Léa Moreau
GROWING
Living soil vs. coco: what three seasons taught us.
We ran side-by-side trials for three consecutive growing seasons. The results shifted our thinking on what 'performance' means.
9 min · May 2025 · Marco Sanz
MANIFESTO
The Slow Garden Manifesto: growing at nature's pace.
Against speed, optimisation, and the quarterly yield report. For soil, time, and the kind of results you can't measure in a season.
4 min · April 2025 · Léa Moreau
The Seed Club
Field notes and growing tips, once a month. No noise.