Our vegetable patch has lots of raspberries which I love, potatoes, runner beans, lettuces which we unfortunately share with the snails and slugs since the dog next door eliminated the hedgehogs, butternut pumpkins from Australia, strawberries, five types of heirloom tomatoes, chives, basil, rosemary, sorrel, gladioli, nasturtiums, roses, carnations and other unidentified flowers. Notre potager …
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Through the Gate – Par le portail
I took this photo because we are leaving on holiday for a month tomorrow and I wanted to be able to compare the vegetation now and at the beginning of July. Our ultimate destination is Poland but there are many different ways to get there by car and we don’t know which way we’re going …
The Roller Coaster – Le grand huit
Surprisingly that is the name (in French) of our latest acquisition. This beautiful rose has a devine smell. Voilà le nom étonnant de notre dernière acquisition. En plus cette belle rose sent très bon.
And the rain set in – Journée pluvieuse
I can only say that it was a good thing that I gardened as much as I could during the weekend because today, it rained non-stop! My first peace rose came out to comfort me though. Tout ce que je peux dire c’est que je suis contente d’avoir jardiné quand j’ai pu pendant le weekend …
Blue-Flowering Borage – Bourrache à fleurs bleues
As we walked past our next door’s neighbour’s house a couple of days ago, I remarked, once again, upon a plant with the little blue flowers that I love. It’s called borage and is also known as starflower. The leaves are edible (not that I’ve tried them) and it is often grown in vegetable gardens. So …
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Clematis in the Holly – Clématite dans le houx
Our clematis has a mind of its own. It just loves the holly bush! Notre clématite sait ce qu’elle veut. Elle est de plus en plus éprise du houx !
Surprise Red Tulips – Tulipes rouges surprises
I found these extraordinary tulips growing next to the red ones I posted last week. I didn’t plant them and I’ve never seen them before so I certainly don’t know how they got there! J’ai trouvé ces tulipes extraordinaires à côté des tulipes rouges que j’ai mises sur le blog la semaine dernière. Je ne …
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Wisteria’s in Bloom – La glycine est en fleur
You may remember my post earlier this month showing the wisteria buds. This weekend it come into bloom. Vous vous rappelez peut-être la photo des bourgeons de glycine que j’ai posté il y a une dizaine de jours. Ce week-end les fleurs ont explosé!
Faithful Red Tulips – Les tulipes rouges fidèles
I don’t know how long these tulips have been around but they come up faithfully every year.with 2 or 3 more each time – 15 this year! Je ne sais pas depuis combien de temps ces tulipes existent mais elles fleurissent fidèlement chaque année avec 2 ou 3 chaque fois : il y en a …
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The Hungry Snail – L'escargot affamé
We seem to have no luck keeping the snails out of the lettuce patch. We’ve tried every possible remedy but none of them seem to work! Nous ne semblons pas avoir de la chance avec les escargots dans nos salades. Nous avons essayer toutes les remèdes mais aucune ne semble marcher !