I try to eat my lettuces before they reach such heights but I don’t have as many. Now that we go slug hunting twice a day, the population has diminished considerably and even my dahlias, which I dug up and repotted after they were totally stripped of their leaves, are reviving. J’essaie de manger mes …
Category Archives: Fruit and vegetables
Gardening In Comfort – Jardiner debout
This is the first year I’ve had raised beds in the vegetable garden and I love them! So comfortable to be able to plant standing up. So far no slugs either. The neighbours on the left have planted laurel hedges which will steal a lot of the light and sun on the beds we have …
Perfect Batavia – Batavia parfaite
Batavia is my favourite lettuce and this is the first from our garden this year, grown one of the cold frames Jean Michel made during the first lockdown last spring. Safe from frost and slugs. La batavia est ma salade préférée et celle-ci est la première à sortir de notre potager cette année. Je l’ai …
Wisteria in Winter – Glycine en hiver
January is when we prune our wisteria and grape vine so we made the most of the higher temperatures this week to do so. I also cut back the raspberry canes. They are my favourite European fruit. If you’d like to see the wisteria in full bloom, click here. C’est au mois de janvier que …
Lockdown #2 Day 22 – Reconfinement Jour 22
This photo was taken when we left the market this morning. It was 1 degree. The second was taken 2 hours later on the way home, after going to Biocoop, the organic supermarket and Intermarché, the regular supermarket. It was 4 degrees by then. Next Saturday we will only have to go to the market …
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Fancy Necks – Cous insolites
This is some sort of squash at our Saturday market in Blois but I haven’t seen it before. C’est un espèce de courge au marché de Blois mais c’est la première fois que je la vois.
Royal Vegetables – Légumes royaux
I’ve never noticed any vegetable gardens at Chateau de Chambord, but the property is certainly big enough to have a few hidden away! I was even more surprised to see their produce for sale at our local Intermarché supermarket in Blois. Je n’ai jamais remarqué de jardins potagers au château de Chambord mais la propriété …
Organic on the Motorway – Bio sur l’autoroute
I’ve seen these installations in other places but I was surprised to see such a large vending machine in a motorway rest area. I can’t imagine who would buy uncooked carrots, egg plants and onions during a coffee/rest room break when travelling. J’ai vu ce type d’installation ailleurs mais j’étais surprise de voir un distributeur …
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Covid Deconfinement Stage 2#11
When we first bought our house eight years ago the first thing we planted were four raspberry bushes, to produce fruit in June, July, August and September, as raspberries are my favourite fruit after mangoes. These are the September ones but we didn’t eat them the first year because we didn’t realise this is their …