Category Archives: Fruit and vegetables
Picnic at the Washhouse – Pique-nique au lavoir
We have found a great picnic table at an old washhouse in Chambon sur Cisse that we often cycle to in the evenings. We’re eating a selection of our homegrown heirloom tomatoes. Nous avons trouvé une table de pique-nique devant un lavoir à Chambon sur Cisse où nous allons souvent en vélo le soir. Nous …
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Our Vegetable Patch – Notre potager
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 …
Taking a Break – Je fais une pause
In case you’re wondering, I’m taking a little break. I have been snowed under with translation work since we got back from holiday, plus two days in Paris, not to mention putting in a few skylights and trying to tame the garden. We’ll be posting daily again soon! Au cas où vous vous demandez où …
Early Morning Mist – Brume du matin
Shades of aubergines – Camaïeu d'aubergines
The Peanut Pumpkin – Le potiron cacahuètes
I think the pattern on this pumpkin looks like empty peanut shells. I had never seen one before! Je trouve que le relief de ce potiron ressemble aux coquilles vides de cacahuètes. Je n’en avais jamais vu !