Today I provide you with an update from our construction side. We are not only in the garden or with our bees, we are also progressing a little bit with our renovation. What happened in the last weeks: The floor on the 1st floor After the third section was emptied from the old wooden planks … Continue reading News from the construction site
The tragic end of a very beautiful day At the end of last Friday we only wanted to do the spring check in our bee hives. Everything started quite well. At the 'yellow dot' Dadant hive the colony develops slowly but steadily. This colony was a small swarm of our first bee colony. The 3 … Continue reading Our bees and their stings
On a beautiful morning they were there, the goats in the neighbour's garden. We were happy about the new neighbours, until the day we understood that their goats were not only toddling around on the street and becoming a danger for drivers, but they also started to enjoy our plants. We had the choice, whether … Continue reading The goats and the fence
It seems that all three bee hives have survived the winter. There is a lot of activity in front of every bee hive during these days. The last days of February were unusually warm, so we decided to do our first control this year on February, 23rd. We found in all three hives bee brood 🙂 that … Continue reading Our bees – end of February / beginning of March
Last weekend our camellia welcomed us with a lot of flowers for the first time after two years. Whether it's due to the coffee grounds and tea leaves that we gave her, or it's due to the unusually warm temperatures in February, probabely a little bit of both. Spring is approaching with big steps and … Continue reading New green needs the property ….
Construction site For a long time we were three persons on the construction site. Our son came to work a little bit with us. We divided the work "according to the muscle mass". Since I have the fewest, I was allowed to clean the property outside :-). On the first floor the men had to … Continue reading An active weekend
If one - like us - has acquired a large property in the forest, on which the previous owners have done nothing for decades, one has wood reserves for a whole human life after tidying up. I have to be careful that the word wood doesn't become an "unword" for me, because I can't see … Continue reading Wood, wood …. and still more wood
In this annual review I give a small summary of the different steps on our construction site in the main house. Unfortunately the year 2018 passed too fast for all the tasks on our list. We had to change our plans several times. Nevertheless we progressed a little bit. Concrete pillars: February 2018 The first … Continue reading Review 2018 – Construction site
A small summary of our works/plantings on the property of the last weeks and months. Entrance We have embellished the entrance by planting flowers in old containers (wood and zinc) found in the barn. Around the property As already informed in one of the last articles, we have placed wooden poles around the property to … Continue reading New plantings on our property Oct/Nov 2018
After a longer break we give some updates from our construction site. There is no big change, because we were both very busy professionally and could not come to the Landes several weekends .... but we are making progress. First floor We have been working on the first floor for some time to renew the … Continue reading Our construction site in October/November 2018
