Peppers and chillies are the vegetables that have produced the best this year, whether in the holiday home in the Landes or the Toulouse Garden. I had collected a lot of seeds from supermarket peppers last year. I also bought seeds in the garden centre, because I wasn't sure if the supermarket paprika seeds would … Continue reading Peppers, peppers and still more peppers …
We haven't given an update on our bees for a long time. This is partly due to the lack of time, but mainly due to our frustration that this year again everything went really wrong. I give you the answer first; no we couldn't harvest any honey this year again. It started with our first … Continue reading Our bees since spring
I would like to share this year's quince harvest and cooking with you. The tree The quince tree was already on the property when we bought it in 2017. We estimate its age to be between 30 and 40 years. We pruned the old tree last winter because it looked very sick. The trees here … Continue reading Quince harvesting and processing
Almost 3 months after the construction of our vegetable garden, I would like to give you a small update. Despite many adversities, we were able to harvest some vegetables. Heat wave and irrigation The many heatwaves between June and the beginning of September added a lot of stress to the plants. In the middle of … Continue reading Vegetable garden and harvest 2019
Even if it's hard to believe, but on our construction site for the vacation home we are making progress 🙂 We continue to renovate the main house even if we have to watch for the vegetable garden (The Veggie Plot) and have done some cleaning actions on the property (Cleaning the property). The first room … Continue reading We progress …
After a long time I'll give you a little update on our blog. This summer we spent three weeks on our property. Family and friends came to visit us. So a part of the property was transformed into a camping site, because we are still far away from offering finished rooms in our future vacation … Continue reading Summer dreams (or not)
Some news from our little paradise: I've been asking ElJefe for months now to buy the fence for my one hundred square meter vegetable garden, but we had a lot of urgent things to do at the renovation of the future vacation home. Finally at the beginning of May we went to our wood dealer … Continue reading Let’s build a veggie garden
It's been a while since my last blog post, but the daily life keeps us very busy ..... The long history of a sewage plant After months of waiting for the bricklayer company, they finally sank the new plant into the ground in April 2019 and made all the necessary connections. We were able to … Continue reading The new wastewater/sewage treatment plant
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
