Once again, time passes faster than I can keep up with writing. Today I give you an update on the fire place installation, part 2. The fireplace is warming our construction site since about 6 weeks now, The pipes At the end of December, the ElJefe lacked the right connection piece in the attic to … Continue reading The new fire place – Part 2
Our fruit orchard in December 2019
We added some fruit trees to our fruit orchard in the last two months. This time we bought trees, that are at least 3 years old. Plantings end of November An apple "Elstar" A pear "Williams" Plantings end of December A pomegranate "Punca" A plum tree "Queen Victoria" In order to have more space for … Continue reading Our fruit orchard in December 2019
The new fireplace – Part 1
The days are getting colder and it's not really cosy on our construction site. The last two winters we worked with temperaturs of 5 to 10°C in the house. The decision was taken this year, we need a stove, even if the ground floor has not yet been renovated. We have wood supplies for the … Continue reading The new fireplace – Part 1
Why I started eating wild mushrooms …
This year we are for the third autumn on our property. Every year mushrooms and fungi are sprouting out of the ground everywhere like grass. We took a closer look this year to see if we can eat some of them. With the help of my sister and other members of the family, we were … Continue reading Why I started eating wild mushrooms …
The Thunderstorm “Amélie” came also to us
Only one week after our big tree planting the storm "Amélie" swept over the southwest of France and unfortunately came also on our property. Due to the climate change we have more and more such big storms. Sadly we found out, that many of our hundred-year-old oaks had been affected. We have two oaks that need … Continue reading The Thunderstorm “Amélie” came also to us
Trees on our property
Today I give an overview of the tree plantings on our property since 2018. Our aim is not only renovate the two buildings, but also revive, maintain and embellish the 1.4 ha property. This takes a lot of time which is missing for the renovation, but as trees grow very slowly, we have started planting … Continue reading Trees on our property
Interior fittings … plasterboards
The last time we handled with gypsum plasterboards was almost 10 years ago when we renovated our house in Toulouse. Now we carry plasterboards again. And I can confirm with 10 years more on our back, the boards are not easy to carry 🙂 Before installing the plasterboards against the wall, we have to take … Continue reading Interior fittings … plasterboards
Peppers, peppers and still more peppers …
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 …
Our bees since spring
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
Quince harvesting and processing
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
