As announced in my last article, I am writing a retrospective of our actions on the property and in the garden last year. 2022 was the hottest and driest year we have had in six years. Forest fires: from June to the end of August there were huge forest fires. These were the worst forest … Continue reading Our property and vegetable garden – Review of the year 2022
Where do we stand with our project after 6 years?
We are still here 🙂 It's been over a year since I wrote the last update on our blog. A lot has changed in our stressful work life and the months have flown by. Lots and lots of work and no time for social media. But now I want to share with you at least … Continue reading Where do we stand with our project after 6 years?
News from our vacation home renovation
A lot has happened in the last months, both on our construction site and in the vegetable garden and orchard. But today's article is dedicated to our house renovation progress. You will find a summary of what has happened since February. Under the roof - February 2021At the beginning of this year we finally managed … Continue reading News from our vacation home renovation
Gardening in spring
Besides our renovation work (Youtube https://youtu.be/YBb-v9oHF-Y) and the wood cleaning on the property (Youtube https://youtu.be/mh06blIjaDI), I managed to start sowing vegetables in time. However, the weather has been going crazy for months, after the flood in January we had 2 months of complete drought followed by continuous rain. As I write this article, cool rainy … Continue reading Gardening in spring
Water everywhere – Floods in south-west France Jan/Feb 2021
Each time when we have seen in the news that there are floods or other catasthrophes we felt sorry for the people, but these problems were far away and we were somehow happy not to be affected.This year with the heavy rain falls we didn't worry during the first weeks of January when it wouldn't … Continue reading Water everywhere – Floods in south-west France Jan/Feb 2021
Harvest and store flower seeds
January is one of the quietest months for the gardening year. Therefore, sorting and cataloguing the collected seeds is a good winter task. We would like to offer our bees even more food in the new garden season and sow many more flowers. Besides new seeds from the garden centers or online shope, I will … Continue reading Harvest and store flower seeds
Our record harvest 2020 – Part 2
As promised in the last harvest article, here is the second part of our super veggie harvest 2020. I list the vegetables by order of success: BeansFor us, beans have been the most productive vegetable in 2020 after tomatoes. The biggest surprise for me was to get a second crop of the same bush bean … Continue reading Our record harvest 2020 – Part 2
The progress on our construction site
Today an article about our renovation. Even though we report a lot about our garden, the trees and our plantings, we are constantly working on our construction site.It really takes a long time, but we are only the weekends on site. We have already achieved a lot, but there is still enough work waiting for … Continue reading The progress on our construction site
Preparing our fruit orchard for winter
Today I present you our fruit orchard and how we prepared it for the winter.We planted the first little trees in 2017 in our orchard. There were already an old quince and 2 old apple trees present on this place. In the last three years we have enlarged it with many trees and shrubs. This … Continue reading Preparing our fruit orchard for winter
Traffic jam at night in the forest
Today a short article with a link to a new video on our little YouTube channel. I summarized all the animals recorded by our wildlife camera in one video. https://youtu.be/afikiWyOVh8 The Vecture camera works best during the day or in the early evening, but as soon as there is moisture at night the lens fogs … Continue reading Traffic jam at night in the forest
Holiday Home for Family and Friends 