A corner of France

I've been in France for getting on for 20 years now, so I don't tend to notice the differences between French and English cultures. ...

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We took a short break to Bagnoles de l'orne, and while there we went to visit the chateau at Carrouges.   Well worth the trip if you hav...

I am reliably informed by my neighbour Bethany, that the years when nut trees produce a much larger crop of nuts than usual is called a mast...

Gardening is a learning process, and this year I learned a bit more about sweet potatoes.   I bought 8 plants in two varieties from the gard...

Getting autumnal.   Mushrooms, mists, gardening moves from harvesting towards tidying.

I have tried to grow melons before.  The plants grew to about a foot long and produced one melon each.   I have grown a sweet potato before....