A corner of France

The poppies are out, and seem to be at their very best right now. Some pics below. We have just said goodbye to a weekend party of guests w...

It's time to introduce you two local characters: Marie who runs the restaurant just down the road, and Noël, her chef there. Between th...

The best thing about horses (in my view) is that garden plants like the manure they make. The second best thing about horses is that they m...

The lake lay blue below the hill. O'er it, as I looked, there flew Across the waters, cold and still, A bird whose wings were palest blu...

Perfumed and beautiful, Ena Harkness adorns my wall.

I don't take any great exception to having slugs and snails in my garden: the grass snakes, toads and birds eat them. But they cause de...