A corner of France

There is a project being run by the government (that is, the civil service) in France, to remove or disable the many small dams that permit ...

It seems like we have recently been single-handedly rebooting the French economy.   The mower packs up.  The red car front shocks are blown,...

The old walk-behind mower finally died the death the other day, after an encounter with an indigestible stone.  I used it for areas that are...

The walnut tree by the gate is on the North side of the grange building, so it gets the morning sun, but not much light thereafter.   At thi...

The cherries are now all gone from the tree.  There is a glut that lasts about a week, then nothing.  It was about 40% - 60% between me and ...

Some time ago we bought a couple of long extension leads to allow us to bring mains power to all corners of the garden.   We bought cheap on...

I planted some Hornbeams in the field opposite, last Autumn.   They are supposed to like lime soil, be drought tolerant, and make good firew...