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    It’s cold out there!

    Hello Everyone It’s unseasonably cold here in SW France. How is it with you? We are back to log fires and thermal layers but hopefully not for too much longer as the forecast is promising a warm Easter! My garden work has been delayed as it has been so cold or wet or blowing a gale. Seeds, apart from sweet peas, are not yet planted, beds not dug over and the grass has gone jungle-like! It now needs strimming rather than mowing – a long, laborious job but I guess the raking is good exercise! There are however signs of life everywhere in the garden: plum, quince and cherry blossom,…