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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,…
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Happy March
Hello Everyone I hope the sun is shining where you are? After a month of rain and storms we are enjoying warmer days and an air of spring. Southwest France took a bit of a battering from various storms, with rivers breaking their banks and towns flooded. We suffered some damage with a number of trees down, a broken fence and a blocked road in both directions from fallen trees (fun at 7am on the way to Toulouse) as well as water everywhere. Minor things to add to the list! The garden is now beginning to emerge from its winter slumber and is beginning to dry out a bit. We…




