The "tilleuls" or limette in our drive give out loads of deliciously scented flowers that make wonderful herb teas. The trick is to harvest them at the right time as the window is quite narrow: when the flowers are budding. You then have to actually go and get them...
Nature & Outdoors
Autumn at la Baye
It's harvest time, for grapes, olives, and lavender (for us because we leave them very, very late for our guests to enjoy), it's a time when we play around plants and enjoy their scent to the very end... Lavender crop 2020 We also dry out all sorts of aromatic and...
Lavender crop at la Baye, the 2020 vintage
It's always a delicious time when we cut out the flowers and let them dry before packing them up in little linen pouches. Over the years we have started getting more efficient at doing this, although we only have a small field, it does yield quite a lot of flowers! We...
Summer 2020 in the potager
Some pictures of our crop this year Courgette flowersLemon cucumbersBlue squashRound courgetteLeek flower
Spring in the kitchen garden
As I look back to our pictures from this first confinement, now that we are just starting the second one, I can only be thankfull for what we have here Seeds start coming out!Those directly in soil as wellComfrey gardeningTuscany cabbageSorrelBlack radishIt's planting...
Chapelle Notre Dame d’Aubune
On my way to Baume-de-Venise, I was struck by the beauty of this tiny chapel. It was closed, but the exteriors and the landscape around it where very much worth the detour. Will go back for a visit one of these days and report... The tower stands proudly and is...
Spring flowers at la Baye des Anges
Blissfull season filled with scents and busy bugs flying around eating their hearts out. This year, because of covid, we where able to enjoy it like never before, and were very grateful for that. Rosemarywild...
Spring cooking
Because the chlorophylle green in the kitchen garden is irresistible, because confinement means we take time for cooking, because a healthy diet is the best prevention against cover and everything else, but also because healthy doesn't have to mean boring, here are...
Spring flowers at la Baye
A stroll through the garden is music to one's eyes.. Sakura on the drive.. Lilas Jasmin Wild roses Accacia flowers from the patio's tree mix their aromas with the huge wisteria that overwhelms the senses We have a wide variety of Sauges, quintessential to Provence...