This being the first year, we are watching the kitchen garden closely, in particular the strawberries that are literally turning red before our eyes, very exciting!! We also added quite a few lavender planters on the steps, thereby creating a mini lavender field to...
Following the happy experience with dry gardening, and thanks to the very inspiring movie "Demain" (see link here) I ended up after quite a bit of research, digesting and making mine the concepts of permaculture in order to apply them to our garden. As all this is a...
Like many people, I have been brainstorming about how to make the future better (or just less worse maybe ?) for our children. An intelligent use of the property we are lucky enough to have seemed to be one of the obvious way forward. Instinctively, the manicured...
Wishing you a merry Christmas and happy New Year from La Baye des Anges and frosty Provence... and keeping our fingers crossed for snow! SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave SaveSave
With winter comes truffle season! Truffles grow under specific kind of oak trees and under very precise conditions of humidity and ground composition. Traditionally, the pigs would be used to find the precious mushroom. We don't have the famed pigs, but a friend took...
Very rarely do we get snow, but we cherish those pictures from the mid 2000 when the snow made everything sparkle under the sun Winter tends to be rather more like this picture. Cold, but a sunny, making the outdoor lounging spaces usable year round ... And of course,...
With Autumn comes Halloween.. Our pumpkin carving does look a bit daft compared to Peyrerols chocolate sculpture.. Autumn also sees mushrooms appearing at the market stalls 🙂 SaveSave
After the first frost, the olives can be harvested. ... We have a very modest production, but can still bring it to a mill to be pressed and get our oil back, it's very satisfying.
Spring is heaven for the garden colours Easter colours mimic the pastels from the garden.With of course, the chocolate creativity of Peyrerol, whose shop gets a queue spreading to the street for Easter, same as Christmas and New Year, it is advisable to...
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