Strawberry Harvest
The long awaited STRAWBERRY Harvest is finally here! Strawberries that come directly from the garden behind the house to my plate. Strawberries that are not cooped up and subjected to…
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Spinach Harvest
My second harvest from my vegetable garden is Spinach! I will be Popeye the Sailor Man! The seeds were sowed end March and seedlings popped out in a couple of…
New Lease of Life
Spring finally gave me time back in the garden, and a proper look at everything our house's previous owner left behind. Some of it survived a winter of neglect; some…
Secondary Residence or Not?
Every spring, we return to the same gîte in Bozel, tucked in the Savoie mountains — and every year, the same debate resurfaces: should we finally buy a secondary residence,…
Spring Is Here
After a long grey winter, spring's golden rapeseed fields have Claudia dreaming of getting her running mojo back — despite a nagging injury and some very persuasive laziness.