This afternoon my husband found a tortoise in the garden. I had never seen a tortoise like this before. I could only guess that it was an exotic species someone had bought as a pet. The bulbs are up but the sun is obscured by a thick grey blan.

Social history in the Touraine Central France. Research and discussion on the history and peoples of the area. How to get the best from this history blog site.

Starting a new life in the heart of rural France. All this chicken food variation is resulting in an egg glut. Now that those silly medical people have decided that eggs are good for us again, we are becoming egg bound. The one on the left had no yolk, and the one on the right had two! March 18, 2018. Three dogs and a new fishing bird. But what to do when three animals are back home and wanting some entertainment? .

Browsing through aftermarket accessories from the 1960s. This is how cars were spruced up in the 1960s. Rewind to Lyon, France, in the mid- and late 1960s. The concept will be based on the C4 Cactus. A quick look at the Kia Elan.

A journey of discovery in my garden. Cabbage with nutmeg and feta. Slow cooker baked potato and fried egg. Tomato and Jerusalem artichoke soup. I had always known the bushes would have to go and once I started digging, plans for what to do next started to formulate. The new space became the vegetable patch. While I then got rid of the lawn. This meant that I had a lot of space for growing vegetables but I did also want space for other type.

Bees in a French Garden. I bought my white Hebe for 10 euros 25 in March 2014 to provide ground cover for a difficult dry, sunny patch in my front garden. It has been money well spent as it flowered in the first year and is flowering again just now. But it is not only the honey bees that are attracted to it.

Tried and tested uses of goose fat. Wot? Being rather a rotund feline with a good appetite, I was reading the Days on the Claise. Post of this morning about the Touraine Goose. The goose fat element! I had heard that goose grease was good for the body and soul. So I Googled and found this on Ya-who Answers. Tried and tested uses of goose fat? Now that the weather is beginning to turn I am even more convinced that my grandsons need to be warm at night.

Was intended to be a document of the transformation of my garden from an unattractive piece of land into a place of beauty, which would give my daughter and I food as well as a more pleasant environment to relax in. First courgette grown at home August 2015. Bread made for a friend and rocket picked for colleagues August 2015. Where do you find the time? But i.