Life in France

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Sunday, April 09, 2006

Vegetable Virgin Gardeners

We have a vegetable garden! To be more exact i suppose i should say that we have an area which has been ploughed for us which we are now making into a vegetable plot! As vegetable garden virgins this is proving to be interesting, consulting all the books we can find for instruction and then being told by the locals that the books are wrong and we should be planting something different! The picture shows the plot and a big pile of cow manure kindly donated by the mayors cows it also gives an idea of just how steep the land is around here. So far we have planted two gooseberry bushes, two blackcurrant bushes and five raspberry canes. Today i have bought some onions(normal and salad) beetroot, broccoli, cauliflower and as it will double as a herb garden some fenouil and angélique. We already have some sage, parsley, thyme and rosemary so hopefully once they are all planted we will be on our way. Luscious is going to start some haricot vert, tomatoes and runner beans off in pots and then we can transfer them to the garden. In amongst the vegetables we will be planting some flowers which are traditionally grown between the veg, dahlias, glady's and chyrsants. Here's looking forward to losing our virginity in the field of vegetables so to speak and a very fruitful and heavy cropping season. I am off to finish my bowl of fresh strawberries and créme fràiche.... Posted by Picasa

5 Comments:

  • At 3:38 pm, Blogger R J Adams said…

    I look forward to another photo when all has matured and produced bounty.

     
  • At 3:12 am, Anonymous Anonymous said…

    Just thought I'd return the visit, and (now) register my woodburner envy. Thought your location sounded familiar - I was in Figeac a year or so ago, with the Aged Parent, for a holiday. Love the Pyrenees. :)

     
  • At 11:18 am, Blogger Ally said…

    Ooooooh! *turns green with vegetable garden envy* :)

     
  • At 9:24 pm, Blogger Betty Carlson said…

    Wow, I was looking for English-speaking blogs about France and didn't expect to find another one about Aveyron! Sounds like you have quite a project going. Bon courage!

     
  • At 11:58 am, Blogger the peasant said…

    r.j; Photo's will be produced in evidence me lud... hopefully before the wildlife has had chance to devour the bounty we shall undoubtedly provide them with!

    kw: envy a terrible thing but woodburner lovely even if it does cost sweat to feed it. At least the wood is free!!! i agree this is a beautiful area.

    Ally: take more water and the green will go away...nursery man impressed with latin name off on search to find.

    Mandy: Come on down and enjoy even if it ain't finished yet...

    bc; thanks for dropping by, nice to hear from someone else in this rural outback. Project still "ongoing" but advancing french style i.e slowly...

     

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