Here are some old country sayings for April, taken from the 1932 and 1933 editions of La Prosperité à la Campagne.
Avril froid donne pain et vin – April doux est le pire de tous.
A cold April gives bread and wine – Mild April is the curse of all.
Si St Marc n’est pas beau, Pas [...]
Look at my polytunnel now! It wasn’t even that windy! And we positioned the tunnel next to the barn for extra protection. We wired the tunnel framework to two very heavy iron bars. They held it down fine, but the flimsy metal framework sheared or bent at all the joints. Very disappointing indeed.
If you were [...]
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We put our polytunnel up Monday afternoon. Given the number of bits of framework and the unhelpfulness of the instructions, we did it surprisingly quickly. We’ve chosen a south-facing spot behind the barn. It’s in the girls’ field (the ‘girls’ being our female llamas). They’re delighted. They had a very interesting time watching us grapple [...]