Food Self-Sufficiency, Here We Come!

It may be hard to believe given my well-known dislike of cooking, but this morning saw me voluntarily in the kitchen. And I’ll be back again later making pancakes. Using flour, which leads me to this photo which I just have to include. (OK, I have it in for M Hollande at the moment, but [...]

Autumn on the Farm

Is there any such thing as a typical autumn day here at Les Fragnes? Definitely not. Everything depends on the weather and what has suddenly cropped up as being unputoffable. We have a ‘to do’ list to keep us vaguely on track but that rarely gets stuck to for long since life is unpredictable. Yesterday [...]

Guinea-Pig Gardeners of Les Fragnes

The gite garden has never been so well maintained as it has been this year – thanks to our guinea-pig gardeners! It wasn’t intentional. Back in the spring, the male guinea-pigs bust out of their run on their lawn and evaded capture for a few days. Once we were certain that the cats weren’t interested [...]

Invading Ladybirds

During the last gite changeover, I had, sadly, to vac up a lot of dead ladybirds off one of the windowsills. It’s the time of year that they start to wander indoors, looking for somewhere cosy to spend the winter. I’m not sure why this lot all perished.
When I told Ruadhri about my discovery, he [...]