Blog in France

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....

A lot of people blog in France. Blogs are brilliant – each on a is a unique slice of life, and each one is fascnating. If it’s particularly slices of French life you’re after, then start your search for more blogs to enjoy – apart from this one of course!...

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...

It looks like winter might finally be over. It’s been another long one, and our coldest and snowiest to date. We pretty much exhausted our wood supplies so it’s time to start building up a store for next year. However, a few more things to do first. We’re almost there...

We’re lucky in Creuse in that we have not one, but two free English language papers to read each month. The first is Creuse News (www.creuse-news.eu), which is an A4 size magazine, printed in black and white. It’s the brainchild of Julia Dunbar and began in October 2007. It’s going...