Blog in France

It’s been an animal delivery-centred week here at Les Fragnes. On Tuesday five of our Berkshire piglets were rehomed to the Lot, where they’re going to be involved in recreating le cochon de Bauyeux by being crossed with the Normandy pig. The cochon de Bayeux was first produced in the...

It’s the gleaning season. We head off on our daily bike rides with rucksacks now and come back with either plums or apples from each one. And it’s a bumper season. Last year was very poor due to the secheresse (drought) on top of the diabolically cold winter, but this year...

Our assorted baby farm animals are growing up fast. Huarizos (llama/alpaca crosses) Setanta and Gabriel are undergoing halter training in readiness for heading off to their new homes next week. Rosie’s piglets, now two months old, are all sporting their ear tags now. Five of them are off to pastures...

You know it’s nearly la rentrée (the return to school) when… You’ve just got into the swing of the holidays. You get your allocation rentrée scolaire. This welcome payment to lower income families is a huge help when it comes to kitting out the kids for the year with the...

Today marks seven years since our arrival in France to stay, so it works out rather well that this is also my 700th post on this blog. We’d bought Les Fragnes at the end of June and spent a fortnight here, doing a few odds and ends around the place,...