Blog in France

I forgot to tell you about Summer, our other little huarizo who arrived on the first day of summer, 21st June, hence her name. Here are a couple of cute photos of her. And now that Summer has arrived, perhaps the summer weather will too. Definitely a little chilly here in our part...

What a day! Rosie finally decided to have the piglets we’ve been impatiently waiting for. She’s now mum to ten smashing little babies. It was quite an experience watching her during the three hours it took to deliver them all. Baby one arrived, then there was about an hour’s break before the next...

The wormery was due for emptying today. So I got busy. First up I took it apart. There are the three trays of compost – ready-to-use, worms in progress :-), and the new scraps layer. In the photo below the finished ready-to-use compost is in the yellow bucket. Closer look...

I haven’t forgotten about this blog, honestly. I’ve been waiting for the piglets, certain that every day they’ll arrive at some point and make for a very interesting blog full of cute photos. However, Rosie is steadfastly refusing to give birth and even the guinea pigs have contained themselves this...

It was the village fete last weekend, and amazingly it didn’t pour with rain. Good old St Clair was smiling on us in 2013. We’ve had disastrous thunderstorms this first weekend in June the last few years. Admittedly, Saturday was a little damp and when Benj and I went for...