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Category Archives: The Yard
Les Verrines from Above
120 degrees of Les Verrines. (The view from my office.) You can get a good idea of the size and layout of the property (Front garden, side vegetable gardens, field and forest behind) in relation to the house. The house … Continue reading
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Tagged Les Verrines, Panorama, Photo, QTVR, The House, The Land, The Village, The Yard, Virtual Tour
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A Look Back at Winter
Now that winter is officially over, here’s a quick look back in pictures…
Posted in The House, The Region, The Village, The Yard
Tagged Chickens, Filou, Jason, La Chapelle du Mas Staint-Jean, Le Mas Saint-Jean, Lena, Les Verrines, Photos, Snow, The Village, Winter
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Filou’s Igloo
Because snowmen are boring. Fighting long winter day depression.
Posted in Animals, The House, The Village, The Yard
Tagged Filou, Igloo, Jason, Les Verrines, Photos, Snow, Winter
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August Garden
August was a month of harvesting. The months of work digging and preparing the land, planting and maintaining the gardens throughout the summer, and watering through the dry months were starting to pay off. The caves were filled with kilos … Continue reading
July Gardening in Les Verrines
In July, all the hard work in the garden in May and June finally started to pay off. Plenty of rain and sunshine got the garden growing fast and green… and we were finally able to enjoy our first harvests! … Continue reading
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Tagged Garden, Gardening, Summer, The Garden, The Land, The Yard
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Spring in Les Verrines…
It’s definitely spring! In La Creuse, that usually means a lot of gray, rainy days… But there’s a good bit of sunshine mixed in and when the sun shines, even for a brief moment, it’s amazing. The color of green … Continue reading
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Tagged La Creuse, Les Verrines, Spring, The Land, The Yard
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Spring Cleaning
Just a few smaller projects happening, getting the yard cleaned up and ready for spring/summer… The garden is underway, still lots of digging to do though… The weather is warming up fast and the ground is starting to dry… The … Continue reading
Spring is Here
Back in La Creuse! So, the weather had been typical Creusois spring time (lots of rain and gray skies), but there has been some sun here and there… Plus the upside of all the rain is that everything is so … Continue reading
A New Garden
Konrad, Anika, and Josie had just just shown up to spend a few days kickin’ back and enjoying the French countryside. I didn’t wait long to put them to work cleaning one of the last of the ‘big messes’ that had been bothering me since we arrived! Continue reading
State of Affairs
Admittedly, the house was in pretty wicked shape when we got back- It’s been over a year since anyone has been inside, or cut the grass! This was what we were greeted by when we drove up… Not exactly the prettiest sight, but it’s more or less what I had expected. Looks like we’ll be spending the next few weeks chopping, and cutting, and burning- before we’ll even be able to begin the real work! Continue reading