Category Archives: The Land

Les Verrines from Above

Posted on July 6, 2013 by Jason

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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Four Seasons

Posted on May 13, 2013 by Jason

“The Road to Les Verrines” over the last year…

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A Look Back at Winter

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Jason

Now that winter is officially over, here’s a quick look back in pictures…

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Filou’s Igloo

Posted on February 27, 2013 by Jason

Because snowmen are boring. Fighting long winter day depression.

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Snow in Les Verrines

Posted on January 21, 2013 by Jason

Winter has been in full force in Les Verrines for the past few weeks… Dark days, lot of rain, and sometimes even some snow! After a week of unseasonably warm weather, the last week of February we found ourselves buried … Continue reading →

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Les Coqs

Posted on November 24, 2012 by Jason

The wonderfully cuddly poussains that had hatched in spring were now all grown up. The chicken house which was built with only three chickens in mind was over crowded (we now had 17!). Anyone entering the backyard was greeting by … Continue reading →

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A Day in the Fog

Posted on October 26, 2012 by Jason

Sometimes the fog seems to define autumn in La Creuse… but there is some kind of a haunting beauty to those really foggy days.

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August Garden

Posted on September 2, 2012 by Jason

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 →

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July Gardening in Les Verrines

Posted on July 28, 2012 by Jason

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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Gardening in May and June

Posted on June 30, 2012 by Jason

Back in the end of May I had just arrived in Les Verrines- a bit later than planned- but just in time to get going on the Garden. The rest of May and almost all of June was spent with … Continue reading →

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