monday verse: nuts in may

May come up with fiddle bows, May come up with blossom, May come up the same again, The same again but different. from Nuts in May by Louis MacNeice The blossom on our fruit trees this year has been the best since we planted them. We've had flowers for the first time on our pear, …

everything is blooming

We've put in lot of hard work with the garden since we moved, and this spring we're really starting to see the results. The picture above is the first of our fruit trees to blossom this year. It's an apple, Belle de Boskoop. Our Reine de Reinette is not far behind. We have a couple …

spring creations

Spring came early to our part of France this year, with warm sunny days from February onwards. It’s a real contrast to last year, which was cold and wet. We had snow in April, and a vicious hailstorm in May which shredded the young leaves on many of our plants. We’re obviously not out of …