Tag Archives: Spring

Four Seasons

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

Posted in The Land, The Village | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Gardening in May and June

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

Posted in The Garden, The Land | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Cerises Chez Jaques

June is Cherry month in La Creuse… for a few precious weeks the trees throughout the countryside are filled with beautiful pink blossoms. Then, almost all at once the cherries are ripe- and then are gone. For a few days … Continue reading

Posted in The Food, The Land | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Les Ternes (Pionnat): Or, five MORE reasons I love spring in the Creuse (edit)

1)

Posted in The Land, The Region | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in The Garden, The Land, The Yard | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

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

Posted in The Yard | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

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

Posted in The House, The Yard | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Spring in La Creuse

Continue reading

Posted in The Food, The Land, The Region, The Village | Tagged , , , , , | Leave a comment

Dandewine

One day late in April we decided to drive up to Malval, where there is an old mill as well as ruins of a millennium-old castle. The fields on either side of the rural road were bright yellow, completely filled with dandelions. It was a beautiful sight: the sunny flowers are not really considered much of a weed in France and are allowed to grow sans herbicide. Penelope made a casual comment about making dandelion wine, but it really fired up Jason’s imagination. He’d never even heard of it before, but suddenly he had a new project. Continue reading

Posted in The Food, The Land | Tagged , , , , , | 4 Comments

The Yard in Spring

Mid June: The Irises that we planted in March were blooming. The Poppies covered the front yard. The sunflowers were growing tall and their buds were getting bigger. It was at this time of year that I received the most compliments about the yard and how great the flowers and gardens looked… It was late spring and the wildflowers had reached their peak. It was a wonderful time of year to sit back, relax, and finally enjoy all the hard work that was finally paying off. Continue reading

Posted in The Yard | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment