We've built 2 raised beds 4m by 1m with wood,manure and earth from the farm and have already planted carrots, onions, peppers, tomatoes, courgettes, strawberries, peas, beans, beetroot & lettuce (some under plastic to avoid the frost).
Tuesday 12 April 2011
The start of our adventure
Well, we have arrived. We always enjoyed watching 'The Good Life' on television and now we have decided to try it for ourselves.
We left England on the 17th March with everything but the kitchen sink.And arrived in Brittany the next morning glad to find our home still in one piece.
We have had wonderful weather for the last 3 weeks and have worked in the garden every day.John works methodically all day, I work in great bursts followed by a rest or a change of scene. We have conquered the thistles,brambles and dandelions and now just mow the lawn 1 a week - but with 1/2 an acre it takes a while.
One of our first priorities was to buy our chickens so off we went to the first Tuesday market in Rostrenon and bought 12 beautiful birds.They have settled in well and are laying about 8 eggs a day.We had a mass break out yesterday but they were rounded up without too much difficulty.
We've built 2 raised beds 4m by 1m with wood,manure and earth from the farm and have already planted carrots, onions, peppers, tomatoes, courgettes, strawberries, peas, beans, beetroot & lettuce (some under plastic to avoid the frost).
We've built 2 raised beds 4m by 1m with wood,manure and earth from the farm and have already planted carrots, onions, peppers, tomatoes, courgettes, strawberries, peas, beans, beetroot & lettuce (some under plastic to avoid the frost).
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What a interesting adventure- was or is Brittany a Welsh colony, my husband says one is in South America and one ind France besides Wales itself but I am not sure if its there. We have 9 chickens at our mini farm, no cows, but thinking of lambs, its my grandfathers place, now my fathers. We have put in berry bushes, blackberry, raspberry, blueberry, and grape.. I am doing a garden well.. We loved the Good Life show as well.
ReplyDeletepositively idyllic! it all sounds so lovely! so glad you and John are making your golden years truly golden!
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