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The March of the seasons

This is another guest blog from our friend Andrew who lives, and gardens, in the Morvan. By Andrew I expect most gardeners have days when they go out in to the garden to do a particular task, but find themselves doing something completely unrelated and unplanned. This happened to me yesterday: I got distracted byContinue reading “The March of the seasons”

Strawberry Seasonality

This blog post is written by our friend Andrew, who lives about 30km away from us in the Morvan Natural Park. Despite being relatively close to us, he has a slightly more extreme climate (certainly colder in the winter), and the setting of his garden is different, more shade and more orientation variability. We areContinue reading “Strawberry Seasonality”

Adaptive Permaculture

When we first moved to La Boutonnière, I had just discovered permaculture. I was fully signed up to the concepts of no chemicals, taking care of the soil, and using nature to help achieve my goal of growing our own food. And whilst I still firmly believe in the ethos and ethics of permaculture, IContinue reading “Adaptive Permaculture”

Summer 2024

I am rarely content with our garden, there is always something that needs doing, or changing, or an area that just doesn’t look right. I guess this is fairly standard for gardeners as a garden is never static. But right now I am finding that I am very content with the garden. There are soContinue reading “Summer 2024”

Empty Beds

Every time I open Instagram I see pictures of verdant vegetable gardens and wicker baskets full of perfect looking produce. Then I look outside at my vegetable garden and it looks nothing like those other pictures. My garden is suffering from poor germination rates and poor seedling survival, it has far more empty beds thanContinue reading “Empty Beds”