The thermometer outside is registering 19 degrees in the shade today and we have had a fabulous week of sunshine. Little by little the garden at Les Oliviers is coming to life. The Mimosa is in full bloom with it's little pom poms of sunshine and last week we saw the first Almond blossom too. The daffodils & tulips are out & the Iris lining the drive are full of flowers. On the down side the weeds are growing twice as fast as the flowers and it's taking up quite a lot of my time waging war against them.
Sunday morning saw us out in the petit potager planting our potatoes, carrots, beetroot & peas. Peppers, Tomatoes and lettuce are sown and growing away nicely in my cold frame. The strawberry plants are showing small flowers & the thought of eating these in a few weeks is making my mouth water.
The garage seems to be taking forever to build - not surprising looking at the size of it. It is not much smaller than Villa Picholine. Bryan's excuse is that it has to be big enough to fit the camper in. I'm hoping that he doesn't find enough room for any more bikes - 4 is quite enough for one man - Surely.......
Needless to say I will be keeping a close eye on him next weekend at the Salon de la Moto in Narbonne.
The foundations are in for the final house. After 8 days of preparing placing & tying in all the metalwork & pipework in the trenches we were both fit for nothing and decided that in order to protect our bad backs we would pump the concrete into the trenches. What a good idea that was. It was the easiest lot of concrete we have ever laid and I am sure when we come to do the floor we will be using it again. The plan of attack for the next couple of weeks is to get the garage watertight and secure and then we can concentrate once again on the house.
Our little house, La Remise is all prepared and ready for the holiday season. It is with much sadness that we have decided to put it up for sale and so this may be our last season. If any of you reading this are looking for a maison de vacances you can find it on
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