“I cannot avoid the conviction that no innate tendency to progressive development exists” Charles Darwin, 1872 by Simon Pleasance, Ribaute, canton of Lagrasse The horse-borne traveller coming upon Lagrasse, a century ago, would halt astride…
Perpignan market on a Saturday morning is a delightful place. It is in the beautiful Place de la Republique, a large open square full of bars and restaurants. The stand holders are a mix…
Well Spring started well, by mid February we already had basil germinating in the polytunnel. In March the tomatoes, cucumbers and courgettes were pushing through. Then April arrived,a bit grey, a bit wet all normal. Then…
Today was our annual control from EcoCert, our organic certifying body. Every year they come and check out that we are using the correct, that is organic, products. In our case this involves handing him…
The economic decline of the Maisons and the Hautes Corbieres has been in progress for over a hundred and fifty years, the final nail in the traditional rural economy was the post War industrial boom,…
Bears in the Ariege Pyrenees is an interesting, and balanced, history of the reintroduction of wild brown bears into the Haut Pyrenees by author Julia Stagg.It is well worth a read. My own thoughts on…
Journée BIO des Corbières It is that time of year again, the lovely organic festival at the Chateau de Bonnafous is this Sunday, 5th June from 9am all day. It is a great little showcase…
A belated posting, Giles my organic snail growing friend has just given me a copy of some photos he took at my birthday party back in September. It was a real pleasure to see so…
Going to the Lezignan Corbieres market for the past three years has got me musing about the changing nature of markets and town centres. Public markets and town centres have taken a huge hit over…
Sunday at the organic day in Bonnafous. Thanks to Patrick Herson for the great photos. A great day if not a little hot. A huge thank you to all our friends for a lovely picnic
