Organic fruit trees in the Aude
Where do you find organic fruit trees in the Aude? Unlike the Pyrenees Orientale which is famously called the fruit basket of France, will its three major valleys dotted with fruit tree groves the Aude…
Journée Bio Corbieres – Chateau de Bonnafous
It’s official the Bio Corbieres Festival at the Chateau des Bonnafous is back. After a year of absence the Bio Corbieres festival has returned, this year it will be an all day event on Sunday…
Early March tip cuttings and splitting
Well March is upon us and it is time to take hundreds of tip cuttings, all the Thymes, Rosemary, Winter Savoury, Helichrysums, and Tercriums. It is also time to raise and separate the Mints and…
Early March seed planting programme
Well March has arrived, and what a difference a few days can make. After the late frost at the end of February the temperate has shot up, it is not exactly T shirt weather, particularly…
Frosts-The sting in February’s tail
Hard frosts, Winter’s little killer. After one of the mildest January’s on record the temperature plunged in February back to winter’s norm. Then the nightmare arrived, hard frosts. In the garden the mother plants were…
Spring is just around the corner
Despite a record snow fall in the Pyrenees yesterday there are definite signs that Spring is on it’s way. In the garden plants are slowly waking up and demanding some care and affection. The comfrey…
Optimistic Mild January
Well it’s official, this January is the mildest since 1906. Still it felt a bit brisk first thing, with an air temperature of -3, but no ground frost. But we had sun, glorious sun, the…
Consulting the Peasants about the Hautes Corbieres wind farm
Just returned from an interesting meeting about the wind farm project in the Hautes Corbieres in Dernacueillette. We had been called late last week by a representative of the Aude Chambre de l’Agriculture to say…
January at Montrouch
January is a real transition month here at Montrouch. The days are still too short and the nights too long. We have to be careful with the electricity, the short days, even if sunny, do…
Macron’s regressive diesel tax hike
Diesel now 1.41 a litre. Now it has to be said that I am no major fan of Macron, France’s Teflon President. But the recent massive rise in diesel prices has plunged my opinion even…