Happy retirement MD ..you'll never have a minute now you know .... we retired early 13 years ago, upped sticks and came to our 'maison...
Moussaka ....I made this for dinner this evening with some super aubergines left by a neighbour ...I've not put quantities as I usually guess...
Pete, perhaps it was that farmers way of 'diversifying' :D :D :cool: M-L
I have had a couple of Agaves in the past, but removed them and gave them away ....being spiked by the Yukka is enough :D however I agree...
My late father used to breed/show/judge canaries, so we always had lots of hemp seeds sprouting !!! :eek: this was years ago before it became...
We have portable units, found them easier than trying to knock through metre and half stone walls....less mess for one thing !!I'm off to...
LOL ...our window ledges are outdoor as well - and because we only have voile type curtains we get the advantage of seeing our potted plants...
Wildflower, I think the frogs, toads, lizards, spiders etc.. should be more afraid of us than we should be of them [img] I do not mock...
strongylodon No, we have the Brown Toads here; we are a bit too South ! they do exist in North Eastern France......We had a visitor the other...
[img]Rosa .....TOO LATE !!! :eek: :eek: :cool: M-L
I am over run with frogsWildflower, you should live here !!!!!! :D :D....our French friends DO appreciate my sense of humour !!...
Tha Champagne region is in the North, so the snails won't be as big as ours !!!! :D I could make a killing on E-bay !! :D :D...
Rosa, I'm with Orange....originally Wanadoo ......which ALL belongs to France Telecom ...so I am a little biased :D I've never had any...
Well this is an interesting thread !! :D I haven't seen the programme LOL ...and I have NEVER heard of this 'beauty treatment' ..I bet...
Tending his vineyard in the heat of the day today ![img]:D :D :cool: M-L (still melting !)
Liz, Yellow leaves could mean it's the Sundance variety....Here ours grows like fury and I cut it back twice a year....it's about 5' high and...
Our Mexican Orange Blossom 'Choisya ternata' is flowering for the second time this year....the perfume of that combined with the lemon tree...
LOL ...my Papillion along with the other lavendars are in the actual garden and I never water them !! so this year, and last, and the one before...
Hi LOL I do what you do every so often, and get rid of the old lavendar plants and start afresh ... like with you, they grow so quickly here and...
I have an ancient Aspidistra...... it must be 60 years old !!!! every so often some leaves will go brown and brittle ...I cut them off ...in...
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