The last few weeks I have been busy gardening and finally some of the benefits are starting to pay off. I managed to pick a whole bowl of strawberries today before Peter got to them. We've also had the added assistance of a mini digger this week. This has made some near on impossible tasks pretty easy. Digging over the compost heaps took a matter of minutes, stripping the Ivy from the end of the house and behind the gite was about 1/2 an hour and clearing the earth from the old drive took a few hours. I've also been using the digger to start making some sense of the area next to the greenhouse which I will progressively terrace until the whole area is done.
Some of the crops are doing fantastically well with the sweetcorn almost 2 feet high already. The beans suffered a -5 frost last week, wiping them out totally and the tops dissappeared off the potatoes, again.
With only 1 week to go until Chateau Larcombe becomes party central again, I am very grateful that uncle Tony is arriving tomorrow to assist with the preparations and the all important sampling of the alcohol.
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Hooray for Chateau Larcombe!!! Adam, Harry and Hollie can't wait. I'm being interrogated about travel times, arrival times, guest list, sleeping arrangements, etc. etc. Love Mum. xxxx
PS The garden looks lovely - good work.
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