It is the first week of August and our second summer here at La Girouette is in full swing. We learnt a lot from our first summer in the potager (veg garden) but, despite my decision to plant a LOT less courgette seeds, we have been harvesting about 2.5 kg of them a day for… Continue reading What to do with a Glut of Courgettes /Zucchini
Over the last week or so we have been blessed with the most glorious warm sunny days and cloudless skies which, according to the neighbours, is not normal. Certainly our memory of last February while we were renting in the area was of wet, wet, wet and more wet. So the phrase of the moment… Continue reading Spring Clean Your Life
It has been just over a month since I last wrote a blog and it has flown past in a blur of buying a new car, planning our move, packing, loading, cleaning, moving, unloading, unpacking and settling in to our beautiful new home here at La Girouette. We have now been here for 2 weeks… Continue reading Nous sommes arrivés chez nous!
After 6 months looking and 3 months extremely focused and intensive (15 hours per week) house-hunting we have finally bought our new home in the Dordogne! Voici 'La Girouette'...... Anyone who has bought a home in France knows that the system here is very different to the UK/Ireland. For starters there are no big centralised… Continue reading Home Sweet Home!
On 25 August 2017 my partner Eoin and I leave our home in Northern Ireland for a new life in France. We have sold our home, sold one of our businesses, are selling or giving away most of our furniture and buying a motor-home to live in until we find our new home. We think… Continue reading What this blog is all about…..
Jenny Grainger 