I’ve been blogging rather too much about my excessive consumption of nettles. Now the freezer is full of nettle soup, with extras to pop in stews, I still have an abundance popping up everywhere in th

When life gives you marrows.....Oh what to do? Stuff em with other veggies, tomatoes, herbs, bread crumbs and cheese! You can add spices minced beef or turkey too! Dependent on size you can use the

I'm a bit of a pot & plant addict at the moment. Comes with having not much of a garden and a balcony! Our place in France, when renovated, will be more of a posh pool terrace! You know, for the meet

It's that time of the year when the leaves turn brown, the clocks go back and the evenings are spent toasting one's toes in front of the fire.   Days like today when it's sunny and bright, followed by

One of the quiet joys of living in France is the abundant roses in every colour size & fragrance. From village round-abouts to florist shops in Paris, famed for buckets of every rose

How about exchanging the bustle of the city for "the Good Life in Normandy? Three years ago, myself, my husband and our labrador did just that and have never looked back: I love  picking fresh and se