More from the jardin

Perfect pod of peas

Our courgettes (zucchinis) are coming along famously. Pickle's eating one a day from our plants at the moment

The Epselette pepper is a Basquaise treasure, and we have one growing nicely in our garden. Soon it'll turn red and sweetly spicy

This is our Black Cherry tomato bush, currently dripping with a silly amount of fruit

Ripe figs foraged from a neighbors tree. Actually the house is currently empty, so it'd be a shame to leave the figs to rot

Lucius loves eating freshly picked peas straight from the pod

LTDF

Le Tour De France is currently rolling through our 'hood. We watched them ride past our local village, Rebenacq, on the Bagnères-de-Luchon to Pau stage. Nice to see, but all over in a matter of seconds. The roads were lined with fans (many also wearing tight lycra). Our area is steeped in a very rich cycling history and proud to have Le Tour ride through in stages 16 & 17.

Le Grand Fromage

The farmer whose cows graze our land in the spring and autumn dropped by the other day with a little chunk of goats cheese (Brebis d'Ossau) from his very own herd. I wouldn't like to guess the street value of that. Needless to say it has since been dispatched to the safety of our tummies

A Baker's daughter indeed

Someone loves le baguette

Jardin

Runner beans and sweet peas either side of the front door, climbing our foraged obelisks

We dug up half of our over wintered garlic, and it looks amazing! Now we're proper French

Salsify and scorzonera, our new favorite crop

Potato patch

One of the pear trees

A Portugese Brandywine tomato

Peas are good, peas are good, yeah

Grapes

Beets

Lots more to follow shortly

Dress Up

Little Lucius has taken to accessorising

Mum's things will never be safe again