BEWARE of the CROCUS – something rotting in the soil

BEWARE of the CROCUS – something rotting in the soil

An important addition – and correction – to my last piece on the crocus….I have just found a short I wrote many, many years ago on the very subject:  please read carefully… …August ends abruptly….the early rays of the sun later...
Of crocuses and moles

Of crocuses and moles

The autumn crocus is a very reliable flower, it always comes at about the same time, if not actually at official autumn according to a calendar.  It comes when it decides it feels like autumn, or is just the time that it wants to come. We have one very reliable plant,...
Dog days in the Dordogne – survival ideas

Dog days in the Dordogne – survival ideas

At last consistently hot days have arrived at La Chaise!   I can stop annoying everyone with my saying ‘as a retired farmer, I am allowed to say we need a little rain…’  The temperatures for the last few days have consistently passed 30 C… This...