Garden transformation

The garden has been transformed by 30 tons of gravel which has made a tremendous difference. It looks a bit bare at the moment but by the time the trees come out and I have put some large pots around it should look much better. At least we are not walking around in mud anymore.

I went to a plant sale yesterday as you can see from the other post and bought a lemon tree, another eucalyptus and a Grevillea Robusta, an Australian tree which my aussie friend Debbie assures me will grow to an enormous height well we will see.

PLANT SALE AT LA CAUNETTE

LUNCH IN AID OF A NEW BAKERY

The village bakery burned down on Christmas Eve and all the equipment was lost and the flat upstairs in which the baker and his family lived was ruined, all their Christmas presents went up in smoke. The village decided to hold a lunch party to raise funds for a new bakery so we were asked to pay 15 euros a head and the local restauranteurs provided the food and the wine producers donated the wine.

We had butternut and carrot soup, casserole duck with vegetables, cheese and chocolate mousse, as usual washed down with copious amounts of plonk.

The donations came to around 7,000euros which will go towards setting up a new bakery. Ee by gum they know how to put on a good "do" in France.