Hearthstone

Last night we had a storm, nothing unusual about that in France, however this one woke us up! Thunder lightening and hail the size of golf balls was falling and I doubt if anyone in the area got much sleep. This morning we discovered several holes in our roof and some interesting dents in the [...]

Isn’t it wonderful, it is only a week old, it seems to be established and ready to grow. Several sisters are starting to appear

We planted our first pumpkins in our newly dug vegetable beds at the end of spring, since then they have grown steadily and filled their bed, they are now breaking out and exploring the rest of the garden, at some point I need to trim them and train them towards some empty space. Our pumpkins [...]

No rain for weeks now, most of the plants in our gardens look tired and thirsty, time to fill the watering cans and get watering. We are lucky there is a small stream that runs through our village, most of the villagers use the stream to water their gardens. Water is expensive in France, it [...]

We are working hard at the moment to update Hearthstone, designing a new website called thetingis.com and continuing to develop our life here in France. The weather here has finally changed from scorching heat with no rain to cloudy with no rain, our gardens and crops need rain. We are watering the majority of our [...]