Friday 09/10/2020
Bokkie is back at the house sit in Brittany after scooting across the channel and driving through France in a socially distant manner, picking up the cats from the kennels along the way. Toni and I have split up, geographically only and not in a matrimonial sense, to allow her to spend some more time getting Charmaine settled into her new house . She will follow by air at a later date - assuming the flights to France are going ahead.
Brittany had some fairly severe storms before we arrived and we knew there had been some damage reported by the neighbours. Last winter we were amazed at how well the trees and garden stood up to (what we considered) quite severe storms so we were actually quite happy to have missed this one. Luckily no major damage has been done apart from a pergola that has blown over and a walnut branch on the potting shed. Quite a few oak branches have also broken so there is a fair bit of clearing to be done.
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| Damage to the walnut tree |
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| Foliage cleared, ready to remove. |
The garden is still producing a fantastic crop: I picked another wheelbarrow full of butternuts (on top of the dozen already left here), some huge courgettes, loads of walnuts and other veg and there is still a lot to come. Not sure how I am going to eat it all - the slow cooker is already slaving away with a full load of vegetable stew.
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| I still need to figure out what to do with the massive courgettes |
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| Lots of lovely vegetables |
Those Veges look great, wish we were closer and could get some. Enjoy and be safe in this separation time.
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