Over the last 10 days I have been collecting the last of my summer seeds - and there is time to collect more. Sunny days, when seed heads...

August is the end of my gardening year and I tend to adopt a very French attitude to it - it is a holiday period. The weather should be...

My plant of the month for August is Verbena bonariensis - if happy it seeds like crazy, it flowers all summer long; its height means that...

Plant of the week: Graptopetalum paraguayense - also known as the Leatherpetal or Ghost Plant. This succulent is very happy in well...

They are succulents.... not a formal botanical classification but a name given to plants which store water in fleshy stems, leaves or...

It has been an unusual year so far – above average rain and a decidedly more “British” climate. Plants which love moisture have done...

This month life revolves around harvesting berries and currants. A fenced rectangle in the south corner of the garden contains red, white...

I mentioned the little lily beetle in June's "things to do" blog: https://www.jardinpaysan.com/post/some-things-to-do-in-the-garden-in-ju...

Last weekend was Rendezvous aux Jardins in France - an event organised by the Ministére de la culture which is designed to encourage...

June sees the start of summer and, by now, plants in the garden should be growing strongly and daily tasks have morphed from sowing seeds...

This week a vital project has been to tackle the growing problem of deer damage. We have always had a problem with deer because they roam...

....Make Rhubarb Jam We normally have difficulty growing rhubarb in our garden in France. I think this is because rhubarb is a heavy...

I read somewhere that the three most popular French flowering plants are the rose, the peony and the iris –and it is not hard to...

It is hard to believe it was mid April. 13 degrees centigrade and a piercing northerly wind, We went to the plant fair at Neuvic sur...

April 2016 It is that time of year again in France; many small towns hold their ‘foire aux fleures’ or ‘foire aux plantes’ – in other...

The first thing to understand when taking on a new garden is the soil. Soil character and health are going to determine a big chunk of...

January 2015 We have a couple of these........ First, in an umbrella pine in the garden there is a nest of pine processionary...

January 2015 We have moved. We have sold our beloved Blanchet and bought a smaller house (4 400m2 garden) which will be better suited to...

As soon as the weather begins to warm up in the spring queen hornets, who have kept a low profile all winter, start to appear. They are...

Tender plants can be moved outside Depending on where you live in France, at some point in May your tender plants can be safely moved...