Wonderful Organic Veg

What is more satisfying to a smallholder than watching your labours in the garden come to fruition, the veg and salad is cropping well this year, in fact, Chris says the quality is the best we have produced. No nasty pesticides here, just an all round feed and spray made from nettles, it works wonders.
Tomatoes, chillies, rhubarb, lettuce, roquette, corriander, carrots, red cabbage, summer cabbage, gherkins, leeks, petit pois, fine French beans, mange tout (Rodney) butternut squash, pumpkins, aubergine, cucumber, potatoes, beetroot, red onions, white onions, chard, radish & courgette. Herbs are plentiful, wonderful!!

Roast Chicken with Seasonal Vegetables

 One of Hugh's this, but the chicken is definitely one of ours, a white sussex, as are the veg, early carrots, the first of the potatoes, onions and young leeks. A sprig of lemon thyme and bay leaves from the herb garden. A supper from the garden, how satisfying is that??

Hortensia

Hortensia (hydrangea) is able to justify it's place in any garden at this time of year, relatively maintenance free and just beautiful, only nature can create shades of colour like this, isn't this one just wonderful?

What a Forage

 4kgs of ceps and enough chantrelles for a tasty omlette, now that's what we call an early Sunday morning forage, take a look at the second photo, a perfect example of a summer cep, a 'Bouchon de Champagne'

July and Country Dance at La Naute

 There she goes, Joanne dances at La Naute, the annual country dance spectacular, this is her 3rd year, she hasn't missed one and this year was better than ever, 13 dance groups participated and the grand finale was when all 13 took to the stage and danced to 'Saturday Night' there were thousands of spectators who all joined in what can only be described as a 'Grande Fete' well done Joanne, the only English lady out of them all !