January is the month for being kind to yourself - it is usually cold and dark and I am usually overweight and feeling broke, and I get...

Mysterious mistletoe is prolific in South West France, where I live, and is strongly associated with Christmas. But why? The history of...

A couple of days ago we experienced the first serious frost of the winter. It is always a turning point in the year. The proof is that...

It is getting a lot colder and I look for excuses to hide in the house rather than hit the garden, especially on rainy days. Here is a...

Plant of the month for November 2021 is the bleuet - or cornflower. It is not in bloom now, but is the flower the French associate with...

Using up some of the last of the autumn produce for lunch today - we are having melanzane parmigiana with some of the last of our haricot...

Not quite winter, but on damp dull days it feels like it - it is easy to imagine that now is the moment to down tools until March - but...

Lots to do this month before colder weather sets in. The soil is still warm but the dry summer months are behind us; it is a time of both...

It has not been a brilliant year for chillis, but we have had some success and have managed to grow three varieties which are now ready...

When I start to choose spring flowering bulbs I behave like a child in a sweet shop. I end up with a basket full of more than I can...

Perfect opportunity this week to reshape a border I have been meaning to attend to for the last year. I want to square up the grass area...

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...