We didn’t mean to buy the house.

Too much land, Peter said.

We heard about it from Caroline, our lovely and understanding Estate Agent. We said “No”, but she persuaded us to take a look as we were driving past. A lovely light and airy house with a great view. Love at first sight. So we bought it, and the 7 acres of land. Not in the best state of repair, as we were to discover, and there must have been a garden once, or possibly a vineyard, in the days before phylloxera, but it hadn’t been tended for years.

So this is what this blog is about. We are slowly re-discovering and recreating a garden, in this “too much land” in SW France, and this is a record of what was there before, and what we have done, and are still doing, with a bit of help from our friends!