And now for something completely different....

The last few posts have been about the practicalities of buying a house in France. Today's post will be a short one and a bit of fun I hope...

Welcome to Burassic forest - like Jurassic park but this time entirely made of last years brassica plants!!

Burassic forest

 Who on earth plants over 200 brassica plants - a combination of sprouting broccoli, purple sprouting broccoli, brussel sprouts and cabbages - in one year and then leaves them to go to seed and grow over 4 feet tall!! Anyone got any suggestions what to do with them once I've dug them up! Composting not an option. Currently trying to dry out the stems with a hope that I might be able to burn them!

On the other hand......

This is the beautiful wisteria that adorns the end of our new house. The trunk is huge and we think it must have been planted at the time the front part of the house was built in 1942 as the base of the trunk is seriously large. I've never seen a wisteria with a trunk this big. And I absolutely love it. The props that are holding up the weight will need some attention fairly soon and I think that it deserves to be held up by something more in keeping with it's magnificence.