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We are a retired American couple living in France, enjoying the good life with our cats. Our house is in a small hamlet among the Ste. Foy vines. We also have a sailboat that the male half of the spousal unit sailed across the Atlantic in the summer of 08. When the weather warms we will start to visit the sailing ports of Europe. Our stories chronicle our life in France: the good life, the hard life, and the sailing life.

Monday, March 16, 2009

Sunshine and Asparagus


Mid March and we are experiencing spring. The past week has been warm enough to eat lunch on the terrace. Days are in the upper 60's/70 degrees. We have continued to clean up the garden and have pruned many of the trees. The plum trees and forsythia are in full bloom and the apple and pear trees are very close to flowering.
Saturday the first green asparagus appeared for sale at the market, from our favorite bio veggie producteur. It gave us a reason to celebrate and was delicious with grilled duck breast.
We planted the spring garden on the 1st of March and the shallots and peas are beginning to sprout. The heirloom tomato seeds we started indoors too are growing well. And thanks to RH ferrying seeds to us, we will have jalapenos this summer. There are worse places to be.

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