Category Archives: Dremmwel

Potager open to public on 5 June 2011

As part of an initiative by our local pressure group for sustainable development, Hanvec 21, and as part of the national event Bienvenu dans mon jardin (organised by the association Jardiniers de France), the experimental raised bed potager will be open … Continue reading

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Timeless Exotic Beauty

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Wood stores and storage

They say that wood – as a fuel – heats you twice: once when you cut it and then again when you burn it. Having just re-filled the Dremmwel woodstore for the winter I am inclined to say that’s a … Continue reading

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Discovered new plant in garden

A giant plant has sprung up behind the gite. Friends on Saturday explained it was “la grande badane”, i.e. Burdock. It is massive, at least a metre high and wide already and still going, and it has numerous medicinal properties. … Continue reading

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