Category Archives: Valanec Uhel (gite)

Progress (and setbacks) with raised beds at Valanec Uhel (February 2012)

Last season produced excellent potato, red onion, shallot, leek, parsnip, strawberry, pea and bean crops. The fèves proved tiresome to prepare, and tended to fall over in the wind, but the coco de paimpol were fine, and much appreciated. The … Continue reading

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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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