We love winter – snow, crisp cold walks, wood fires and slow cooking. Now that the festive season is over however, our thoughts have turned to spring and planning the year ahead.
In 2010 the veg patch really came in to its own, providing us with all sorts of fresh produce throughout the summer. Triumphs came in the form of new potatoes, french beans, sprouting broccoli, a bumper strawberry crop in June, parsnips, carrots and plenty of salads and herbs. The tomatoes were also superb although an early hard frost cut down the crop of plum tomatoes before they could ripen. You win some you lose some….
Hopefully this year we’ll see more fruits on the blackcurrants, gooseberries and raspberries, now in their second season. The rhubarb was also putting on some serious growth early last year so we’re hoping for a bumper crop, and we’re keeping fingers crossed that the remaining globe artichoke plants have survived the frosts and mole tunnels. We’ll be experimenting with chillies and aubergine again (not so successful in 2010) as well as melon and cucumber, spinach, celery and fennel.
For future harvests we’ll be preparing a bed for asparagus this autumn, and hope to plant our first fruit trees in front of the house, probably apples so we can start thinking about cider making….
Making the most of the fresh harvests and great local produce, we are now offering Gourmet Holidays for foodies. Of course our self catering guests can still enjoy Tim’s delicious food – sample menus can be found on our website.
We are also making plans for a cookery school, to be held in September 2011. If you would like to know more about this please drop us a line – enquiries@gitelajonchere.com
We are now listed on the travel website Trivago. We would be very grateful if our previous guests would leave a review of your stay here. We can also be found on Google Maps!
So, we’re looking forward to a season of gardening, mountain biking, canoeing and lovely walks.
In the meantime I’ll just put another log on the fire….
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