A really changeable week for weather – sometimes hot – sometimes hailstones????but nice weather forecast by this weekend.
The fair has come to town! This weekend Lectoure hosts the annual May fair, and the town is already buzzing with people setting up rides, stalls and attractions. The Bastion, which is a park with a magnificent panaromic [...]
A busy week. All the geraniums are planted, also a forsythia, some new climbing plants a few herbs and rhubarb (I love stewed rhubarb!). I couldn’t find coriander at the garden centres and I tried 3 different places. This is not a very popular culinary herb in France. I was able to buy seeds so it looks as [...]
After a shaky false start to spring the sun is out and the weather is getting warmer. March was lovely but April showers seemed to be going on a little too long – although it’s been great for the garden as we’ve removed the old vegetable plot and planted four new lawns. We’re looking forward [...]
Welcome to my new blog here in Lectoure in Gascony. Why La Vieille Source I hear you cry! Well La Vieille Source is the name of our beautiful gite which we rent out to guests who wish to holiday in a fantastic part of South West France. Our gite is available to rent all year [...]