It’s June 1st, so you know what that means: May Memoir has come to a close. I’ve had a great month sharing excerpts from my memoir, Ca va? Stories from Rural Life in Southern France. I hope it provided insight of life here and gave you a few laughs about our adventures. The manuscript is not yet published, and my search for a literary agent continues, but once all those pieces fall into place, I’ll provide more information as to how the writing process and transformation go.
A lot has happened over the last month, so let me give you a rundown:
The trumpet vine we planted is growing an inch a day. We planted it last fall, but then were immediately hit with a cold snap, so we thought it died; happily, it didn’t. At the rate it’s growing, it will soon be covering the whole garden.
The potato plants have started to bloom. We planted two varieties: Charlotte and Rosabella. So far, both varieties look good and receive a regular watering, but it’s always a surprise to unearth what is underneath when it comes harvest time.
Tiny, tiny green threads have pushed their way up in our herb patch: dill weed is on its way! This was my addition to the garden; Christophe never planted it before I arrived.
Christophe finally got around to fixing our small, fiberglass greenhouse. It sits on the ground and is smaller than a refrigerator, but it’s great for seedlings. I’ve started some basil and pumpkin in it minutes after he was done.
Early May was cool and sunny which was great for the strawberries plants. We impatiently waited for the first strawberry, but were sorely disappointed to discover it was eaten by a fox. Since then, we have been extremely vigilant about gathering them before he has a chance to eat his evening dessert. Ten pounds of berries have been collected so far, and we’ve noted the fox has moved to digging in our compost pile.
One hundred sweet onions are rapidly growing in the garden, but won’t be ready to harvest until late August.
Sadly, one of our elm trees became infected with Dutch elm disease and had to be cut down. It started last year, but we had hopes it would pull through since younger trees can bounce back, ours didn’t.
Our saffron has gone dormant. Its wispy green shoots have finally yellowed and withered. Now, we wait until September for the plant to spring back to life bringing with it amazing purple flowers and its world’s most expensive and awesomely delicious spice.
That’s all in a quick nutshell. I’ll be back with regular posts on Friday.
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