A Chef and a Chateau
Mike Alexander writes about The Chateau de la Treyne that has been standing on the cliffs above the Dordogne River in France since the XIVth century. Read… Read More
Garden Variety Chrysanthemum
Mums the Word | To Live and Die With Chrysanthemums Posted on October 30, 2013 by The Editors of Garden Variety The North American staples used to liven up fading… Read More
Banned Gluttony
Linen Napkin that Hides Banned Gluttony A famous and politically well-connected Bordeaux restaurateur is in the dog-box for allegedly having a range of protected birds available among… Read More
Wet Sheets and Lions Teeth
Mike is a South African gardener and freelance writer who now lives and works in the south of France where he writes for many international magazines on… Read More
Time to Blok your Mobile
Time to Blok your Mobile? Dutchman Dave Hakkens aims to be the man mobile phone manufacturers will either love or hate. For he has a vision —… Read More
Hogs, Dogs & Haute Cuisine
What binds the people of France together is not a religion but a national worship of food excellence. “Mike has come out of the gates with a… Read More
The Blue Oasis
The photo reflects the matching of the colour blue with this garden. Below are excerpts of a piece published in Gardening in South Africa, a leading magazine… Read More
Straw Bale Evangelists
No more huffing and puffing, houses of straw are far from fairy tales: in the Vosges, residents will soon be comfortably settled in Europe’s first 8-storey straw… Read More
Making Moonshine
Making Moonshine is Illegal in France but… Making moonshine is illegal almost everywhere. However in France if you’ve a few orchards of unsold peaches or apricots and… Read More