Woodpiles and courgettes

St Pacôme

Another busy day today. Starting with a trip to the shops which were so busy that there was a queue on the roundabout outside the supermarket as we came out. This is partly due to the aforementioned bridging of the weekend bank holidays, and partly because the population of the Lot has increased over the last week. Summer migrants have arrived; these are the people who live here 'part time'. I think of them as 'les hirondelles' they come with the swallows and leave with them too. Added to these are the fortnighters and the short-breakers, who will swell the population continually now until around the end of September. The population of this little department will treble in July and August when we residents will be doing our shopping earlier to avoid crowds, and rarely go to the markets where English and Dutch voices outnumber French.

After the shops, Jon returned to his woodpiles clearing and stacking and I dealt with the pool before getting lunch. After that Jon continued with the logs and I planted the courgettes, dahlias and mint, and moved the tomatoes over to the potager to keep them company. I also planted some of the new shrubs (vibernum and buddleia) and placed the lavenders ready for planting in the 'pool' shrubbery.

We spent another hour stacking logs before tidying up and coming indoors.

I took a look at the list I posted on Tuesday - we haven't done too badly but neither have we done too well.

1. Done - delivery Tuesday morning next week - praying for dry cool days next week as we have to move them - 15 tonnes arriving!
2. Partly done (see above) - still need to dig the other rows for 4 dozen bean plants and the chillies.
3. Nope
4. Nope
5. Yes
6. Are you kidding?
7. Do every day.
8, 9, 10, Well, it HAS only been three days - can I have until next Tuesday please (probably still won't do it though!)

See comment on Tuesday's post - it's nearly cork-popping time...