Mattyj198

Ah thank you!. I assumed they were eating them! We do have leeks in Canada but we rarely use them. We prefer to use onions. I thought they were cooking them at the pencil size. Ooops! I had better plant them in the garden. I love leeks. I am looking forward to them.

I bought some "poireaux" today. I see everyone at the market buying it. What are they doing with it exactly?

Thank you everyone for hijacking my question. I live in Canada. I speak french. What is the big deal. I had a serous question and I needed an answer to plan my trip this summer. If no one had a good answer just don't post. I will find a more informative place to go as it appears everyone is more into arguing about who speaks french rather then helping a guy out. Thanks. Oh wait. I am from Canada. Thanks , Merci.

My father was charged for drinking and driving here in Canada and now his his licence back but has to use a breathalyzer to start the car. Will he be allowed to drive a rental car in France? I am traveling over to do the driving anyways but It would be nice to know if he can drive too. Thanks.

It is a house on a very typical french street with all the houses close together. The wire comes of a pole to a box on the side of our house. The box then feeds about 6 other houses on our street. The contractor that came out to activate our phone said we had to get permission from the Marie. Maybe he just did not want to help out english people? We had a storm and lightning hit the phone lines. The next day a repair man came out and fixed everyone's line except ours. We do have someone we trust to get this done for us. I think its time to give him a call.

I signed up to Orange for telephone in May of this year. I traveled over to our home in France and spent the summer there. When the man came to activate our telephone he told us the cable was damaged and would need to be replaced. They never came back to fix it. We eventually got a hold of them and they told us we need to fill out a form and give it to the Marie. We are back in Canada now and we don't have the form. I called Orange again today to see if I could get a form and the customer service agent told me there was no form and I should just get my neighbour to fix my line. Oh France! Is there a form? Can I download it?

I just set up telephone and internet over the phone with Orange.  They said I can pick up my modem at Carrefour and its a livebox.  I am pretty good at hooking up internet here in Canada but I don't know anything about the live box system.  Is it pretty simple?  Our modem over here was pretty much plug and play.  I plug it in and it automaically connects.  The password is on the back of the modem.   Is that the case with this system?  My french is terrible so I may not be able to read the instructions very well.

My mother has had a mild stroke earlier this year and according to her doctor she no longer qualifies for travel insurance.  She owns a house in France.  Is there any french health insurance companies I can possibly try?

OMG so inspiring!  I am still under a blanket of snow here in Canada.  Wishing I was there.  Thanks for the photos!

Due to my business being so busy this year I will not be able to get to our house in France until August but I am dying to be over there right now.  I have never seen France in Springtime and I would love to see if there are any spring flowers in the gardens at our house.  Does anyone have any spring garden eye candy the would like to share with me?  Happy Gardening everyone!

Yes I noticed that too.  Thank you for the link.  If I am going to build a business in France I think I might want to find a more reliable source for products though.

avocado butter cocoa butter shea butter palm butter almond butter beeswax emulsifying wax grapefruit seed oil liquid germall soy and parifin wax various oils. Fragrance Oils Wicks Bottles Hope This helps.

I make my own soaps and cosmetic products here in Canada and I was thinking maybe I could start doing that while I was in France but I am having a hard time finding suppliers for the raw materials.  Does anyone know any sites that are in France that sell these products? Thanks a bunch guys! Matt

Are you planting them from seed right in the ground? I have had some luck with them here in Canada. The never grow big enough to harvest artichokes but the do come back every year.

Thanks for all your help everyone! I am in deux-serves Poitou Charents.

Hello there! I am from Canada and we have a vacation home in France.  I am un familiar with what can survive over the winter in France.   In Canada pretty much every herb dies over the winter.  I have chives, sage, rosemary and bay in the garden right now and they all make it though the winter.  Is there any others you guys know of? Also is there any perennial vegetable crops or plants that produce that I could be planting in my garden? Thanks!

This question may seem silly but I am intrested in having a gas stove installed in my house in south west France.  I am 99% sure the town does  not have gas.  I have rented a house before where they had tall gas cylinders outside for the gas stove.  I am assuming this is common in France.  Is this the way they do it?  If so who should I be contacting to get this service hooked up and how does it work?  I have an electric right now but I would love a gas stove.  I have  a neighbour who is French who can do all the talking for me and I also have a local trades man who can do the work for me.  I just need to know what to look for when doing research. Thanks a bunch guys Matt

I am making a plaque for my parents mail box and I was wondering what people normally put on their mailbox in France.  Do I put their names and address?

I am having some furniture delivered to our house this summer.  Is it customary to tip the drivers or moving people in France?

Yes exactly!  Thank you so much!

Does anyone know where I can buy a soldering iron that will work in France?  I plan to make some windows for my house while I am over there and I can bring all my equipment with me except for the iron because of the voltage.  I would prefer to buy it online but a shop I can buy it at would do. Thanks guys!

I know this is a silly question but I see this all over the place but I have no idea what the difference is.  What is the difference between a Gite and a Chambres d'Hotes?

I wish our place was a B&B this year.  Every month of the summer is gone and some weeks into the fall.  But I guess that's what happens when your friends find out staying at your place is free :-p  Gotta start charging :-p

I have an automatic watering system and the neighbours will water for me too.

Such wonderful roses!  I wish I was over there right now.  I will not be over until June.  I hope there are still some good deals.