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bouturage - propogation with cuttings.

Try joining this forum and asking:https://www.rustica.fr/articles-jardin/potee-fleurie-fenetre-blancheur-immaculee,4126.htmlI used to get good advice from there.https://www.rustica.fr/tv/choisir-planter-patate-douce-ornement,8334.html

I'm no expert on roses either, but I think you're just within the time limit for planting. Before the first frosts.We lost most of ours to deer, (eating the buds), so put the survivors in pots next to the house.

Very sorry to hear about Mrs. G. - but with your positive attitude and the help from kine, I hope she'll be back on hr feet soon.Falls are a b...r - I could write a book about them.

Institut de Beauvais - that rings a bell - I think we grew them once.Idun. jus, reduced , can be quite tasty.

We always intended to return home. We kept a small place in England to return to, but in the end that didn't work out (story elsewhere on here. ) TG we had nearly 17 good years in France, but never imagined staying. There were several reasons for leaving when we did. We were lucky to sell at that point too.

Has anyone ever made this? Supposed to be a classic french veg. dishhttps://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/international/european/french/aligot-mashed-potatoes-with-garlic-and-cheeseDelia suggests english potatoes, but I couldn't find a recipe with the french equivalent.ps maybe idun can give us her famous ptdts Lyonaises.

Good to hear from you, Jonzjob.We've also been back since March and are slowly adapting.Good idea to continue the things we did in France, as much as possible.

10 years in the UK? I didn't know that Andy. Is that from first going to Uni at 18+ after A levels?

I saw that reported in headlines, yet in the small print what he actually said was that he hadn't read ALL of it.

That's right, Richard. I could hardly believe it when I read it takes 9 years to qualify as a Generaliste.These standards are fairly recent.

He was only joking? English irony (I hope[8-)])

Thanks for that, Norman.Another reason that puts off new doctors from coming to places like Masseube, in the link, is that there's a large ageing population, very 'conservative', who don't trust the young interns and choose not to see them.Very upsetting for them.  I saw it happen many times and notices were put up about it.

There have been reports that a large proportion of current GPs are approaching retirement, and many won't be replaced. Some specialists too. Here's an article, which I've shown before, about the lovely family of doctors we had in France - the youngest tells how he tried to persuade his fellow students to come to the Gers, unsuccessfully:https://www.ladepeche.fr/article/2017/09/27/2653500-medecin-de-famille-avec-ses-parents-et-son-grand-pere.htmlFrom the same article "D'ici 2021, le Gers va perdre 30% de ses généralistes."

I think I might have been wrong on the previous page.They're now referring to this as the chequers deal, and it seems the EU have already agreed? so she's now trying to sell it to cabinet and Parliament?All very confusing.

Maybe it's too late to go back to pre Article 50 - from Wiki: "Is Article 50 reversible?According to the influential German finance minister Wolfgang Schäuble, "The British Government has said we will stay with the Brexit. ... On 29 March 2017, the EU Commission stated "It is up to the United Kingdom to trigger Article 50. But once triggered, it cannot be unilaterally reversed"

Being pedantic, this is a proposal, not an agreement (apart from the cabinet eventually agreeing to put it forward.)It still has to be discussed with EU and await their agreement. Or not.And confirmed by parliament at some stage. Assuming all this happens, then comes the 'transitionary period'. Only God knows how long this would take.It occurred to me that a document this size must have been prepared ages ago by the civil service and presented as a last resort.

I like the pink potatoes for roasting, you can get them in France. They're nice and sweet.I put some olive oil and a little salt in a roasting tin, wash the potatoes, don't peel, cut up a bit and toss in the oil in the tin.Then into a hot oven until nicely browned.For mash I bought those which said for puree.We did grow them too, but mostly firm ones for salad. Can't remember the name.Go to the garden shop or agri coop and they have seed potatoes with info on type. But not now, wait until early spring. This was in the Gers.

Mint - that short introduction - was it Carl Orff? Carmina Burana.And if Richard is still watching, another Grieg piece - how can you not like it?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kJ6AaBArhRwThe last movement is the surprise.

Such a contrast!Is the extra for a maison secondaire a recent law?I remember a year or 2 ago they said they were going to make big changes to the Taxe  Hab.  In fact I thought they were going to stop it altogether.

Another thing is, if you ever want to sell those houses you would have to produce certification that the electrics were safely installed. By french normes.

Idun - commiserations. I was thinking the same thing but wasn't brave enough to say it.

I've always thought of the Riviera as the place for the very rich - the dreaded celebs. To show off their money.  It doesn't seem to be a place to 'live', unless you have a job there.Much nicer from the Dordogne down to the Gers where we lived.

Merci beaucoup a toutes et tous [:)]

"I gather the post at 9:18 on this thread was an attempt at sarcasm rather than due to senility."I wouldn't be too sure, Richard.