Comments on: Clearing the garden, French style http://www.francethisway.com/wp/clearing-the-garden-french-style/2008/01/ Living in France and daily life for a UK expat in the French blog! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:42:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/clearing-the-garden-french-style/2008/01/comment-page-1/#comment-14608 Boris Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:50:32 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/clearing-the-garden-french-style/2008/01/#comment-14608 Philippa, I'm sure if you lived in France for a year you know what you're letting yourself in for. What kind of thing are you hoping to do? To be honest I don't know what ads appear in Lady Magazine! Certainly if you can get some kind of employment from a business contact before you come you'll have a great advantage. Keep us informed and we'll try and be helpful... Cheers Philippa, I’m sure if you lived in France for a year you know what you’re letting yourself in for.
What kind of thing are you hoping to do? To be honest I don’t know what ads appear in Lady Magazine! Certainly if you can get some kind of employment from a business contact before you come you’ll have a great advantage.
Keep us informed and we’ll try and be helpful…
Cheers

]]> By: Mrs B http://www.francethisway.com/wp/clearing-the-garden-french-style/2008/01/comment-page-1/#comment-14607 Mrs B Wed, 30 Jan 2008 18:33:21 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/clearing-the-garden-french-style/2008/01/#comment-14607 Hi Tony, Im a bit worried Mr B thought I had declined plants as I thought I had agreed compost, gardener and a couple of plants. A case of St Emilion as well would have been good but not to worry. Im happy. Or will be when they have been with promised goods. Mrs B Hi Tony, Im a bit worried Mr B thought I had declined plants as I thought I had agreed compost, gardener and a couple of plants. A case of St Emilion as well would have been good but not to worry. Im happy. Or will be when they have been with promised goods.
Mrs B

]]> By: Tony http://www.francethisway.com/wp/clearing-the-garden-french-style/2008/01/comment-page-1/#comment-14603 Tony Wed, 30 Jan 2008 14:49:17 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/clearing-the-garden-french-style/2008/01/#comment-14603 Well done Mrs B, but I think that as negotiations approached closure I would have insisted upon a case of Chateau bottled 2000 St Emilion as a nerve settler! Well done Mrs B, but I think that as negotiations approached closure I would have insisted upon a case of Chateau bottled 2000 St Emilion as a nerve settler!

]]> By: Philippa http://www.francethisway.com/wp/clearing-the-garden-french-style/2008/01/comment-page-1/#comment-14602 Philippa Wed, 30 Jan 2008 13:33:27 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/clearing-the-garden-french-style/2008/01/#comment-14602 Hello Mr and Mrs B Last sunday I reached the decision that France is where I want to make my home. I am young (ish) and have traveled much..lived in France for a year at the tender age of 17 and have been missing it ever since! The ball is rolling, I have written to adverts in teh Lady magazine, contacted friends with business contacts across the country and will keep DOING things until I get out there - This is a fresh start for me, no ties in the UK, so its ALL to build when I arrive. Work - i will turn my hand to anything to begin with. Do you have any thoughts, tips or minutes of wise words...XXX Thank you and Happy days and sorry about your borders and bungles with the locals! Hello Mr and Mrs B

Last sunday I reached the decision that France is where I want to make my home. I am young (ish) and have traveled much..lived in France for a year at the tender age of 17 and have been missing it ever since! The ball is rolling, I have written to adverts in teh Lady magazine, contacted friends with business contacts across the country and will keep DOING things until I get out there – This is a fresh start for me, no ties in the UK, so its ALL to build when I arrive. Work – i will turn my hand to anything to begin with. Do you have any thoughts, tips or minutes of wise words…XXX Thank you and Happy days and sorry about your borders and bungles with the locals!

]]> By: Boris http://www.francethisway.com/wp/clearing-the-garden-french-style/2008/01/comment-page-1/#comment-14596 Boris Wed, 30 Jan 2008 07:27:25 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/clearing-the-garden-french-style/2008/01/#comment-14596 Hi Tony, I would have gone for a row of Italian Poplars and a sprinkling of banana palms myself, but the problem is Mrs B doesn't like to take advantage, just wants what is right - so she declined the free plants. She did accept that a gardener come and relay / seed the lawn, and that they send six cubic metres of compost for her to use as she sees fit. I expect that will be delivered the day before the first gite guests of the season, and we'll be up all night trying to get rid of it. Hi Tony, I would have gone for a row of Italian Poplars and a sprinkling of banana palms myself, but the problem is Mrs B doesn’t like to take advantage, just wants what is right – so she declined the free plants.
She did accept that a gardener come and relay / seed the lawn, and that they send six cubic metres of compost for her to use as she sees fit. I expect that will be delivered the day before the first gite guests of the season, and we’ll be up all night trying to get rid of it.

]]> By: Tony http://www.francethisway.com/wp/clearing-the-garden-french-style/2008/01/comment-page-1/#comment-14593 Tony Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:31:55 +0000 http://www.francethisway.com/wp/clearing-the-garden-french-style/2008/01/#comment-14593 Hi Mr & Mrs B, Being a bit of a potager myself, I was horrified to read your initial posting. I am so glad that the situation has improved over the past couple of days. Good luck with the plant list! Tony Hi Mr & Mrs B,

Being a bit of a potager myself, I was horrified to read your initial posting. I am so glad that the situation has improved over the past couple of days. Good luck with the plant list!

Tony

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