Hello from Brittany

[Henwoman]

Hello - I've been reading bits on the forum and love it. I'm based in central Brittany with rabbits, cats, goats, hens, cockerels, ducks and fish for company. I really enjoy living in this area which has little traffic and is very tranquil.

I have a polytunnel and veggie beds but can't do as much as I want to at the moment. I am waiting for a small op to remove a tumour in my neck - probably in May - and then a larger op - a mini gastric bypass to reduce my vast weight. After both of them then I should be able to bend better and have more energy to work in the garden and polytunnel again more easily.

I don't have mains water on my field where I grow my veggies and have the animals, so it's hard work watering all the time with watering cans full of collected water. With the beautiful weather we've been having everywhere everything is growing great guns and I would only ask for a bit of rain during the night to make things perfect.

[niknik]

hi and welcome

[hedgewizard]

Pull up a chair, and make yourself comfy, fellow tunneler! Got your irrigation sorted out for the tunnel?

[Henwoman]

Thanks for the welcomes. No, irrigation unfortunately. As I don't have a mains supply on my field where the PT is, I can't easily have irrigation. I collect water from my small barn roof into 4 x 1000 litre IBCs, two water butts, two circular galvanised 3-400 litre containers a dairy bath and a household bath, and if it doesn't rain soon, I'm in danger of running out. With the animals and the veggies, it's surprising how much water is needed, and as I can't remember it raining so far during April I may have to consider a rain dance soon!

[clanpowell]

Hi. We're just starting the process of moving to France. Brittany is one of the areas we're intrested in. So we might become neighbours!

[Milims]

Hi there and welcome

[MuddyWitch]

Welcome to ISH

Yep raindancing here too; it's been nine weeks since our last decent rain.

MW

[growingthings]

hello!

[Henwoman]

Hello Clanpowell. If you need any help or advice or just a chat, please just contact me. I can't recommend Brittany highly enough. It's just like Cornwall, where I was before this, but much better in every way. LIttle traffic, lots of water, wonderful countryside, warmer weather - perfect really! I loved living in Cornwall, but would never leave Brittany willingly now. There's so much space, so much land without buildings, it's peaceful and beautiful in the countryside and the towns are lively and interesting. Nowhere better.

[hedgewizard]

Pull up a chair, and make yourself comfy, fellow tunneler! Got your irrigation sorted out for the tunnel?

Then you'll be needing to take steps to reduce the amount of time you run back and forward with watering cans: daisy chain lots of butts or run the overflow into a big cattle drinker. Also it's really worth getting some packs of 'tunnel gutter' so that you can harvest the rain from your tunnel too.

[Mrs Moustoir]

Hello! We've probably met elsewhere in cyberspace and possibly in real life too!

Welcome to the Ish.

[Henwoman]

Yes, I do daisy chain the containers and then I use the baths and galvanised cattle containers to dip watering cans as it takes too long to wait for the containers taps to fill the cans. I think I have eleven 11 litre cans - about 2.99 euros each here - and try to keep them filled - visitors are roped in to fill the cans so they're always ready!

[Henwoman]

Mrs Moustoir - a name that sounds familiar from another site! I can't remember whether we've ever met - perhaps at one of Salamander's gatherings?

[Millymollymandy]

Yes you know her if only virtually! Hi Henwoman and welcome here!

[Mrs Moustoir]

Ah well - once met, instantly forgotten!

You bought some things for your grandson from me... :)