Tuesday Work Day

This is what I did today:

woke at 8am. had some breakfast (le petit déjeuner): homemade bread with homemade red currant jam and butter and chicory coffee.  They tell me Chicory coffee is specific to the Norther regions of France, especially in Lille.  Then straight to work.  Valerie had already been up and about roto tilling the ground in preparation for our work today. We transplanted young black currant trees from one area of the garden to a more permanent place where they will be able to grow much larger. This seems less time intensive than it really is.  I dug up about two dozen little trees (about 1 meter tall) and then dug new holes for them elsewhere, placed a tree in each hole, covered them with a layer of dirt(la terre), card board(le carton) and mulch(paillis).  That took about 2 hours.  Here's tthe final outcome. 

it's difficult to tell, but the lighter brown is where I planted all the trees

Then Valerie and I collected a bunch of fallen branches and twigs and burnt them to add to the composte to decrease the humidity of the mixture (le mélange). no picture there. fire looks like fire (feu).

The pond in the middle of the garden.  Hopefully the trees start blooming soon.  They're pretty baren right now.