Recent content by mcconk

If you can't get new olive trees locally - or they are extortionate I can get you details of the nursery that ours came from. We are only an hour up the A9 from the Spanish border, so it may make sense to import them!

We have three types of olive tree saplings and they cost between 2 and 3 euros each. We expect to get fruit off them three years from planting (last autumn) and a decent harvest after 5 years. We had to plough up an existing vineyard before we planted them (very old and poor vines) and they...

This is in France, in the Pyrenees. It's a great area for wild camping (I think it's legally permitted a minimum of 2 or 3 kms from public roads, but as long as you're discreet it seems to be accepted all over the place. For a bit more luxury, this is a great campsite with individual pitches...

We have a house in the south of France and had a fire near the village three years ago. Most of the vegetation looks like your photo. Our fire needed 150 firemen and 40 mountain going fire trucks to control and came within 100 metres of the village. It was pretty scary at the time, but...