Tag: natural remedies

Figs, garden, gardening, Insects, Trees

How to say wasp in French… and the fascinating life inside a figue!

"Ignorance is Bliss." Remember this photo from last September? Back then, while eating my way from one end of this fig tree to the other, I had no idea there was more to a fig than meets the eye….  une guêpe (gep)     : wasp Terms, Expressions, and an example sentence: la taille de guêpe = slender-waisted, hourglass figurele nid de guêpe = hornet's … Continue reading How to say wasp in French… and the fascinating life inside a figue!

Kristin Espinasse86 Comments
Flowers, Health, Remedies, seeds

Semence: Sowing seeds for a French flower garden

Only scarecrows are immune to canker sores. The rest of us are sitting ducks! (photo taken in the Queyras Valley, in the French Hautes-Alpes) If you are new to this word journal, I hope not to scare you away with an ugly first word. (You could always skip to the story column and learn sores–I mean scores–of flowery vocabulary…) I've been nursing a burning and … Continue reading Semence: Sowing seeds for a French flower garden

Kristin Espinasse100 Comments