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What to do with a Glut of Courgettes /Zucchini

It is the first week of August and our second summer here at La Girouette is in full swing. We learnt a lot from our

August 3, 2019 1 Comment

jenny.grainger

Transformational Coach 🔥, yogini & meditator 🧘‍♀️, gardener 🌻, cook 👩‍🍳, lover of the planet 🌎! linktr.ee/jennygrainger

These two make me laugh a lot!! 😂😂😂 #happ

These two make me laugh a lot!! 😂😂😂 #happyhens

Autumn in all her glory! #nofilter

Autumn in all her glory! #nofilter

It was so sweet to be over-taken by this when duri

It was so sweet to be over-taken by this when during a lovely autumnal 🍁🍁🍁walk yesterday with @be_ing_conscious . There are so many charming moments like this is day to day life here in the Dordogne and it is a real privilege to live in a part of the world which values its history and traditional life so much. It gives us a very healthy counter-balance to the relentless, speeded up pace of modern living.

Goats's cheese and herb omelette with fries and a

Goats's cheese and herb omelette with fries and a green salad may be a very simple meal but when the eggs, potatoes, salad, and herbs are all harvested fresh from our organic potager and eaten for lunch in the sunshine on 15 November, it tastes like heaven!! 🌞🌞🌞 #potager #potagerbio #zerodechets #organicgardening #organic #womenwhogrowfood

Beautiful double 🌈 through the rain yesterday.

Beautiful double 🌈 through the rain yesterday.

It's been an incredible ceps season so far here an

It's been an incredible ceps season so far here and Delilah was as impressed as I was by these huge mushrooms in the field beside our house today! Swipe to the 2nd photo for a sense of their size in comparison to my European 40/UK 12 boots!

When I see my squash harvested and lined up to cur

When I see my squash harvested and lined up to cure before I store them, it reminds me how insane it is for any of us to compare ourselves to anyone else. We are all so unique and are not meant to be the same as anyone else - in body, heart, mind, life experience, personal contribution, or any other way.

When we stop comparing ourselves to others and embrace our uniqueness, we set ourselves free to express our individuality and shine as we are meant to.🌞

#lifecoach #lifecoaching #comparison

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻👻🎃🧙🧹

Happy Halloween! 🎃👻👻🎃🧙🧹

Sending so much love today to anyone who has lost

Sending so much love today to anyone who has lost a baby or had a stillbirth.

Today is the 30th anniversary of my first daughter, Hope's birth and death. Her heart stopped beating halfway through a long labour that was induced because she had severe foetal abnormalities. We knew at the start of labour that she wasn't going to make it. This was, without doubt, the darkest time of my life and I was deeply traumatised by her stillbirth and the ensuing atrocious lack of support or understanding by the 'care' system at the time.

30 years on and through long-term, dedicated inner work, I am still uncovering and releasing layers of related physical, emotional, and psychological trauma from that point in my life. I pray that things are different for those having to go through this ordeal nowadays. 🙏

Hope is still very much in my heart even though I never 'knew' her in the conventional sense. The bond between us is a very special one and she will always be with me. Love is eternal and cannot die. ❤️ #stillbirth #stillbirthsurvivor #stillbirthawareness #stillbirthsupport

After 5 days in Scotland with @sniphist then 3 day

After 5 days in Scotland with @sniphist then 3 days heavy rainfall since I got home on Tuesday, it was strong medicine to have a few hours in the garden this afternoon. One of the key principles of permaculture is about observing your environment and today I observed a lot of colour , abundance, and change. All my herbs, salads, spinach and greens are loving the rain and are having a second spring. New life after a few weeks of drought in September and early October.

Our clocks go back tonight and with a full moon and lunar eclipse so close to Samhain, I am really aware of the influence of the seasons, planets, and shift in the wheel of the year this weekend. I find myself working hard to stay grounded, to support my digestive system through the transition, and to embrace the flow of it all while realising that I am a tiny speck in a vast universe and really not important at all. #seasonalwisdom #samhain #seasonaltransition #autumn #fall

The name of this road beside one of Edinburgh's ce

The name of this road beside one of Edinburgh's cemeteries appealed to my dark sense of humour! 😂😱

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It's been a long 19 months since we were last toge

It's been a long 19 months since we were last together so @sniphist and I are making the most of our 4 day reunion here in Dunbar on the wild and stormy east coast of Scotland.🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Zoom and WhatsApp are great and, after 7 years of living in different countries, I am so grateful for them but nothing will ever match hanging out together in person. ❤️ #motherdaughtertime #motherdaughterreunion

After a long hot Dordogne summer and a gorgeous In

After a long hot Dordogne summer and a gorgeous Indian Summer with temperatures averaging in the high 20s and very dry weather up until Wednesday, I arrived in Scotland on Thursday just as the east coast started getting completely battered by a wild storm and highs of 8⁰! While I knew I wasn't coming here for the weather, this has been a bit of a shock to my system over the last 48 hours! Brrrr! 🥶😂

#REPOST from my courageous and compassionate daugh

#REPOST from my courageous and compassionate daughter Georgia @sniphist for #worldmentalhealthday.

It's #worldmentalhealthday and I've seen some people sharing some parts of their stories 💖
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I've not had the easiest ride with my mental health since I was a kid and have experienced severe depression and debilitating anxiety at different points in my life. There's been times when I didn't think I'd survive any of it, but I did and I'm glad I did. None of it is linear though, and recently my brain hasn't been the calmest or kindest place to have to spend every waking moment.
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I've been working hard to notice the glimmers, the bits of hopefulness, joy, and safety, that serve to counteract triggers and help me get through each day. The kindness and love of friends and family (thank you 💖), the privilege to live in a beautiful country which feels like home, and the ability to find rose gardens to cry in so I can at least feel like I'm in a dramatic historic novel while the world is too much.
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I've felt worse before and I've felt better before, and I know that community, professional support, and love for myself and others are the things that help me move from worse to better. I hope everyone else is able to find those things too, and whatever else they need. I'm always here for any pals who need a listening ear or reminders of how good you are, god knows I've needed it too.
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As bell hooks said, "Rarely, if ever, are any of us healed in isolation. Healing is an act of communion". We're not meant to do any of this alone, and we don't have to 💖 #repostandroid #repostw10

A very,very happy birthday to my favourite pension

A very,very happy birthday to my favourite pensioner, @eoinscolard! 🥳🥳🥳 This is definitely not what pensioners looked or acted like when I was younger! ❤️

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