Hay is for Horses & Château Flowerbeds | Queen's Escape
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- Опубликовано: 30 сен 2024
- We take you through the evolved B&B breakfast routine, show you how we mulched our garden (painstakingly) with hay, and made a shelf-less cabinet into a perfectly suitable linen locker. Lots of manual labor in these days, but the weather is warming and the garden is growing. So, life it decidedly good.
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You have everything set up so nicely for the guests - clean, neat and tidy!!! Maybe a few more decorative items or wall art to make rooms look a little more cozy and finished???
Definitely. We aren’t even close to where we want to be in terms of design. 😊
Testing the coffee maker also allows for a nice breakfast wake-up smell in the room. That’s something I really love when on vacation. ❤ Everything is beautiful and what a great hostess you are!
Oh. I didn’t even think about that added perk. 😊
Perk, 😂
@@JaniceStPeter 😂😂
Hay is dried grass and straw is the stalks from all cereal crops ie wheat straw or barley straw for example, once the crop is harvested.
Straw is tougher and better for mulching. I put a layer of cardboard first which rots down gradually.
Great start as a beginner gardener. Keep planting and learn as you go
If you buy flowers of shrubs in with large blooms you are going to need to support them. There are other type of tulips that in my opinion look better in groups and not in a row. When they are done you need to leave the leaves to die back. It is unsightly to have to do that in the front of your garden bed. Tulips can be grown behind things like your peonies so they are blooming before they get to big and then they will hid the dying leaves. Don’t move them until the fall or you will loose them. Groups of plants always look better than rows. English country gardens are easier to look after however their climate is different. It is going to get really hot for your plants there. At least the peonies will look like shrubs. Peonies can be single bloomers so no staking is required and if you want something really beautiful (although more expensive) are tree peonies. Amazing plants that don’t die back. Can be really effective. If you are buying perennials (suggested) buy three and put in groups to make larger plants more quickly. Move some of your Irises into this garden, they love it hot and dry. You can get mini ones that don’t blow over in the wind. You need to look into when things bloom so you have something flowering all season. Be careful you don’t buy plants that need shade. Looks like you need more loamy soil to hold moisture and mulching will save you so much time weeding and helps to hold moisture. Pansies are not good plants for hot areas or pots and will not bloom all season. Spring plants really that’s why they are available very early.. Hope that helps some. Research your area and talk to the locals. Roses might do really well for you.
Get weeding and mulch as much as you can. Good luck. We admire all your effort. Thanks. From Canada.
Great suggestions. I agree plant tulips in groups. In large flower beds we plant in groups of 9 or 11 - always odd numbers. Agree plant perrenials in groups of 3 or 5. When you buy bulbs look out for a wholesale grower as you will need to buy in quantity and it will be much cheaper. Buy early and late tulips so you have a longer season. After flowering, pinch off the flower heads to stop the plant using energy to make seed. Leave the leaves to die down naturally to feed the bulbs.
I’ll see about moving the tulips. What a job that will be. 😅 I appreciate the advice.
...plant more tulip rows in front and behind the ones you have for next year... they will help hold each other up...❤
Yes I agree, more taller plants around them, that border looks a bit bare. 😊
🇨🇦 It looks perfect! 😊 You show so much love and care in everything you do and it really shows.😊 Love your videos, best wishes always ❤ oh, and your gardens look great! Tulips unfortunately don't last very long and especially with all of that rain. I know it is heartbreaking to see all of the dead tulips but they will come back stronger every year. Take good care! 🌷🌷
Hey Karen I have a suggestion. When you get boxes from deliveries break them down and save for the early spring. Since your plants in the front beds are spaced out lay the flatten boxes down in your beds around your plants then put down the hay it will help a lot killing off the weeds. I love the big storage cabinet it is perfect for your linens. Lots of hugs, Kathy USA 🇺🇸
I could do my whole yard as much as I order online. 😂 Thank you.
Use basket for small items on your bottom shelf, you can pick it up easily to fill with maybe 'facecloths'/ Love your vlogs
Also use large baskets or totes on the bottom shelf that can serve as “drawers” and can be pulled out for easier access. 😀
The tulip season is almost over sadly there just not long lasting its peony time hurray you most likely won't need to stake peonies this year
Beautiful breakfast set up
So glad your rotary iron is working great for you
You are so lovely and a good hostess, no doubt. Your video certainly gave me a good start to my day. Thank you!
I hate to say this but I think you’re supposed to use straw on flower beds, it doesn’t contain weed seeds. Hay is what they feed the horses and contains the seeds. Maybe I’m wrong. I sure the laundry press is so nice! Love the linen closet!😊
Yes if there is seed head she get young grass growing through 9nce it rots down .
I think you’re right. 😅
@@queensescapeI’m so sorry, you worked so hard!
For ironing your napkins in your large ironer. Dampen them well and run through several times. I use water and spray starch. Works a charm. You also might check your settings. For pressure.
Also fold your fitted and flat sheet together . It takes up way too much space to store them separately. Also you might hang lavender in your linen cabinet. It helps with sleep.
You can get stakes to put against your peonies so they don’t flop. The foliage will hide the stake. The tulips are a beautiful colour. Great vlog x
Next time remove the weeds by hand. Then use wood mulch over the ground. Keep any mulch away from any part or stems of the peony. You will cause a fungus on your peony with hay or straw when it gets wet. Fungus will kill the peonies. Peonies still need to be watered when dirt is dry. You don’t cut off leaves until late fat. If you do they won’t bloom the next year. Plus you need to fertilize your peonies with plant fertilizer and then water well. And weeds will grow up the straw.
Instead of hay which will bring weeds and fungus when wet use pine straw/dried needles which is acidic and good for peonies BUT remove existing weeds first. Do get a book on gardening 101. It will save you time, money and disappointment.
@@mariehoffman7542 I agree 100% you need a book for your particular climate zone. In the US the USDA has one as well as hundreds of others and in your zone will be the same number as France. You can probably Google it. I did not know where you are or I would have told you.
Take wet carboard and lay between plants you can overlap, helps keep weeds under control. The cardboard will dissolve over time. Put mulch over top. When planting new grass seed its good to put hay down so the birds don't eat your grass seed and wash away the soil also helps keeps the soil moist after the rain till the grass grows. I t doesn't look like you have a problem with the grass. Hope this is helpful.
Newspaper does the same as cardboard
Very neat flowerbeds! An exhausting job. Well done!
Get a label machine. It will be very helpful.
the tannins from the wood will leach into fabric. always line your shelves. it can be a costly mistake.
I was wondering why people did this.
Would it be helpful to put baskets or plastic containers on the bottom shelf to store the linens in? I saw someone else had the same idea! 😅 😊
I’m not sure what difference that would make… 🤔 But maybe it makes it easier to pull out and access. Probably that’s it. 😊
A few things first year for your tulips the bulbs will grow stronger stems as the years go by also instead of planting in rows plant in clumps that way they can support each other a bit better🇦🇺🌷
Using hay for mulch is problematic because of the seed content. It should be spoiled hay for mulching, no seed growth !
Offer the English fry up breakfast- soft boiled eggs or scrambled eggs, plus bangers, and fried onions or hash browns… charge more… English, Americans, Aussies, Portuguese will love it!!! Good business
Thanks Francis. I know I enjoy such a breakfast. 😊
Dear Karen, hay is with seeds? You have literally sown a lot of new grass
Dang it. 🤦🏼♀️
Just a thought, do guest past this linen cupboard on route to rooms? I had to put a lock on mine as things started to disappear… just saying 😊
Oh my! Really?!? It’s funny what people would want to take. A lock may be in order.
Move some of those iris to your bed. If you don't have a nursery to get plants from ,you will have to start from seed in the orangerie. Move the sister's someplace where you want it to drape. If you don't have a book on gardening flowers ,I recommend you get one. The Floret books are good.
No stakes for tulips they will rebound on their own. Honey what you can do as the tulips die back, you can dig the bulbs up like every other tulip and plant the bulb you dug up start a new row. Also what would be pretty is daffodils white or yellow in between the tulips. Tulips and daffodils multiple every year. I think you should have used a hoe or rake the weeds out before putting straw on. I think the weeds will still come thru the straw.
I agree that getting rid of weeds before mulching is the most successful way of using mulch to suppress weeds from taking over one's garden. Also, I've learned that putting a good layer of cardboard down and then wetting it keeps weeds from being able to propagate if you choose not to pull up all the offending weeds. Putting whatever mulch you wish to use on top of the cardboard helps it look more attractive until the cardboard disintegrates and becomes one with the topsoil and mulch. Other methods are to use black landscaping fabric under the mulch, but that costs money while cardboard is something free you can save from packages or even get free from grocery markets is why it's a popular choice to use.
You will be rewarded & much happier by adding perennials that bloom all summer long since peonies are gorgeous and have such an amazing fragrance, but all too soon they're incredible beauty is gone again after waiting 11 months to be delighted by them... I'm not that content to be wowed only in April by tulips and May by peonies! Maybe you'd enjoy some climbing roses on that back wall as well. You'll figure it out.
You're a very welcoming hostess and hard worker. You set a lovely and tasty continental breakfast for your guests. I know my appetite was tempted! Coffee with toast or pastry is all I'm looking for first thing in the morning. Very nice & interesting vlog!
You could also use old newspaper to help kill those weeds that are trying hard to sneak up on you or cheap old plastic sheets is another trick! Your garden is coming along beautifully! 🌷🎈🌷
Thank you for your good advice.
I have my heart set on New Dawn climbing roses. 😊
I suggest really fluffy mattress covers. They can stay on the mattresses unless a spill, etc. they make the mattress better.
Take the dirty mini end down when you make that check do you aren’t wasting time and effort.
I suggest getting hangers with the clips and hanging them in two rows to prevent wrinkles.
How perfect the linen cupboard looks. Lovely. Do keep it locked though!
Love your videos. Happy I recently found your RUclips channel, just as you were starting your adventures moving into the chateau. I love peonies. As yours become more established and larger, I would suggest using peony cages, similar to tomato cages, only wider. They support the stems and the large heavy blossoms, keeping them upright and looking beautiful in your flower beds. From a fan in Regina, the capital city of the province of Saskatchewan in beautiful Canada. 🇨🇦😊🖐
Using hay will create more weeds, because of grass & weeds in hay. Clean wheat straw would be better, or woodmulch.
Peonies and tulips are beautiful choices for spring. You may want to add other perennial flowers that will flower throughout the ssummer.
Loving All you are doing, achieving and sharing 👏😍Thank you so much 👌.. Two things I thought of : 1/ maybe 2 large plastic square clear container for bottom of linen wardrobe - they will easily slide out this makes getting things at the back easier. 2/ a nice flower or greenery bouquet sourced from your garden and woodlands for breakfast table?
Congratulations on your garden successes 🪻🌷
Cheers Catherine (Brisbane Australia) 🇦🇺🪃🦘
100% on the garden bouquet. I’m trying to plan a lot this year and plan more plantings so we can have flowers for our table and hallways and rooms.
Suggestion... organized the sheets by room instead of size!
Here's my hesitance: I have rooms with a double / single bed combo in them for 3 guests and sometimes only 2 people rent that room and sleep in the double bed, so then the single doesn't need changing and I'd be pulling apart sets. I'm not sure. Maybe it could work. :)
I am for arranging by size. Then I don’t have to think too much. 😂
The rotary iron must be a great help. As a suggestion on developing the garden find local gardens open for visits and check grows well. I would certainly plant more hydrangeas, irises and roses which all do well in the Dordogne. I have seen agapanthus in a garden but we were told they take them inside in the winter, however here in the UK the wider leaf varieties survive outside. They love growing in pots.
May I suggest that you put a light coloured gravel on the terrace to dress it up.
We’d love to do flagstones someday.
Oh such beautiful tulips! Leave the plants as they continue to photosynthesize and the sugar will help the bulbs to grow.
Should put little bags of lavender in ur cupboards helps with keeping moths and critter away gives a lovely smell when u open the doors
Love that
They make a wire peony ring that I use on mine.
Hay inattentive the best option for mulch. Hay is grown to feed animals & contains seeds. If used as mulch, these seeds germinate and create a weed problem. A good quality straw contains few seeds.
Have you thought about using volunteers to help you out with all the work there?
Yes. We can’t offer it ye. But want to later.
Put labels in your new closet for the placement of sheets. So there is no guessing or having to remember where you put each size..
I enjoy learning your process of hostessing! Love your vlogs.
We call that a linen press. For storage of sheets, towels pillowcases etc.
Bravo! Beautifully done! I love all the extra touches you care about. Wishing you all the best - personally and business-wise! You have made this a most beautiful chateau.
A sure sign of growth for your business when you have to expand for linens. Congratulations!! And we love watching the changes as you grow.
Is it hay or straw? You've mentioned both, but there IS a big difference. Hay is typically made from meadow flowers and grasses, edible for livestock. It's likely to contain seeds, which will defeat your purpose of using it for mulch. Straw is not used for feed and is mostly used for bedding. To me it looks like straw, and that's what you want for mulch.
I am crossing my fingers!
Oops, Hay is full of seeds and not a good thing to mulch with. Staw is better even though you will get seeds by they will die back. Hay seeds will create a big problem. You need to weed before you mulch. Wood shavings are the best. It’s clean and will last longer. You need to dead head the tulips or the bulbs will not be as strong for the next year. The leaves nourish the bulbs for next year’s bloom. 😊
I will deadhead then! Thank you. 😊
Make sheet packs, flat,fitted and pillow cases folded together. Each sizes..takes up less space
I’ve heard this before but haven’t been able to visualize it. I’ll look it up online. 😂
Karen You Very organise Thankyou. For Sharing 💕👌💐🇬🇧
I am sure everyone enjoys their stay with you. That use of the hay was a good idea and looks great too. Sorry about your tulips, but the arrangement looked pretty.
Tulips need support and the only way to do this effectively is to plant other plants in front and behind - maybe lavender
I have lavender seeds. It’s happening!
Placing a couple of layers of news paper down before mulch keeps weeds away for the summer and longer.
I think the old hay may make young grass come through once wet , in the end either sawdust shaving mite be the best or more weeding . Tulips seem to do that mine just break off too but making use of them like u have is great dont steak them tho . Once u fill the garden up with more plants the weeds wont show so much . The new cupboard looks great thank u for the update ❤🌺🌷🌷🌷🌷🌺❤
A good idea is to label the front of the shelf with the size of the sheet. I have house sitters from time to time and I did it so they would know which stack is which item.
Never saw a staked peony. Buy a variety that is sturdier;
I’m surprised. There are lots of peony support stakes on the market. Mine don’t seem to need any support yet. They’re young yet.
Love the phrase, beautiful pity!
You have a writer’s sensibility. ❤️
Working hard! All the linens look amazing in the new linen laird! So much work but so much satisfaction! Well done! Cheers!!!
Everything looks very accommodating, clean and pleasant, a beautiful place to stay. I love gardening, I don’t class myself as a gardener though but I prefer to use a bark mulch on my flower beds it’s dark and sets off any colour in the beds. Weed suppressing and save a whole load of digging during the year. When planting new plants scrape away the bark once planted push back around the new plant. If you do a deep mulch 2-3” it will last a couple years . You’re doing a grand job, all the best 🥰🏴🇬🇧
Thank you for that tip. Bo said we can do some wood mulch.
The thicker the better with mulch for both weed suppression and moisture retention. Well done you.💐
Thank you.
Karen, You are such a hard working lady😊. I admire You so much! Your videos are a joy to watch. BTW, I loved your purple flower arrengement for the table💜💜💜💜💜a Big hug from Guatemala 😊
Thank you. All the way from Guatemala. Wow! 🥰
For broken tulips you can use long stem shallow vases (for pastry and candies) or cake stands. You can also decorate these with foliage to break up the colour a bit. I had the same problem with my double tulips after the rain. I still love double tulips :).
I enjoyed this video very much. Lots of choices and possibilities which I’m sure you’ve heard enough of…..but, you’re living the dream and I won’t put my oar in. Wish I could visit.
I appreciate your kindness and you are always welcome to put your oar in. 🥰
I love your attitude.! "I'll try"!!
I appreciate that encouragement. Thank you.
I have a large glass bowl like a goldfish bowl, and I float the heads on top. They would be better next to the wall or a low hard wire fence in front, you could always pull it out when they finish. I have bought the hard wire circles so the peonies can grow through them and give them support, they come in a few sizes. They also do half ones that might work for the tulips.
I like the floating tulip idea. 😊
Use clear plastic bins for the linens with labels !!! Easier access for top and bottom as well as the back of the closet as it is extra deep !
Thank you.
Thanks for bringing us through your morning ❤. The flower bed looks so tidy now!
I so admire you. Your willingness to try anything, and your ability to do the hard work. You inspire us to never thing a job is too big without trying to do it first! Good job! You shine!
Your sweet encouragement truly warms my heart. Thank you. ❤️
Try outting the napkins thru the mangle iron when they are still damp. That may work much better !! ❤️❤️❤️👏👏👏♥️🥰🇨🇦
It’s funny. These napkins come out of the wash practically dry! They’re super-industrial. 😂
@@queensescape just put them thru the mangle skip the dryer they should be perfect i would hope ,lay flat don’t fold till you put them on the table good luck hope it works for you maybe saving a step. Hugs Karen you are doing such a great job love to you 💕💕💕🍷🍷👏👏🥰🇨🇦
I wish I had known you planned to use old hay for mulching. 😮
Been there, done that. BIG mistake. If it was well rotted, you could have gotten away with it.
You just planted grass/weeds into your flower bed, because there are hidden seed heads in there.
It will be a big pain in the butt if you don't immediately get that off your beds. Throwing it on top of existing weeds, isn't going to smother them. They will grow up through the hay.
I know it is a lot more work, but I would remove the hay, hoe the existing weeds and throw them on your compost heap. Weeds are a lot more tenacious than cultivated flowers. Once the weeds are out, spray a pre-emergent, to prevent any seeds from germinating. Cover large bare spots with cardboard or old newspaper. Then mulch.
I did as you did, to save money. But I ended up fighting weeds for YEARS.
Another thing I found out about using hay from camping. We had tons of mud after rain. We used hay in high traffic area to control the mud. I learned that when hay gets wet, it stinks. Like poop. And it draws flies like poop.
Get rid of the hay.
Yes. This was one of those hard lessons. Darn it.
@@queensescape I would get those hay bales outside to compost. To compost quicker they need to open up and spread. You need air in there. You can get compost helpers (basically bacteria) . If you are eventually doing lots more gardening, Having well rotted compost is handy. If you have a tractor with a bucket attachment, it will be much easier to turn your compost, which needs to be done periodically to get air into the mix. Getting a local farmer that can give you manure to add to the mix, you won't need fertilizer. The key it to rot it thoroughly, to break down the seeds which can be in the manure as well.
Look at the RUclips video of Highgrove House - King Charles' farm. His farm is organic. They have composting and natural fertilizers down to a science. His series of gardens and the farm are inspirational.
I enjoy learning your process of hostessing! Love your vlogs.
Thank you.
You can drive them and use them for popery as well .
It is so satisfying see it all put away in a nice orderly fashion. Beautiful linen cabinet.
You need a stanley knife.
I’ll have to look that up.
Absolutely love your Vlogs the smell of fresh bread in the morning is so wonderful and yes, you have to pull the weeds out before you put the straw down 👍🥂🇨🇦
Darn it about the weeds. 😉
Karen the first layer of the hay can sometimes be moldy as it really is rolled quite tight and moisture can get in the first few layers otherwise you should be good to go. One thing to know is that hay can hold moisture and can cause fungus or rot on your peonies so best to be careful about putting it on them I think. Also not sure about France but you can buy hoops for your peonies to keep them upright! Keep up all of your hard work I'm sure everything will be gorgeous! Good for you. The new Linen chest looks fantastic! Cheers
Thank you for that tip. We must protect the peonies. 😊 Appreciate your kind words.
Do you put salt in your dishwasher? The first time we rented a house in Province, we had no idea what our landlord talked about when he told us we needed to put salt in the dishwasher🤔
They use some special salt in their dishwashers….helps the spots on the cutlery ❤️
I have heard of dish salts. Heck, Finish was even a client of mine once. 😂 I’ll look for it in the store.
Thank you for the update!
Tulips are beautiful - you don't need to stake them...its natural for them to droop a little. Take trash bags (unless you want to purchase a flower bed weed liner) and put down before you put the mulch down..the weeds can not get through the plastic - so "no weeds - or at least "less weeds"...you cut an "X" and feed your planted plant through the "X cut" then tuck the four flaps of the "X" down...its wonderful ! Some people at some other chateaus that I follow use "broken down cardboard boxed - lay it down on the soil - put the soil/mulch on top...less or no weeds!
I went to bed thinking about the cave at the Orangery (?spelling) ... it would be a great "photo" spot there in the middle in front of the cave with the wedding attendants or family standing on both sides of the steps there - perhpas install a light - only with an "unobvious" cord inside the cave to create more atmosphere there and it will cause the couple to be a "silhouette"..just an idea.
That’s a cool photo opp idea. ❤️
Wonderful centre piece of tulips.
Karen You Are Doing A Lovely Job. Keeping your Guests Happy. It Has Been Very VeryWet In Uk 🇬🇧 And Cold 🥶💕
It just warmed up here. I’m so glad.
Hi everyone. Bo and Karen I will be in the region in the end of May and I will do my best to pop by and say hello and give you a face to one of your followers. The best to all of you out there from a Swed in France.
Tjena Lars, okay let us know in due time. Bo
I Hope we get to see you. 😊
So organized! Inspired to do the same.
Thank you
Do you have any photos of the original gardens?
It was just grass. Bo is working on a history video and gathering photos. Maybe we’ll find one.
Hope so.
You could always float your tulips in a large brandy snifter or trifle bowl.
Love that
Tulips are normally not immune to rain. Snapped stems are signs of rabbit attack; they chew the center of the stem - the tender part- and leave the rest - flower at one end, plant at the other. Beautiful color though!
A suggestion for the jam "pots". With your computer, design a cluster of the fruits with the French and English name like so: Bluets/Myrtilles (cluster of fruit) Blueberry; Fraises (fruit cluster) Strawberry; Abricots (fruits) Apricot; Pommes (fruit) Apple; Gelée de pommettes (fruit) Crabapple Jelly; Marmalade aux oranges(fruit) Orange Marmalade medley, etc. Eventually, as your business grows, you could have a labeling business design a lid for the jars with the Tuilerie name or Queen's Escape and sell this as a souvenir or gift to guests. I love the "pain au chocolat" in France as the flour used is very different from North America flour!
I love thé idea of selling our own jam. AND honey! I am keen to learn to keep bees.
Get rid of that hay! Sorry to say this, but that stuff is not the way to go! My first few years of establishing flower and shrub beds - ruthless early troweling and pulling out weeds, yes, every day! Layering in newspaper, punching through them for planting. topping off with pine straw, which I add to twice a year. By year 3 - virtually no weeds poking through! With your woodlands, a wood chipper would be a good idea - use natural wood chips for your beds. I vote for various daylilies - these are just fabulous! Come in early, mid and late blooming varieties and loads of colors. Just go with them to add color and greenery both. You will have continuous color. For peonies, I just take paint stirrers or small stakes and drill holes in them, tap in the soil, string through the holes with string or fishing line.
For your breakfast, I would put out a large bowl with some ice in the bottom, plop in a variety of yougurts. A box of granola to the side. A small stack of bowls to mix yogurt and granola if someone wants that option. Simple, but a nice no-cook add-on to the petit dejeuner. By the way -- "pan au chocolat" should be "pain au chocolat"!
I saw the misspelling when I watched the video. Darn. The hay/straw was a mistake. 😂 Don’t be sorry. I appreciate feedback.
Just finished binge- watching your channel. Thoroughly enjoyed it! Don't be alarmed if you see ants on your Peonies. I've always heard (not sure if it's true) that they don't bloom without them. Anyway I always have ants on mine. BTW.. my mom had a Mangle! As a child I would beg her to let me sit on the floor under it & work the knee pedal for her. :) Nice memory.
I Heard that too about the ants. 😊
Sorry am shouting, nooooooo, please cover the are with cardboard first then cover with the hay and topsoil…..sorry, xxxx
Kris, I wish I’d heard you shouting. 😂😂😂
The breakfast looks nice, but as someone who is lactose intolerant those buttery breads would not work for someone like me. Maybe add something less buttery, fruit or cereal with almond milk? The tulips are so beautiful, it looks like you got lots of good suggestions about preserving them and how to organize the bed visually for a multiple season garden. You might consider buying some bushes for the back of the beds that already have some height for scale, it will make a more interesting garden if it has variety of shapes and sizes. (Edited to say I should have watched the whole video first, you do serve regular bread ☺️).
I’ve also added fruit and muesli. I don’t put almond milk out, but if anyone asks, I always keep almond and oat milk on hand. ❤️ Love your garden suggestions. I also want something tall in back.
Love the way you try so hard to make the experience so good for guests, shows you really care. I bet in a years time after constant guests, you will be advising others the best way to organise preparation of guests routine before arrival& departure, whilst living your life! Just a suggestion that is used for us from the linen company, all bedding is white, but on them is a little tag, yellow is king, red is double, blue is single...helps when you just have to quickly grab them.
Towels bath& hand towel plus mat thats,all needed. Shelf for pillow case protectors.xx
My darn sheets have no color tags. Thinking of adding it. Cool idea!
Someone might have mentioned this already, but hay is food. What you have there is probably straw.
I’m not sure what it is. But I learned it doesn’t kill weeds! 😂
Bonsoir, you don't have the protection for the pillows?
I naively did not know there was such a thing. But now it’s on my shopping list. Thank you.
For the spots on your glasses and cutlery, check the bottom of your dish washer for a place to add salt to soften your water. When I lived over in Europe mine had a compartment in the bottom and all I did was dump a box of dishwasher salt and it did the trick. I hate spots 😝
We’ve got the compartment but the store doesn’t have the salt. Isn’t that funny. I’ll be ordering online.
You are not just a pretty face woman. Great job!
Thank you for that. 😂😊
Always lovely to see you vlogs pop up, your enthusiasm keeps me going for my much smaller project.. thank you for sharing x
So nice of you.
Karen, did I hear you say (a while back) that the Tour de France will go by your place?
Hello Holly, yes that’s correct. In 2022 Tour de France came by Rocamadour which is just 16 km (10 miles) from us. Bo
@@BoSAChristensen Cool❣️👏🏻 We were hoping we could see your lovely chateau via one of the many aerial shots or stand in the entrance of your place and watch them go by! Haha! Wouldn’t that be a dream come true!
Yes Holly, that would be cool. Tour de France is a pretty big sports event. We just missed it last year as they were here in July, and we didn’t move in before September. BUT now that we’re here, we will not be missing it again, if they come by. We’ll be waiving there in the driveway. By the way, Film France network has been by earlier, checking out our location for possible TV production. I think they were just scouting.
John ‘the farmer’ has been by cutting the grass on the fields, so now I will expand our big garden into a park. When that’s done, I will create the helipad. Then maybe the Tour de France choppers will stop by for coffee on our terrace. Bo
@@BoSAChristensen A helipad!!! Of course! Fantastic idea! I’m positive that will be a tremendous asset. All very exciting news! Thanks!
Est-ce de la mauvaise herbe ce qui couvre le sol en arrière des tulipes?
Weeds and peonies.
I was going to suggest Rose of Sharon for background height in your planter garden. I don't know if they would do well, but something to look into. Also some flower micro fertilizer. ❤ What is your growing zone?
Why flower micro fertilizer? I was thinking 'New Dawn Roses' for the background flowers. They're so pretty.
New Dawn roses would be beautiful 😍 micro fertilizers help with feeding the plants and flowers whatever they are lacking from the soil. Gives stem and flower strength. If you are planting roses, there is rose specific micro fertilizers. Micro fertilizer is available for the plants to use immediately and for a few weeks after. I have had amazing results using these. Also for the herbs and veggies. You can see the results within a week. Love your vids.
Not rose of Sharon, they send down thousands of seeds and you are constantly pulling up plants everywhere. Better to put in lilac or hydrangeas you can cut the huge flower for hydrangea and use on tables.
Geraniums and climbing roses or standards will be beautiful. Watch the last episode of Chateau de Grifferae and see how beautiful the roses are surrounding the front and side of the building.