| This month, I attended two events in Versailles celebrating the 400th birth anniversary of the King’s Kitchen Garden’s founder Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie. Here is a short commentary about the second one. |
Our national French non-profit organisation Les Croqueurs de pommes aimed at safeguarding heritage fruit varieties met from 13 to 14 April 2024.
Quelques mots sur la rencontre de l’association nationale des Croqueurs de pommes des 13 et 14 avril 2024.
I was asked to write a short article on ways of using fruit harvested from orchards. I hope this summary will inspire a desire to plant more fruit trees in our towns and villages.
On m’a proposé d’écrire un article de 2000 signes sur l’après-récolte des fruits du verger. Un bon exercice de synthèse qui j’espère contribuera à donner envie de planter des arbres fruitiers dans nos villes et nos villages.
On the 7th and 8th of September this year, I attended an international conference on fruit trees in Nantes, Pays de Loire. It made me want to write again.
Les 7 et 8 septembre, j’ai participé à Nantes aux premières assises internationales des paysages comestibles fruitiers dans la cité. Ça m’a donné envie de recommencer à écrire.
Some jam recipes don’t require more than 300g of added sugar per kilo of fruit. I tried one with plums, tasted the result and thought about the potential benefits of such a recipe with regards to sugar intake, food miles and food self-provisioning.
The annual meeting of non-profit organisations that promote traditional and local fruit cultivars in Europe took place on 27 and 28 October in Troyes, France. The event coincided with the 40th anniversary of its organiser, Les Croqueurs de pommes®.
In the last two years the garden I visited in August 2016 has flourished under its owner’s tender care. June is a great time to see apricots and peaches in this now luxuriant orchard.
Les Jardins d'ici 