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This French life is full jour & nuit of good food, hard work, and harvest. Although Camont is no longer the grand historic farm it was in the 18th century, we do stand on centuries of terra firma...
View ArticleSunday Grasse Matinee- hatching ideas
I love it when I feel I am in the middle of something. It doesn’t happen often being a bit of a “living on the edge” sort of person- in all senses. But when it does, I feel that delicious “a-ha!”...
View ArticleBon Jour les Poulets!
Created by Julia Leach, 8-week stagiere at the Kitchen-at-Camont. Fall ’09.
View ArticleCamont’s New Beekeeper- Narcisse the Sweet
When shopping the Le Passage d’Agen market on a Wednesday, I whisper to students and guests that “This man sells the best honey in Gascony!”. I get little patronizing nods, the cameras click away; they...
View Articleit’s all about the buzzzzz: NEW working grrls-at-Camont
Oh Honey! Beekeeping-at-Camont, Round 2. A couple summers ago I trapped? caught? coaxed? a wild swarm to move into my waiting hive- la ruche. I savored the summer apiarist antics while discovering the...
View ArticleTaking care of birdness-at-Camont.
This is an Official Warning. A shout to the Wild and Undisciplined Neighbors. A call to arms to protect my brood, my working grrls & my critters-at-Camont. When Mr. Fox, probably Mrs. Fox, too,...
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