Vegetable gardens in the Eyrieux Valley

05 1potagers 2I had to drive out of the mountains today, down to town.  And my route takes me beside the Eyrieux River; and through the little villages that cling to the winding road beside it.

Dunière sur Eyrieux, St Fortunat sur Eyrieux, St Laurent du Pape, Beauchastel. I find them quite poetic.

But my mind is less on poetry than agriculure as I drive.  I’m always on the lookout for the vegetable gardens that you can see from the road.

05 1potagers It’s a good thing there was very little traffic today. I had to keep stopping to take photos.

They are utterly orderly.  And in one of them you can see the manure has been delivered and will be spread out over the soil in spring.

05 1potagers 1Even the manure piles are tidy and perfectly spaced

Am I sad for thinking that’s an admirable sight?