Frugal French Living: A Countryside Journal

French Country Journal: Life through the seasons
Stories from a Farmhouse kitchen and herb garden

Welcome to a hidden corner of the Berry in the heart of rustic, hidden France.
Join Ruth, Nigel, and our tabby cat Sybil (who wandered in, bedraggled, and never left) as we try to live a simpler, frugal, slower life - rooted in seasonal rhythms, rustic recipes, and a touch of French countryside magic.

This channel is a mixture of:
๐Ÿž Farmhouse kitchen recipes
๐ŸŒฟ Herb gardening and potager life
๐Ÿงต Preserving, patchwork and frugal tips
๐Ÿ‚ Silent vlogs and mindful countryside moments

We share the landscape with wild boar, deer, glow-worms, woodpeckers, hawks and hedgehogs. As the seasons shift, so does the focus of life.

Ruth writes more over on Substack:
French Country Journal: Seasons in Chassignolles

Subscribe and follow along as we track the wildlife, woodland, and daily rhythms of life at our small French homestead.














Frugal French Living: A Countryside Journal

The first post in the Substack series about the Cleaning project is published. There are another 4 articles to follow. Some of you may find it of interest. Best wishes, Ruth

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Frugal French Living: A Countryside Journal

The booklet is ready if you want the cleaning products collated in the same place.
All the recipes are available on the video and will be on subsack soon.
At the Channel Shop the printable guide on sale at the Payhip shop for $3.00. Here is the link payhip.com/b/AzFsE

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Frugal French Living: A Countryside Journal

Is anyone interested in joining a live stream Journal Club - journalling prompts once a month? I could do this as a live stream on the channel. Maybe at 21:00 hrs Paris time? Maybe on a Wednesday. I think that would work for a lot of viewers. It should be easy to set up - let me know if interested - Ruth

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Frugal French Living: A Countryside Journal

I set up a different channel for the mindful stress reduction videos I used to post on this channel - it seemed to need a channel dedicated to that. For those who are interested in this I've just started a new series on building a Serenity Stress reduction Toolkit. The first video is up there.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP0-6...


There should be a video on this channel in the next few days. it is hard to film when it is so dull and dismal outside - but there will be something!

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