Birds, bees and frog spawn
GenevaLunch News An exceptionally long winter, with the garden buried for five months under nearly a metre of snow, has finally come to an end, and the garden has emerged. Unscathed – well, not quite....
View ArticleGloves on, cleanup list in hand, but spare the tadpoles
GenevaLunch News Two weeks of very unusually warm weather and, even in the mountains, we’re tempted to call it spring. My elderly neighbour, who has spent her life here and who remembers the weather...
View ArticleGarden cleanup time gives a gift of frogs
GenevaLunch News This has been one tough winter, with snow so deep it buried several trees, including my nearly two-metre tall dwarft pear tree. Broken branches, trees bent to the ground, rosebushes...
View ArticleSwiss frogs say it’s spring
GenevaLunch News GENEVA, SWITZERLAND – It’s the last day of March and the sun is working its way through the clouds to bring us a touch of spring. Just ask the local pond frogs, happy to sneak out for...
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