Another Year Farming

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=3 height=90 BGCOLOR="#006699" TEXT="#080000" background="0c0fd5a3.jpg"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><B>Gites at La Vergne News</B></FONT><B>    </B><B> |     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Gites at La Vergne News"><B>home</B></A></div> <div> <B>Another Year Farming</B>   |   <A HREF="filming_zone_libre.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Filming Zone Libre">Filming Zone Libre</A>   |   <A HREF="music_at_st_germain.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Music at St. Germain">Music at St. Germain</A>   |   <A HREF="flower__butterflies.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Flower Butterflies">Flower & Butterflies</A>   |   <A HREF="long_hot_summer_days.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Long Hot Summer Days">Long Hot Summer Days</A>   |   <A HREF="visitors.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Visitors">Visitors</A>   |   <A HREF="the_marsh_girls.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="The Marsh Girls">The Marsh Girls</A>   |   <A HREF="andrew__hilary.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Andrew Hilary">Andrew & Hilary</A>   |   <A HREF="christmas__new_year_wishes.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Christmas New Year Wishes">Christmas & New Year Wishes</A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width=247 style="border-right: 3px solid #000000;" BGCOLOR="#FFFF66" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <A HREF="mailto:gites@amarsh.com.fr" TARGET="_top" TITLE="mailto:gites@amarsh.com.fr"><IMG SRC="114cd890.jpg" border=0 width="205" height="137" ALT="Gites at La Vergne Logo" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> <div> Click Photo to contact us</div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="1" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="216" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#FFCC33" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 130 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.amarsh.com.fr/la_commanderie.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.amarsh.com.fr/la_commanderie."><IMG SRC="29dcd7c0.jpg" border=0 width="205" height="124" ALT="La Commanderie gite" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 160 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.amarsh.com.fr/la_petite_maison.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.amarsh.com.fr/la_petite_maiso"><IMG SRC="29ecd9a0.jpg" border=0 width="205" height="154" ALT="La Petite Maison gite" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 160 ><NOBR><div> <A HREF="http://www.amarsh.com.fr/chambre_d_hotes.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://www.amarsh.com.fr/chambre_d_hotes"><IMG SRC="29fcd9a0.jpg" border=0 width="205" height="154" ALT="Chambres d'Hotes bed & breakfast" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></A></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> <td valign="top" height=310 width="100%" colspan=2 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Another Year Farming</I></div> <div> <TABLE BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="2" CELLSPACING="1" WIDTH="603" BORDERCOLORLIGHT="#C0C0C0" BORDERCOLORDARK="#808080" FRAME="BOX" RULES="ALL" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" > <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 231 ><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="3ad2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP WIDTH="296"><div> It has been a difficult year agriculturally because  the drought  left us with lower stocks due to  reduced forage yields.  We are looking forward with some trepidation to 2006 and the single farm payment.</div> </tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP HEIGHT= 231 WIDTH="296"><div>  Enough of the downside, we have started a new project, producing English style hard cheeses <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.cheese.eu.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.cheese.eu.com"><U>www.cheese.eu.com</U></A></FONT>  We have had some very positive feed back from both the English and French who have tried and enjoyed it. </div> <bR> </tD> <tD VALIGN=TOP><NOBR><div> <IMG SRC="3ae2ce10.jpg" border=0 width="300" height="225" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> </NOBR></tD> </tR> <tR> <tD VALIGN=TOP COLSPAN=2 HEIGHT= 38 WIDTH="595"><div> We are working towards our first Annual La Vergne Cheese Tasting Day on December 18<FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >th</FONT>. Book  your place for next  year's tasting day  <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="http://www.amarsh.com.fr" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.amarsh.com.fr"><U>www.amarsh.com.fr</U></A></FONT></div> </tD> </tR> </TABLE></div> <bR> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=80 BGCOLOR="#FFCC66" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="0b7fa591dkelyh.jpg"> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>