Franck (Love is in the meadow): Health concerns, retraining, difficult end of the month … he confides (EXCLUDED)

He is one of the emblematic farmers of Love is in the meadow 2021 (M6). Frank, a 48-year-old forester and market gardener, shared his adventure with Anne-Lise and Cécile. If this experience was exceptional to live, he admitted during an interview for Purepeople that he had been somewhat awkward with his suitors. He also mentioned his projects or his work which has an unfortunate consequence on his state of health.

You have admitted that your lack of experience has caused you to be clumsy during the adventure. What did this teach you?

To open myself up to a world that I did not know. To meet Karine Le Marchand too, it’s a chance. There were several areas affected by hail, and she called me to check on me and find out if I had been affected. We call each other quite often, she invited me to go to her place. It was a wonderful human experience with my suitors too or certain meetings that I was able to do afterwards, in particular former farmers. I am more inclined to reach out to others.

Has your operation been impacted by bad weather?

Not this year, but four years ago I got it. Everything was destroyed. And we lose a lot, because there is no insurance. I’m just insured against fire. But these are things that happen. What I have suffered the full brunt of for five or six years, on the other hand, is drought. It rains a lot less than before or not when we need it. In winter, we don’t need the rain, it’s more like summer so that the trees can drink. Currently, I am losing large trees in the forest. When there is a problem, my entire investment is wiped out in two seconds. It takes tens or even hundreds of years for it to come back. We also have no idea of ​​the number of things that we face when we own an unfenced rural space. Some think that the forest belongs to everyone and that they can help themselves. This is not obvious. Me, there are times when I work for not even a penny an hour. Today I have to count everything. I do not understand that the political authorities do not listen to us more. I never mince my words with these people when I meet them.

And recently, it was a man from your village who disrespected you by accusing you of being lazy, after seeing your land. Is this a situation that happens often?

These are situations that happen a lot with people who were in town and who arrive in the countryside. For them, the lawn must be all green. But I leave the flowers for the bees. And for example yesterday I saw a hare on my land. He was moving in the middle of the day. It was probably a female who was going to nurse her young. So if I was mowing, I was passing her little ones through the shredder. There is a moment, people have to think. Everyone does what they want at home, as long as there are no nuisances. I do twelve hours of work a day, so to hear a guy who hasn’t shone with his work make this comment to me, it’s funny.

In March, you revealed that you had been trained as a thermal agent and mentioned a retraining. Are you going to give up your job as a forester and market gardener?

I have always had two activities, because my property does not allow me to live. Before, I was in charge of castles. I played the gardener or the lumberjack. And there, I wanted to retrain as a spa agent, so I took a course and got my diploma with flying colors. But bad luck, Jonzac didn’t want me when I applied. So I have to redo another training, I don’t know which one yet. A sector where it recruits to have a salary to get out of it, because it’s stiff there. I’m quite disappointed because I really liked the spa agent and they didn’t hire me for no reason. However, I had done two internships elsewhere which had gone very well. I did this training for nothing. I was told that it was recruiting in this sector but it is seasonal. They only call people when they need to. I did not know. It was a beautiful human experience despite everything.

You want to put your land up for sale. Where is it?

I am selling the Dordogne forest yes, to collect everything here. With the money, I would like to develop an educational farm. But it’s not because I no longer believe in my activity. I will do it until I die.

You were asked to slow down, however, in relation to your health.

This is why I want to convert. Before, it was a lot of physical work and I have to do a little less because I had never rested. I have a heart problem that is related to my activity. I have always managed properties where the material was not necessarily present. It was a lot of manual. So the heart builds muscle and since it’s a muscle that never stops, it can’t lose material. I over-muscled him and didn’t realize it. I can’t lie on my side for example, otherwise it compresses me. And my heart gets tired faster. It’s got big power and the arteries won’t follow. So I have a high risk of stroke, I’m on treatment for that. That’s why I have to have an activity that is at all costs less physical. In the meantime, I’m careful.

What can we wish you?

May everything be fine (laughs). To meet someone too, because I went back to work as before and my mother reminded me. I would like to share things with a woman. There is no reason, there is a woman made for me. And the advantage is that Love is in the meadow made me known. And on Instagram, I talk to lots of wonderful people. So maybe a woman will say to herself that we are made to be together and that I will like her.

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