I was watching a bullfinch hopping around in the garden this morning. A welcome distraction from my exercise bike torture, he was cheerfully moving around the unmown grass, occasionally checking out the peach and pear trees. They’ve always been a favourite of mine and I was reminded how their obvious characteristics of striking plumage and […]
door Heidi Smith
So where were we? Oh yes, I recall i was going to rewild and that would be that. As ever , though, the devil is in the detail. As mentioned we have donkeys, horses and a mule that can do a good job at eating grass. In fact one of the UK`s suppliers of wildflower […]
door Nik Smith
I clean a lot of toilets and make a lot of beds. So many in fact, that I just do it on autopilot which leaves me a lot of time with my own thoughts. No one wants to be left with my thoughts, not even me, so I plug myself into BBC Sounds or Spotify […]
door Nik Smith
What we did when we found Harvest Mice at the Mill If you own any amount of land in France, you also own quite a few brambles. They seem to grow bigger and meaner than they do in the UK, and somehow even the blackberries they provide don’t make them worth it. We quickly realised […]
door Heidi Smith
Over 100 species of European butterflies and moths recorded at Le Moulin: the perfect place for a butterfly and moth enthusiast to come on holiday With over 100 species of European butterflies and moths recorded at Le Moulin, it’s the perfect place for a butterfly and moth enthusiast to come on holiday. When I left […]
door Heidi Smith
Klimaatverandering Met een graad in milieuwetenschappen en een andere in aardrijkskunde tussen ons, voelt het soms alsof we te veel weten over de toestand van de planeet. COP26 was een totale ramp en zou nooit iets anders worden met de milieuonwillige Britse regering als gastheer. Maar de wereldwijde passiviteit op het gebied van klimaat […]
door Heidi Smith
What are the best alternatives to flying to France from the UK? Wondering about alternatives to flying to France from the UK? Catch the train, and help the environment. This is a guest blog written by Jacky Fitt. Jacky and her husband Tom travelled to Le Moulin by train as paying guests last year – […]
door Heidi Smith
Ze noemen de tijd na het coronavirus ‘het nieuwe normaal’. Het leek een goed idee om enkele van onze lange dagen van opsluiting tijdens de lockdown te gebruiken om te proberen te definiëren wat dit zou kunnen betekenen voor Le Moulin de Pensol. We waren geen enorme fans van het oude normaal. In feite, wegkomen van de oude […]
door Heidi Smith
Some of you will now that we kept bees back in England and that we want to start beekeeping again here too. So I have been keeping an eye out on potential fodder for our bees and seeing how I think they will do. Two trees have stood out for me in the four months […]
door Heidi Smith
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