Le Moulin de Tingaud - Classic French water mill for everyone

20/04/2025

Today was all about nettle soup.

19/04/2025

Tom has been fixing a leak running under the Mill wheel in the hall.

18/04/2025

Busy here at the Mill this Easter week. Jake's building a hedge.

01/04/2025

30/03/2025

We have a couple of weeks free still at our rambling Mill in South West France. It sleeps 14, with multiple streams winding through woodland gardens, table tennis, tree house, outdoor kitchen, cycle path between villages with good restaurants, markets and shops. Perfect for families and friends to meet.

23/09/2024

The good news about all the clumps of brambles springing up in the field is that there are armfuls of delicious blackberries. We now have peaches and mirabelles as well, all being made into delicious jam.

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17/09/2024

I love the woods above Peument. There are lots of wildflower meadows, alongside the vineyards and this year corn. Indie is recovering from her operation and so we are not going quite so far, but there are lovely and extendable routes.

13/09/2024

We've tried to use natural hedging and fencing around the moulin. Around the sawmill is a mix of woven hazel fencing and hedging made up of all the prunings and cuttings that year. The idea is that each year will rot down to be replaced again with whatever is on offer that year.

12/09/2024

In the middle of the field is a huge old walnut tree. Serene and wise, watching our mowing, scything, hedge laying and blackberry picking. And every year providing us with a carpet of delicious walnuts.

08/09/2024

Rather unwisely, according to most, we've gone for a busted up old sit on lawnmower. The engine is in good nick but almost everything else needs work. This seems to fit our ethos at Le Moulin of recycling and reconditioning. The mower is a Frankenstein affair made up of bits from other mowers which don't quit fit. Perfect!

31/08/2024

We have some herbs that we have planted that do well (Sage is a big winner this year, but also chives and thyme). I use mint that grows beside the river and in the wetlands beyond - 2 types - almost a fresh and spearmint. Must find out the latin names.... 😂 🤪

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27/08/2024

There are four streams coming together at Le Moulin, all at the same corner of the garden. Two of them come in though the wetland woods, muddy and full of fallen trees, different insects feeding on the wood depending how long it's been in the water.

21/08/2024

We've cut some swathes through the long grass of the field. We can now walk round it and through it with the dog. So lovely to see all the changes up close, new plants and new insects. Even the odd snake dashing across the path into the undergrowth.
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20/08/2024

After many years of letting horses roam around on our field, we've decided to give it a rest and let it go wild. Out of nowhere there are flowers, insects and tiny animals, more birds and so much more happening in the field, as well as clumps of nettles and brambles springing up everywhere.

05/08/2024

We've had an amazing crop of fruit this year, maybe one of the good things to come from the record level of rain. We ate the peaches, the pears are coming, and a basket full of mirabelles is now as jam on the breakfast table.

21/03/2024

We have a few weeks left this summer at our rambling water mill in South West France. Great for bringing families and friends together, sleeps 14, large kitchen, 2 sitting rooms, table tennis, large terrace. Lovely local restaurants, markets, cycling, swimming and rambling. More info on www.moulindetingaud.fr, or drop me a line.