Ever wondered what it would be like to start a new life in France? After quitting our jobs and selling our house in the UK, my wife and I moved to France in search of a simpler life in the French countryside.
You'll discover what living in the countryside in France is really like and find out (hopefully!) that simple living is anything but boring.
Watch my 'New Lives in France' series once a month, where I chat to people who have started a new life in France to find out what they're up to and how they make a living in France.
Plus, I create slow living videos, as well as revealing my home renovation tips and tricks on a budget, from our house in the French countryside.
From slow living to beautiful French culture, follow my new life in the sun in France!
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Nice, clean, and sanitary for the safety of everyone involved. Credit to Tim, knowledgeable builder makes this look easy. Cool videos, been watching your progress, very inspiring.
Really useful video Thank you! One suggestion would be reducing the back ground music slighlty so your really useful content and advice is more audible. 🙂
Adorable... chickens, nimbus, mirror and you. Thanks for this demonstration. Been wanting to put a mirror in my courtyard but wasn't sure what to do...now I know and thank you again!❤ P. S. LOVE the blue color you chose. 👍
This video was wonderful. Thanks for sharing. I have a couple of questions. Have you ever considered a frog pond at the bottom? I see that commonly on other herb spiral designs. Also, I've come across the idea of a worm tower. That's a form of vermi composting. You have a tower with small holes towards the bottom for the worms and a large hole at the top for food scraps. The worms decompose the compost and carry it out into your garden. Do you think that would work with an herb spiral? Lastly, what are your thoughts on covering the soil with natural mulch from and tree removal company (not died mulch)?
Yes a little pond could work, however we have another pond so wanted to keep our spiral for just edible plants. a worm tower is also a really good idea, along with adding natural mulch around the plants as that really help suppress the weeds around the edible plants. Thanks for watching
Hello, We are going to move to France in a couple of years and my wife and I really enjoyed your video. I would like to thank you for posting it. I would consider changing or turning down the music. It overpowers you somewhat.
I don't know how I missed this when it was first shown! I am a huge fan of Kirsty and love seeing her at her own home, as I more often see her at Chateau Lalande. She is a natural gardener and grower of beautiful plants and animals! All the best to her!
Yes the bird at 3:40 is a male marsh harrier (females are fully brown with cream coloured masks). Birds at 4:07 are spotted redshanks, note the longer bills (comparatively to common redshanks) and also if you had clearer views you would also see the red on the base of the lower mandible- also common redshanks don’t tend to swim much while spotted redshanks do swim pretty often. My family lives in the Charente maritime region of France. I go there a couple of times each year to stay with them. Rural birding is great in France, I have noticed that France has a much greater selection of birds in its agricultural areas compared to the UK- definitely recommend birding the agricultural areas if you have the chance, I’ve had about 100 birds in the region with a massive selection of raptors.
It looks lovely and will be much much better quality than shop bought islands. I'm going to make one myself but haven't found the right pieces of furniture yet.
what type of gravel did you use please. I have a trciel microstation as advised by SPANC due to our lakes. However, they cannot tell me exactly what gravel to set the tank and pipes on. The inpsector simply said a sand / fine gravel and even unwashed . Kindest and great video
I used pea gravel, basically under 10mm pieces, however we did exactly what it told us in the manufactures documents so I would start there. Good luck 👍
I am a subscriber and thankyou for taking the time to create your content. In your area, if I purchased a property on day 1 acre of land, roughly what would be the property tax (council tax equivalent)? Just rough estimate per year. I know there's varying factors etc. Appreciate your time 👍
@@LifeinLaCampagne my daughter is expecting ❤️ They have asked me to be there Nanny Nana and who wouldn’t say yes to that!!! I’ll resign as a teacher and hopefully have enough energy to go back after 3 years 🥰 of once again, helping raise my 3rd grandchild ❤️❤️❤️ We are so excited. No one ever expected this surprise 🤰
Bonjour Pete, OMG your tiny house is so freaking cute, you did an amazing job I love it so much. the garden and deck area are so inviting. Beautiful job. Hugs and Kisses to the baby and your wife. Good to see you again. Love from N.Y.
