At first glance our garden can look untidy and unloved. For the past three years our careful management program is starting to gain effect. Our untidy display of Foxgloves, Bracken, Stinging Nettles, Thistle and Rhododendron Ponticum are all excellent food sources for bee’s and insects.

This evening see’s the first of our Emergence Surveys taking place. This is a bat and wild life survey being undertaken in the evening light. In order to proceed with further building works next winter. We are required to obtain a license from Natural England. (Survey reports and mitigation plans are required for development projects…

Due to our beautiful isolated location we only buy in Fresh water. Bottled Propane gas/ cooking only and Electricity. For this we have chosen a supplier that only uses power obtained from renewable sources. Opus Energy Limited supplies gas and electricity to businesses across the United Kingdom. It purchases electricity from wind, solar, hydro, and anaerobic…

Yes we know it is usually warmer than this by now. An escape into Dartmoor is always a great tonic #dartmoor. # bernardsacre. #belstone #visitdartmoor

The sheep are content, the bee’s are buzzing, the butterflies are out, all the hawthorn trees are white over the moor.

Take time out. Go off grid. Let the world pass you by. Repair your mental health. Simply put just kick back . Take time out. Dip into a real book from our library. Yes one of those with old fashioned pages, available from our library.