Christophe did not wait for Correns to proclaim itself Premier organic village in France to begin his conversion. Having fallen in love with this green Provence in 1983, he started working his patch of land here. In 1991, he chucked away all fertilizers and pesticides. The act of not treating his cultures demands from him increased vigilance. Without any particular method, he adapts himself to his valley. "If a plant is too weak to live without provisions, I forget about it." He cultivates 2 hectares of land irrigated by natural springs, and lives part of the year in his blue cabin, with his wife, a teacher, and his children, far from any civilization. A donkey, two or three goats, some hens. "You have to provide the best conditions for the plants, to avoid using curative measures. But leaving nature to it is not without its consequences. When something serious happens, we are left looking "silly". We had an accident with the lettuce one year. I let the animals loose in the field, they cleaned up everything, and perfectly enjoyed it." A good lesson in intelligent recycling. But in Correns, they are only two to practice this type of market gardening. It's not many for a village that only drinks certified organic wine.