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Saint Zita

Nice warm day again so a bit more gardening and an unplanned job. The fish pond has been getting more and more cloudy over the past few months. However this last week it went so green and cloudy (because the pond is in full sun) that we couldn't see the fish at all. So sleeves up, wellies on and a major clean up. After extracting the 5 Koi Carp into several Sainsbury boxes, we had a good pressure washing and scrubbing session. The tired 'nymphette' statue was removed and replaced with 2 bronze cranes. Replanted and split a few plants and lilies. Hopefully they should provide some shade to stop it going green if they don't get eaten by the fish. A very satisfactory days work and a definite improvement.

Pond before

Pond after

Happy Koi Carp. The largest is about 14 inches (35cm)

 

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These are our experiences of running a gite business in Brittany, France. A gite is the French equivalent of a country holiday cottage. French culture, language, taxes and bureaucracy. Find out about our gites using the links on the LHS. This is our fourth season (2006) and we are looking forward to the summer. Stories about the road to this point will be added in due course. Renovation nightmares, builders, stress, schooling etc. Stay tuned.



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