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Relaxing at the Gite

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Rescued from our kitchen before our cat found him!

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Why oh why does the stoopid phone camera insist it needs to connect to internet then refuses to open. 5 minutes later, the crowd of butterflies and sunshine had gone!

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Goatrude and her little chum. Update: she's now in a lovely new home with more pygmy goats for company and expert keepers for safety

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We seem to have a spare goat. Arrived this morning. Won't go away, eat, drink anything but it does scare the bejabers out of our cat . Update: she's had some water, apple and some weeds from the driveway (no weedkiller or pesticides here!)

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Pudding found a new "bed"

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Time to hit the loungers ...

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Trying to mix short grass for lawn and pathways with longer grass for the mini-meadows. Judging by the variety of wildlife that hops or flies into our kitchen, it must be working ...

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"Neat" for guests but minimum mowing frequency to give wild flowers a chance

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Gite-Milvain: Our carbon removal commitment

Gite-Milvain has joined Stripe Climate to help new carbon removal technologies scale. Learn more about what we’re doing and why it matters.

We try to do a little to help

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Poking through the undergrowth

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Cleared some overgrowth and these little golden charmers popped up

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#hummingbirdhawkmoth on #lavendar