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Well we have a LandRover which we use to tow large trailer about for work and for fetching and carrying bricks etc for our renovations - it has saved us a lot of money in that respect but I agree tho that 4 x 4s should be used for what they were designed for - and the school run doesn't come into it...

We lived in the Isle of Man for a few years before we came to France and we were overrun with rabbits. We had a fairly rabbit proof veg patch but the rest of the garden where we tried to grow nice flowers was constantly decimated. My husband turned quite murderous - even aquired a shot gun -not like...

Hi All , I have got a mouse in the house - well a lot more than one methinks - and they are driving me nuts ! They are into everything and I don't know how to get rid of them - nicely ! I hate traps as they don't always kill them - horrid . I have a humane trap but then I don't know what to do with ...

Hi, I hadn't heard of Trentels and St Aubin - just looked it up. It's a couple of hours or more north of us. We keep saying we should do a tour of that area but we never seem to find the time . Only drove up there once to get my dog - but that was just a day trip. It's a lovely area . How long has y...

Hi Ina , We're in the south of Lot et Garonne - just on the edge of the Landes forest and more or less at the limit of the sand. About 6 k away it is very heavy clay - don't know which is worst for drying out but the clay seems more fertile ! I will try to cover some of the veg patch with plastic - ...

Hi ,
Is Port Maquarrie north of Lake Maquarrie ? Nearly bought a boat in Lake Macquarrie five years ago to sail back to Britain - then I chickened out and got a plane !
My Brother in law lives near - at Charmhaven. Had a great few months there when we visited .
Sue x

Hi Everyone , Thank you for your welcomes and hello to all other newbies ! Yes our problem here is lack of water - or the expense of it ! We save as much as we can but it is not enough I think using vermiculite or similar would be too expensive but I will continue to pile manure and whatever in - So...

Hi , Thanks for your reply - You are right - we don't have any slugs - yippppppeeeeee - they were the bane of my life in the UK and rabbits - we don't have many of them here either . We do have snails but they are not much of a problem as they lurk under tiles and things and they don't like going ov...

Hi , I'm a newbie to the forum - have been looking at the messages . really interesting stuff ! I am in SW France and dill grows wild all over the place here - sadly this year NOT in my dry dead garden - but I noticed lots in a friend's field the other day - still in flower just now - but when the s...

Hi All , I was sent a link to this site from salvage uk - so whoever that was - a big thank you ! I've been having a look over the last couple of days - phew you cover some interesting stuff and I haven't seen half of it yet ! I live in SW France - we moved here three and a half years ago and haven'...