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    Whats eating you?

    in The Complete France Post Bag

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    For the last day or so i  keep getting bitten. I haven't really noticed many mozzies around though, and due to the near arctic conditions have been wearing trousers, but still keep getting munched!

    Also i was boasting the other day that i hadn't been bitten for ages, so probably my own fault!

    Is it the evil little aoutats already???? The bites are definitely in 'those areas which clothes tend to fit snugly' if you know what i mean.

    We arrived last year at the end of August and i think the little beggars didn't bother me until late September, possibly later!

    Or am i just a flea bag..............

    grrrrrrrrrrr [:@]

    Louise

    White Fly on Brasicas

    in Gardening

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    Apparently whitefly are resistant to most pesticides.

    Is it really worth all the effort of spraying them so regularly?? I'd either not grow brassicas again or try some organic methods.

    Also spraying with chemicals will prevent natural predators.

    Louise

    Potato storage

    in Gardening

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    My book recommends either storing in an old deep freeze, with straw between each layers, or clamping, which works well for large quantities of potatoes, but won't keep out a very hard frost.

    I wish I'd grown some this year, every time i buy a bag in the supermarket they have gone soft and start sprouting in less than a week, and this is when stored in a closed cardboard box. [:@]

    I really need to find somewhere that sells those huge sacks of potatoes, with the muck still on, in the UK they would keep for months!

    Louise

    Dancing

    in Other Topics

    Posted

    Spot on JK!!

    There is nothing funnier than a man prancing round thinking all the women in the room love him!!

    Now i do like do  a man in a suit, overalls or firemen (real ones that is not just the uniform and baby oil!!)

    Louise

    OK I'll start.

    in French Antiques, Arts & Crafts

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           I guess it is easier to price work when it is something you make

    regularly, you know how long it takes, how much for materials etc. But

    for something that you create for the first time that has taken hours

    of thought and experimentation, it must be very difficult. If you are

    very emotionally attached to a piece of work there is always the

    thought that the price could never realistically reflect the processes

    that went into making it. To be able to work and make as you wish (and

    not get much money) must be more satisfying than producing things that

    don't inspire you just to bring in the cash. Many artists/ craftspeople

    i have met have 2 different work styles, the things that they want to

    make and the other which are bread and butter pieces. It must be tricky

    to find the right balance.

    Louise

    OK I'll start.

    in French Antiques, Arts & Crafts

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       I like the goblets jonzjob. How long does it take to make one???

    Also odd question, when you go to craft fairs etc, why are the woodworkers always making/selling wooden mushrooms??!! (varying in size up to the chainsaw lot!)

    I have made some steel mushrooms though....................[:)]

    Louise

    pasta machine

    in Shopping

    Posted

        I keep seeing them fairly cheap. I paid about £40 for mine back in the uk. I'm sure it was Foir  Fouille that has them the other day for 10 euro. (don't quote me on that though! It could have just been a promotion or somewhere else entirely!)   http://www.lafoirfouille.fr/les_magasins_la_foirfouille.htm 

    I have also seen them cheap elsewhere, possibly in the supermarkets. Can't remember now though!

    Keep looking around, they do exist! Also if you do find one i think you need flour type '45' which is the same as uk type '00'.

    Louise

    Cost of Food

    in French Food and Wine

    Posted

        I think it is possibly about the same, although you don't seem to get many promotions in the supermarkets as you do in the UK (buy one get one free etc).

    Prices for Alcohol and eating out are a lot cheaper over here though!

    Louise

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