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Letters: Our French neighbours seem too distant
Connexion reader explains that despite going to lengths to get to know their new neighbours, most do not return the effort
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Letters: Readers trade DIY tips for restoring French properties
Special innovations are often required for older buildings
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Visit a Yorkshireman's French garden this May and June
‘I am organic to the core’ says the retired horticulturalist whose fine garden is not far from La Rochelle
Garden risk
Writing as a lifelong gardener, it appals me that anyone is still using glyphosate-based products, such as Roundup, in the garden and thereby putting themselves, their families, friends and domestic animals at risk.
The sooner these products are off the shelves, the better.
Gardening is not about poisoning things.
Michèle Bailey, Éguilles
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