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No expert, but if this is afflicting the lower levels first I'd say it looked like nitrogen defficiency. I have a feeling the potassium defficiency turns leaves brown, but fruit plants certainly do need plenty of potash. A dose of dried blood might help. EDIT: could be the same problem with the pass...

If you've not made any progress, then you might try the following, which worked once for me when I trailed engine oil into my parents house, oh, many years ago. Don't laugh Baby oil. Soak a cotton pad in baby oil and carefully dab away at the oil stains. Most should lift off onto the pad, but a resi...

I'm rather fond of dandilions. After a certain amount of experimentation I've discovered that they make the yolks of eggs of chickens fed on them particularly yellow due to their high content of certain carotenes. So, personally, I'd favour the apple corer approach followed by the flinging them at t...

Never been to france whats it like for growing plants and vegetables. Kevin Thank you all for your welcome. Kevin, I can't comment for France as a whole, but we're about half-way down on the Atlantic coast and have a warm and sunny climate during the summer - enough to be able to grow tomatoes, aub...

I've been lurking for a little while and have decided to take the plunge here. We live in the depths of rural France with a little land. We keep a selection of chickens and grow a fair amount of fruit and veg, but I reckon we could do a lot more. We're also just about to start a serious reduction in...