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Our French property tax trebled - we won appeal but new bill repeats the error
Reader's taxe foncière went from €224 to €680 - twice
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Hundreds of dachshunds to descend on Paris this weekend
The charity walk will take place on the Champs-Élysées for the first time
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I live very well on €1,000 a month in France
Reader lives on this basic allowance after rent
Moth beaten
In response to ‘VT’s question on pyrale de buis , there is a misconception that the treatments available commercially are chemical-based.
In fact, they contain a bacterium, Bacillus thuringiensis, that specifically targets the caterpillars, so can be considered as a natural ‘predator’ and ecologically friendly. A variant of the bacterium is also useful in preventing and treating infestations of processionary caterpillars in both oak and pine.
Hazel Vincent, Lot-et-Garonne
