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- Sat Jul 10, 2010 1:05 am
- Forum: Birds, Animals and Livestock
- Topic: Hens not laying very well
- Replies: 4
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Re: Hens not laying very well
We kept hens and had the same problem. It is not down to feeding or weather. Ours were contrary little so and so`s - all free-range, who all produced one egg a day, but would not lay where they were supposed to, but scuttled off and hid ,to lay, in thistle clumps, behind grass tussocks etc.. ,so tha...
- Fri Jul 09, 2010 11:16 pm
- Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
- Topic: Blackfly on the runner beans
- Replies: 19
- Views: 23842
Re: Blackfly on the runner beans
Hello! I am new to KG. I live in SW Scotland now and have been an organic gardener for a good while. I have had no blackfly this year and have never seen it on runners - so I guess that they are not the host of choice. Lawrence Hills recommended boiling 3lb of rhubarb leaves and adding soapflakes to...