Country Life
I fished, sorely troubled by hungry fingerlings, I admired a pair of fat little dippers—colley birds—that bobbed on the stones a little farther ahead, and then, because I was......
Long-tailed Tits
A string of long-tailed tits came pitching along the side of the wood from one thick tree to another. They might have been tied together. Three went on, and two remained in the......
The Flame-thrower
Often when I have come from the garden, after a day spent weeding or digging, I have smiled to myself at the recollection of a line of a poem I learnt at school: " You'll find......
Agricultural Progress When The Binder Had Been In Use For
thirty or forty years, people began to say that they heard the corncrake less often. Shortly after the tractor came on the scene, with its half-a-dozen implements that have got......
Hydrangeas And Lilacs
Prune hydrangea (paniculata grandiflora) towards the end of the month. To ensure that new shoots develop, cut out the old wood. Mulch the ground with clippings from the lawn.......
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