21 AUGUST 1953, page 15

Buddleia Butterflies

While I was hanging over a wall in a little village that is divided by a stream, I found myself overlooking a derelict garden where a few blackcurrants struggled to keep their......

Good Cuttings

Some people find it hard to make cuttings, while others can strike a slip of almost any bush or plant with such case that they earn the reputation of having green fingers. It......

Country Life

HAY and harvest are close together in our locality this year. It is not often that one sees hay being carted in one field while corn stooks are being set up in the next, but......

Trippers

'Sometimes I find it hard to be tolerant. Standing by the falls— a famous beauty spot—I overheard a sightseer expressing his admira- tion for the scene. He was one of a party of......

Deserted Chimneys The Jackdaws Have Left Us As They Do

every year just at this time. After the lifting of the potatoes and the start of ploughing, some of them will come back. Most of the birds nesting in the cottage chimneys and in......