A Forlorn Goose
I could hear the clock chiming down in the village as I stood at the gate looking across the field. The scramble to prepare birds for Christmas was over, and I watched the sole......
Country Life
MY grandfather firmly believed that it was a lucky house that was chosen as a home by birds. At one time the farmhouse was shared by starlings, sparrows and owls, although the......
Straw Protection A Good Quantity Of Clean Straw Is A
valuable asset in the garden in winter. Not only does it help to bring forward rhubarb that is being forced, but it is also most useful for protecting celery-crowns from frost.......
A Shuttler Shouters, I Believe, Are What The Tramps Call
members of the frater- nity who work to and fro between fixed ports of call on a route that never varies. When they reach their destination, they immediately set out on the......
Flooded Fields
A flooded field is often either the result of ditches overflowing or water accumulating in low-lying places, but whatever the cause one hardly notices the thing happening. One......
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