Summary
NOW is the season for leek shows and all other manner of flower and vegetable competitions, hosted by pubs, clubs, and village halls. And as I wander past the displays, I never cease to be amazed by the loving care that has been lavished on this farm, garden and allotment bounty.
The start of such shows goes hand in hand with the onset of autumn, which signals the harvest of much of this bounty and the first ploughing - all part of the rich weave and weft of what's left of our traditional farming scene.See the full content of this document
Extract
Loss of a Way of Life ; From Land to Mouth
One part of the rural way of life that is, however, no longer with us, is that of the threshing of the cut sheaves of corn by highly efficient, extremely complicated threshing machines.
When these wonderful aids to eas...See the full content of this document
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