Apparently my grandfather would stand on the pavement and 'guard' horse droppings deposited in the road by tradesmen's horses - when Ma arrived home from school it was her job to shovel it up into the bucket for Grandfather's rosebed.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Rag and bone men round here until about five years ago. Odd bit of police horse droppings and chavvy funerals now but you'd get run over if you tried to harvest it
Our milk was delivered by a horse-drawn milkfloat in the 70s because the dairy owner's son was too young to hold a driving licence - the horse knew the route around the housing estates and stopped in all the right places and grazed the verge while the lad delivered the milk.
However, as Ma is ninety-three and a half, we're talking about goods being delivered by horse and card around 80 years ago - Hosta, perhaps Waitrose would get you a cob and cart - much more environmentally friendly
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Posts
I believe sheep droppings to be equally wonderful
Apparently my grandfather would stand on the pavement and 'guard' horse droppings deposited in the road by tradesmen's horses - when Ma arrived home from school it was her job to shovel it up into the bucket for Grandfather's rosebed.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I'll take my dustpan and brush on my next trip through the ashdown forest. Plenty of sheep currants there
I'm clearly showing my age, but I never saw anything horse drawn .
apart from those east end chavvy funerals on telly.
Neither have I HF and I'm no Spring chicken....I'm not on my last legs either though.
Rag and bone men round here until about five years ago. Odd bit of police horse droppings and chavvy funerals now but you'd get run over if you tried to harvest it
Our milk was delivered by a horse-drawn milkfloat in the 70s because the dairy owner's son was too young to hold a driving licence - the horse knew the route around the housing estates and stopped in all the right places and grazed the verge while the lad delivered the milk.
However, as Ma is ninety-three and a half, we're talking about goods being delivered by horse and card around 80 years ago - Hosta, perhaps Waitrose would get you a cob and cart - much more environmentally friendly
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
No
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
I should clarify, it's the guinea pig owner I'm related to, not the piggy itself.