Comments on permaculture in brittany: Like Ducks to Water

Hi David, You'll remember that the first part ...

2011-09-11T09:56:48.373+02:00

Hi David,
You'll remember that the first part of the mural on our house wall that Alastair painted was of a man sharpening his scythe and it seems to be in the style of Soviet socialist realism!
Simon F, my scythe instructor, is currently involved in the filming of Anna Karenina and he has this quote on his website: "As Levin says to his brother after a day's mowing, in Tolstoy's Anna Karenina You can't imagine what an effectual remedy it is for every sort of foolishness."

And to the Irish retournees: we were told they were Aylesbury, renowned as big meat birds but this term seems to include any large white duck, so I'm not sure if ours were truly pure breed. Best of luck back home in Ireland and please let me know if you find the author of The Lesson

Do you know what breed your ducklings were, twelve...

2011-09-04T01:54:01.721+02:00

Do you know what breed your ducklings were, twelve weeks seems great. Will try to find out the author of The Lesson.
Ireland is everything we remembered it being, but better. Veg all doing well except the carrots, bad year so we are told.

Re: your last post on scything, I was reminded by ...

2011-09-02T11:03:33.055+02:00

Re: your last post on scything, I was reminded by Andrew Graham-Dixon presenting a programme on Russian art that scything plays a significant role in Tolstoy's Anna Karenin. Section 5 in Part III is devoted to the art, it representing, in Tolstoy's thought, the ideal of man engaged with the land in honest toil as opposed to the frivolity of the courts.