The Village Guild
Phrase Book & Dictionary
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Aga A type of oven fuelled by oil, gas or solid fuel which never goes out. Another brand is the Rayburn. (I suspect a US equivalent might be a homestead wood stove that's kept alight 24 hours a day.) Possession of an Aga has equal status, in Britain, to ownership of a Rolls Royce. (Except that a working Rolls Royce sometimes... goes out..)
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Allotment A plot of land rented from the local Council (qv) at a token rent whereon to grow vegetables. Usually administered by a fierce Committee which creates and enforces its own Rules of unfathomable perversity.
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Bi-Cameral Pot: a recycled juice carton with an impermeable partition in the middle and a door cut in the front, to facilitate the growth of seedlings and their transplanting without root shock
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BottleBeds A cunning formation of some six (or 50 ) empty wine bottles. Band them together into bandoliers, affixed with industrial sealing tape. Circle them to form the sides of a Pot. Shroud them with manure bag plastic, or any weather-resistant substance... to resist rain and wind leaching.
Fill the centre with compost, and the bottles with water. Any plant you grow therein, outdoors, will have a four-week jump start on plants you set into conventional pots. Because the water-filled bottles radiate back heat energy into the soil. If you live in Nepal, substitute plastic milk bottles. They don't crack in frost.
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Council The local government in the UK for a parish (qv), town, county or region. It is traditional that, before any Council can reach a decision, a unicorn must fly into the Council chamber with a virgin on its back singing Jerusalem...
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