By Jayne Elisabeth Archer, Richard Marggraf Turley, Howard Thomas (auth.)
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Provided they are treated to a little light grazing now and then by picturesque ruminants encouraged by their comely herdsfolk, the plants take care of themselves year on year, effortlessly passing through a seemingly unending cycle of renewal with the ebb and flow of the seasons. The contrast with the world of staple crops that keep body and soul together is stark. Arable plants are annuals, and as vulnerable and needy as children or prima donnas. We hear a lot about ‘healthy eating’ and ‘natural food’.
Maybe so; but the conviction that it’s grim (or friendlier) up North is a given in the way the British perceive regional temperament, accepted with a degree of pride by northerners and southerners alike. As the glaciers retreated, about 10,000 years ago, a wave of biological recolonization followed them northwards. Humans found a land that needed a special resilience and determination (all right, grimness) to coax it into giving people what they need in order to live and thrive. It is somehow moving to see the fragile lines of stone walls on the unyielding shoulders of northern hills, speaking of the deep urge to impose even on this unforgiving landscape the form and function of the field.
Maybe so; but the conviction that it’s grim (or friendlier) up North is a given in the way the British perceive regional temperament, accepted with a degree of pride by northerners and southerners alike. As the glaciers retreated, about 10,000 years ago, a wave of biological recolonization followed them northwards. Humans found a land that needed a special resilience and determination (all right, grimness) to coax it into giving people what they need in order to live and thrive. It is somehow moving to see the fragile lines of stone walls on the unyielding shoulders of northern hills, speaking of the deep urge to impose even on this unforgiving landscape the form and function of the field.
