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How rare are white pheasants?
Question Out walking recently I came across three white pheasants, one loitering in a field by the church with a traditional cock pheasant and then, further on, two more scratching…
How To Spruce Up A Barbour Waxed Jacket
Question I am a loyal reader of The Field magazine but live in Canada would appreciate some help in finding a company to clean and repair my Barbour waxed jacket.…
How To Repair Chipped Glasses
Query I have some chipped glasses: William Yeoward tumblers I was lucky enough to be given by a son. Unfortunately, despite not using them often or putting them in the…
How to perk up droopy tulips
Query What can I do about droopy tulips? We are very fortunate to have a super collection of different varieties of tulips in our new garden. However, I find that…
How to stop a dog chewing
Query We have a very chewy young dog. We have never had such a chewer before. Shoes, coats, table and chair legs, and the bottom of cupboards have all fallen…
Saving the eiderdown: how to give an old eiderdown a new lease of life
The finishing touch to a well-made bed (along with hospital corners) used to be an eiderdown, which would lie on top to perform both a decorative, and warming function. Then…
How to store salami
Q: It’s a real joy to be able to buy a large selection of salami on the market, but I find I am given different advice on the best way…
How to plan an Easter egg hunt that is family friendly (and labrador-proof)
The origins of the Easter egg hunt What we think of as the Easter ‘bunny’ is thought to have its roots in 17th-century German folklore: children would leave nests in…
How to keep muntjac out of the garden
A reader wrote to Country Queries with this question. We seem to have a ‘rat run’ strip of woodland near our garden that muntjac pass through regularly. I am not…