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A dry spell
Evening watering
Topping the meadow
Raking by hand
Clearing rakings off the meadow
A handsome young rake
A handy tool rest
Meadow hay-making
New and old
Hot and dusty
Unloading
Manual labour
There is a heavy, unbearable sadness at the sight of a fruit tree whose crop has been left to rot at its feet. ((c) Nigel Slater,The Kitchen Diaries II, 2012)