FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF
THE SECRET LIFE OF COWS
'Elegiac, funny, warm and wise,
The Wisdom of Sheep will delight country folk and city dwellers alike.' KATHERINE MAY
'A wonderful antidote to the hectic pace of modern life.' JAMES OSWALD
We talk about people behaving like sheep, which assumes that sheep all behave in the same way. That has not been my experience.
Some are affectionate, others prone to head-butting. Some are determinedly self-sufficient, others seek our help when they need it. And some can be trusted to lead the flock home. They are as individual as we are.
Farm animals are familiar to us from childhood stories, but little did we know that their inner lives are full of complexity, deep bonds and family dramas. Rosamund Young has been an organic farmer for over forty years and this is her record of a life at the beck and call of the animals while observing and preserving the abundant wildlife at Kite's Nest Farm. It is a story of joy, discovery, cooperation and sometimes heartbreak. We learn about sheep growing old disgracefully, the intelligence of supposedly 'bird-brained' hens, 'conversations' between cows and why you should never send a text whilst milking . . .
'Delightful.' ALAN BENNETT, ON
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Table of contents
- Landing Page
- Title Page
- Epigraph
- Contents
- Introduction: The Journey to Kiteâs Nest
- A Cold Late Winter
- The Four Seasons
- London, 1899
- A Royal Visitor
- Body Language
- Love of Birds
- Hardy
- BSE Strikes
- When the Wind Blows
- Words of No Syllables
- Grahame
- Civilisation and Its Discontents
- Compassionate Sheep
- Nocturnal Vigils
- Stress-free Food
- Sheep Playing
- On the Character of Cows
- proverb
- The Power of Music
- Trevelyan
- An Extremely Windy Night
- At the Bidding of Bulls
- Wildlife Corridors
- The Heart of the Meadow
- Milking by Braille
- Let the Cows Speak
- Psychology and Sleep, Ditto and Sheep
- Dink
- Cold Feet
- Exploitative Animals
- proverb
- Housebuilding
- Water
- Duped by a Cow
- Isaiah
- Rough-shouldered by a Hen
- Ruminating on Ruminants Anthropomorphically
- The Fire
- Ruskin
- I Wouldnât Thank You for an Office Job
- On the Physiology of Wool
- A National Asset of Immeasurable Value
- Lindén
- The Bovine Scarlet Pimpernel
- Communication
- Dickens
- A Field of Frogs
- A Balanced Diet
- A Critical Threat
- Wilcox
- Intensive Care
- How Not to Worry
- Chanel
- Egalité, Fraternité
- Under the Stars
- Drovers and Rovers
- Nature and Nurture
- Stevenson
- A New Field of Study
- Donât Forget to Put the Moth out
- Herding and Droving
- Fit for a King
- Exuberance
- proverb
- A Retrospective Diary Entry
- Life and Luck
- Gray
- The Old Coppice
- Another Use for Hazel Wands
- What Is There to Be Glad about in November
- On Bottle-rearing Lambs
- A Woodland Arrival
- On Being Skittish
- Christmas
- What No Man Learned Yet
- Clare
- Staying Youthful
- Midsummer Madness
- Birdwatching
- Talking Turkey
- Never Too Late
- The Hunt for Red Nell
- King Diarmait
- A Sheep Learning Curve
- Milk and Comfort
- An Austro-German Knitting Circle
- Allergic Reactions
- Butler
- Jumping for Joy
- White Dot
- Dandelion
- Hale
- Making Hay
- Daphne
- Trees Be Company
- Gambolling by Night
- proverb
- All Is Dark Again
- Sprawling Beauty
- The Psychology of Farming
- And Theyâre Off
- Emerson
- Here Is Just a Field of Grass âŠ
- The Very Minutest Beauties
- Hues That Lift the Spirit
- Winnowing the Wheat
- Barnes
- A Special Friendship
- Life Lessons
- Whatâs in My Land Rover
- Learning Lessons
- How to Navigate a Field of Cows
- Barnes
- Tasting the Past
- Time Is the Only Thing Any of Us Owns
- Old Hens and New Tricks
- What Time Do Bats Get up?
- Tenderness and Tragedy
- The Keeping of Secrets
- Acknowledgements
- Bibliography and Further Reading
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright
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