Gardening

Oh yes, sticks of rhubarb about three feet long.

So they became part of the household economy?

Yes, yes, because there the farmyard manure was available to me, that made a colossal difference, and also the old farmer was employed during the winter time clearing all the leaves off the roads, so there was a marvelous supply of leafmould, which was brilliant.

Actually, I'd carry as much as I could home on the bicycle in the way of leafmould, two or three times a year and use that to grow my seeds in - it was an immense improvement.