Even the very best ear defenders for shooting are a relatively inexpensive bit of sporting kit but absolutely vital. Shoots are noisy places, and guns should never underestimate the potential,…
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How to store apples correctly
September marks the start of the new British apple season and knowing how to store apples correctly is useful if you’ve had a particuarly bountiful harvest from your apple tree.…
How to discourage determined dogs chewing
A Field reader writes “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…
Best Cartridge Bags
Cartridge bags are somewhat of a necessity in driven shooting and indeed some forms of walked-up days when you are alone on a hill chasing grouse and don’t have the…
Shooting invitations: your company is requested
The etiquette surrounding shooting invitations can be difficult to negotiate. There is something about a shooting invitation that distinguishes it from all other forms of communication. For a start, it…
What you need to know about guinea fowl
What you need to know about guinea fowl Hardy and disease-free, guinea fowl live for 10 to 15 years. They can grow up to 48cm (19in) long and weigh 1.8kg…
How to make raspberry vinegar
Summer is here and for those of us with soft fruit in the vegetable garden, that probably means raspberries. Whilst raspberry jam is delicious, raspberry vinegar is a useful standby…
Henley Blazers – a riot of colour at Henley Royal Regatta
There are five days of the Season in which the gentleman is free to throw sar-torial caution to the winds. At Henley Royal Regatta he may dress like a parrot.…
The history of estate tweeds
Shooting can attract the flashier type: those who arrive by helicopter, who shoot with a Fabbri Titanium gun and wear £350 alpaca socks. But if you really want to impress…
How to make lavender sugar
A reader writes: Last year I dusted my mince pies with vanilla sugar, which I had made myself. Earlier this year I read an article saying that lavender sugar was…