ISBN 8-894838-07-6 - 196 pp - 6 x 9 - pb - $19.95 CAD

TALES FROM WILLOWSHADE FARM: AN ISLAND WOMAN'S NOTEBOOK

Non-fiction by Betty Howatt

Table of Contents

The Howatt Farm
• Trees of Willowshade Farm
• Grandpa's and Granny's Story
• Houses with Backstairs
• Marshes and Marsh Plants
• A Tale of a Tail

My Younger Years
• The Outhouse Affair
• Social Life in the Country
• Extra-Curricular Activities
• What's in a Name?
• Debut at Christmas
• Help
• Blueberry Juice?
• Mayflowers and Smelts

Farming for A Living
• Strawberry Time at Howatts'
• French Fries and Ketchup
• Herbs -- With or Without an "H"
• Nuts to Us
• Lulubelle
• Respect Your Elders and Currants
• Bees
• (B)rambles
• Green Manure
• Pompions, Isquontersquashes (and Others)

Creatures of the Wild
• Fair Game?
• Night Creatures
• Birds Rarely Seen
• Wasps
• Flying Flowers
• Dark Meat or White?
• Owls
• Mourning Dove
• Eagles and Ospreys
• Cousins Under the Fur
• Nighthawk
• Signs of Spring
• Snowbirds
• Small but Mighty
• Salamander
• Making Do

In the Garden
• Perennial Favourites
• Flowers in Spring
• Bugs
• Not Wanted in the Garden
• To Gladden the Heart
• Plants that Come from Away
• Plants with a Difference
• Licorice-Related

Feasts from the Farm
• Clams, Past and Present
• Foods for Winter
• Associated with Ice
• Ground Ivy and Hops
• Gifts from the Sea
• Blueberries
• Edible Lilies
• Tastes of Spring

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