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German cradle scythe from a painting by Ernst Henseler (1852–1940) A grain cradle or cradle, is a modification to a standard scythe to keep the cut grain stems aligned. The cradle scythe has an additional arrangement of fingers attached to the snaith (snath or snathe) to catch the cut grain so that it can be cleanly laid down in a row with the grain heads aligned for collection and efficient ...
The Abbeydale Industrial Hamlet in Sheffield, England, is a museum of a scythe-making works that was in operation from the end of the 18th century until the 1930s. [11] This was part of the former scythe-making district of north Derbyshire, which extended into Eckington. [12] Other English scythe-making districts include that around ...
In a 100-gram (3 + 1 ⁄ 2 oz) amount, elderberries supply 305 kilojoules (73 kcal) of food energy and are a rich source of vitamin C, providing 43% of the Daily Value (DV). Elderberries also have moderate contents of vitamin B 6 (18% DV) and iron (12% DV), with no other nutrients in significant content.
Female flowers Male flowers. Acer negundo, also known as the box elder, boxelder maple, Manitoba maple or ash-leaved maple, is a species of maple native to North America from Canada to Honduras. [3]
MM2 may refer to: MM2, a class of force fields; see force field (chemistry) MM2 (MMS), an interface utilized by the Multimedia Messaging Service standard; Mega Man 2, a 1988 video game for the NES; Mega Man II, a 1991 video game for the Game Boy; Midtown Madness 2, a 2000 video game for the PC; Motocross Madness 2, a 2000 video game for the PC
Professional pruning shears often have replaceable blades. There are three different blade designs for pruning shears: anvil, bypass and parrot-beak. Anvil pruners have only one blade, which closes onto a flat surface; unlike bypass blades it can be sharpened from both sides and remains reliable when slightly blunt.
Female alder catkins after shedding their seeds Alnus serrulata male catkins. Alders are trees of the genus Alnus in the birch family Betulaceae.The genus includes about 35 species [2] of monoecious trees and shrubs, a few reaching a large size, distributed throughout the north temperate zone with a few species extending into Central America, as well as the northern and southern Andes.
The Elder Mother is thought to be the guardian of the elder trees, and it was said, until recent times in various parts of England and Scandinavia that to take wood from the elder tree one would have to ask the Elder Mother first, or else ill luck would befall the woodsman.