What if the work of sowing, brewing, hiring and feasting all finds its place in a farmer’s rhyme?

In Fiue Hundred Pointes of Good Husbandrie, Thomas Tusser turns country work into short, memorable verses. His farming calendar starts in September and follows the tasks that keep land productive and animals cared for. Winter brings fences to mend and cattle to house. Summer brings hay to cut and dry before the rain.

Alongside the farming verses, a section on the housewife’s work turns to running the home. Advice on rent, servants, neighbours and debt shows how much depends on care and thrift. Tusser, a farmer and former singer, brings dry humour to these practical lessons. A short poem about his own hard life lets you meet the man behind the counsel.

この本で学べること

• A year of work Follow the farm from autumn preparations through winter care to the pressures of summer harvest.
• The household’s daily demands Explore the housewife’s section, where managing the home has its own place beside farming.
• Good sense in rhyme Discover short verses designed to keep practical advice within reach, even out in the field.
• Neighbours, landlords and debt See how Tusser connects the running of land with money, thrift and dealings with others.
• The farmer behind the verses Meet Tusser through his dry wit and a poem that touches on his hard life.

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Readers who love gardens, farms, folk sayings and old English country life will enjoy it, as will anyone curious about how Tudor households worked, ate and celebrated.