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to find a hat possessing
the right balance of a brim deep enough for sun protection, but not so deep that you can't see out from it.
The realm of garden implement curiosities includes glass cloches, bell shaped domes which protect plants from frost; terra cotta blanching pots used for growing celery, sea kale and cardoons; and woven willow or bamboo cloches and short tunnels to protect plants from rabbits, presumably. Although they may not be useful for present day gardeners, they are beautiful objects and worthy of being placed about for ambience.
On the subject of tool antiquity, cultivation tools have been around since at least 40,000 B.C., the Paleolithic era. Hoes, rakes and digging sticks were formed of wood, bone, antlers and stone. Bronze metal came into use around 12,000 B.C., then iron a thousand years later. Early watering containers have been found made of leather, terra cotta, then iron and copper, with zinc and galvanized tin appearing at the turn of the 19th century.
These precursors to contemporary tools are similar in form — some, as scythes, sickles, rakes and mattocks have changed little. If you become very interested in
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