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Martin wrote:
On Mon, 30 Jun 2014 13:13:09 +0100, Janet wrote:

Who cleared land of stones and trees and cultivated the soil fine
enough to sow the grain in?

Slash and burners?

Not in the UK. Except in the most extreme summers, and the pine
domain (which was small, and mainly in the north), the woodland
will not burn. See Rackham again, though he exaggerates.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.