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A season at the farm

Rowan draws Hamish’s field through a season of weather, time and care.

A draft: the words and pictures are waiting for an educator’s review.

Who’s in it

Meet everyone in Gullbrae

The story

Rowan sits on a bench by the path, drawing the spring field, with Fiona sitting right beside him.

One cool spring morning, Rowan sat with Fiona and drew Hamish’s field. The grass was still short.

Rowan looks from his drawing of short grass to the next blank page while Fiona listens.

Rowan turned to the next page. He hoped the grass would already be tall when he drew it again.

On a breezy grey day, Fiona points up at rain clouds and then at the field, while Rowan looks up beside her.

Fiona pointed at the rain clouds, then at the field. Weather, time and good care all help the grass grow.

Rowan: “Can you show me how that works?”

For grown-ups: Weather, time and good field care all affect how grass grows. There is no single waiting time that fits every field.

In summer, Arthur sits beside Rowan as they compare a short-grass drawing with a tall-grass drawing.

Later, in summer, Arthur sat with Rowan. They compared the early drawing with a new one, and with the taller field in front of them.

On a warm afternoon, Hamish grazes in a field of tall grass while Fiona watches from outside the closed gate.

Once Fiona had checked the field was ready, Hamish could graze there.

Rowan lines up three field drawings on a bench, with Arthur and Fiona beside him.

Rowan put his drawings in order: short spring grass, the growing summer field, then the field ready for grazing.

For grown-ups: The three drawings, in order: an earlier view in spring with short grass; a later view in summer with the field growing; a later view still with the field ready for grazing. These are Rowan’s observations, not a fixed timetable.

Draft, 20 October 2026. The words and pictures are not yet reviewed by an educator. The story follows the outline in our story guide.

The real-life bit

How fast grass grows depends on things like the weather, time and how the field is looked after, so there is no fixed timetable. Rowan’s drawings show one season he watched, not a rule for every field. Gullbrae is made up. Your council’s own rules are the ones to follow.

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