leaf-mould

Others, more ruminative, and shy, like Tolkien, speak of the creative mystery as something growing "like a seed in the dark out of the leaf-mould of the mind".

Far from the maddening crowds… 2010

The scents of burning leaves and Bonfire Night, the crisp, mineral smell of the earth, and the dust of leaf-mould.

This season of mists Kat Howard 2009

They have vaulted the ditches, creating a secret leaf-mould world of ferny tunnels.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

The scents of burning leaves and Bonfire Night, the crisp, mineral smell of the earth, and the dust of leaf-mould.

Archive 2009-10-01 Kat Howard 2009

They have vaulted the ditches, creating a secret leaf-mould world of ferny tunnels.

Wildwood Roger Deakin 2009

Niall came dazedly to his knees, to hear his enemy gasping and moaning, groping about in the turf and leaf-mould for his weapon, and muttering curses because he could not find it.

The Rose Rent Peters, Ellis, 1913-1995 1986

If this floor had been less bare and hard, the fire might have reached them, too, but there was no thick layer of roots and leaf-mould to carry it along the ground. '

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

If this floor had been less bare and hard, the fire might have reached them, too, but there was no thick layer of roots and leaf-mould to carry it along the ground. '

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

The moist, earthy smell of leaf-mould rose to their nostrils, and half-consumed logs heeled away and rolled down with the rake.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983

The moist, earthy smell of leaf-mould rose to their nostrils, and half-consumed logs heeled away and rolled down with the rake.

The Devil's Novice Peters, Ellis, 1913- 1983