A surprising number of jobs have arisen here on the UK midlands organic eco micro-holding (small smallholding) in this normally more languid month of August. The varied array of produce available repays the efforts, and the season of gorgeous-tasting fresh, young runner beans has arrived.
In spite of a pretty soggy summer, the harvest of produce hasn't been too bad, peas being an exception, and the resident bird population seems to have done ok, helped no doubt by the availability of supplementary feed, which they noticably hit quite hard in the worst of the weather.
More freerange-type 'frugal living' pieces seem to be appearing in the more mainstream press, helping people 'strike back' in times of 'squeeze', with one or two locals hereabouts leading the way. Such times contrast with the much-lauded public olympic spirit, which in part could be a reaction to the 'greed is good' culture - ? Maybe the business world could take note of such spirit and find a way (via humane motivationary managment-?) of harnessing it to the benefit of all - ? Such a modern, competitively focused culture places a strong emphasis on 'winning', but, sometimes, could 'losing' actually be winning in the longer run - ?
