The micro-holding environment has been as stunning as ever this season, withe the cottage garden flowers blooming profusely, and the greens and browns of the surrounding fields and hedgerows providing a gorgeous backdrop.
Another 'penny-less' projecct is underway after last year's 'penny-less porch' - that's constructing a sizeable extension to the 'Rough Office' in the paddock, virtually all out of materials that have accumulated for free around the place. A bigger project but taken in stages, hopefully it'll 'come to pass'.
As far as this year's cropping goes, it's been quite a good year, although disaster struck the normally dependable onion crop, which then was rescued - fingers crossed - by an 'innovative' organic remedy.
'Labours of love' don't seem to figure too prominently in today's 'pots of dosh' focused culture, which means that individual motivations may get less of a look in - not great news for self-motivated, self-responsible 'freerangers' - ? The 'it's all about money' creed seems to have held sway, but is, as they say, 'is everything about money' - ? The motivation theorists, for instance, might beg to differ.
