Heat is now necessary in the cottage here on the UK north midlands eco organic micro-holding (small smallholding) now that cooler autumnal mornings and evenings have arrived, although there's still recently been quite a bit of daytime sun powering the solar panels nicely.
The organic veg harvest has been non too bad with the beans lasting well and the winter greens veg plants coming on, together with useful beetroot, onion and potato harvests. Nature's harvest of damsons, blackberries and sloes have also been reaped, with 'natural' andd delicious products such as preserves and liqueurs made out of them.
Independent self-reliant-type of living may well be good for 'human spirit' levels, along with facilitating 'freerange' type of 'open-minded' thinking - ? And, of course often good in terms of helping the micro-small domestic economy, as well as providing sources of personal achievement and satisfaction. Two mini case-studies help to illustrate ----- .
