Time to think now of the coming growing season, to get the woodash and compost on the growing area and the early broad bean seed shoved in under glass, to be then planted out as plants later on. Potato seed ware buying has been on the agenda with mixed results. One strong need is to be able to try to combat the organic grower's common foe of blight disease and to this end a local potato event proved to be useful, as well as interesting.
Older people these days appear to have often attracted the 'grumpy' tag, but is this because of their varied life experience, no longer have a need to see things in just a positive light, thereby being better able to be in touch with reality - ? Looking at possible negative outcomes within business planning processes certainly used to be seen as a useful 'positive' exercise -if the plans could then show a still viable business journey, then comfort and confidence not only to the entrepreneurs themselves, but also to their lenders.
A rural case-study describes how one operator reacted to a 'reverse'.
