June has seen varied weather patterns here at the eco organic micro-holding (small smallholding) in the UK heartlands, as well as some dazzling migrant birds back in the UK to nest and rear young. Nature with ite 'survival of the fittest' aspect, wouldn't really work without the killing element, although the resident chick-chicks being predated by a hungry badger here a month or so ago could have been done without----
The first half of the growing season this year with its abundance of sunshine has been one of the best ever (in nearly forty years), contrasting with possibly the worst ever last year - no two seasons are the same, for sure --. Broad beans, peas ,potatoes, salads, beetroot haave all done well, with follow-on crops like runner beans too looking good. For once, onions are standing tall, strangely without any attention or depradations from the alium leaf miner fly --- Whether the change in strategy of the compost dressing has had a beneficial effect is hard to tell due to all the other seasonal variable factors, particularly the plentiful levels of sunshine.
Commercial messages, often coming from 'big business' can tend to lay strong emphasis on certain areas such as max profit making and business growth, but then running the risk of narrowing vision to too few areas, and possibly, in the case of business growth, running the risk of in some situations making inappropriate business moves.. Strong focus too on profit making may at times limit focus and vision too narrowly, one effect being maybe that money and money-making could become a too one-dimensional business objective, then limiting range and activity in other important areas - ?
The micro-holding activities, whilst covering a reasonable range of useful areas - environmental care, for instance - might yet prove to be somewhat lacking in the 'max profit' provision area ---
