Back in harness after the Xmas semi-hibernation period at the eco organic micro-holding (small smallholding) here in the UK heartlands, trying to 'endure' the mid-winter blues period. Determining to tidy the place up a bit by degrees has helped ,with the newly-dug ground from 'green manuring' (digging in green vegetation) in particular raising spirits.
More maintenance work in the form of lopping has been the order of the day, which in turn will produce more fertiliser on the permaculture basis (permaculture is growing self-containedly, with both exhaustive crops and replenishing crops). The year's woodash and compost applications will shortly be made.
Seeds for the year have been ordered fom a long-standing mail order source offering big savings over buying seed from retail outlets, which are reportedly doing brisk business due to current and impending shortages of veg to buy from shops.
Wealth and wage inequalities appear to remain an issue in the UK, with the current Prime Minister calling for a fairer society, in spite of actions that seem to suggest otherwise. Insurance seeking revealed 'on the make' business models designed to relieve people of as much as possible , with four out of six insurance firms making questionable interest charges as part of their business practice. Consolation could appear shortly in the shape of a bluesplayer about to perform locally ------
