The crops on the eco organic micro-holding have struggled somewhat in a summer of successive heatwaves here in the UK midlands. in spite of more irrigation of the organic crops than ever before, over a 45 year period. Some crops have done better than otheres but overall it's not been the best growing year. The provision of wood supplies for the coming winter, has on the other hand, progressed well with sawing sessions pretty much every week through the summer, sawing up wood already stored on site, with no wood having to have been bought this year, and resulting in a satisfyingly full-ish woodstore.
A new electric bike has been purchased, basically a push-bike with a motor and battery added, so not over dear and for instance more easily managed, to go in the car/van if necessary. Such a bike gives a satisfyingly form of frugal transport, besides facilitating good views of the countryside on its trips over the five miles to town down the old defunct railway track path.
The remainder of the piece is given over to possible measures freerangers could take to combat the seemingly ever increasing costs to living and how taking such measures can help strenthen individual 'inner strength', said by some to be under some threat due to the existence of the 'biggest is best' type of cultures that proliferate in today's living climate.
