August
Posted: Tuesday, 08 August 2006 |
The nights are beginning to draw in especially if it is a bit dull - the Autumn is with us - there are many changes since my young days.
We are being told from various directions that the crofting way of life is fadeing into the past. I am very much inclined to agree not least as far as the mode of work is concerned - many changes I would attest.
In my younger days the hay - gathering in the hay fields was well on the way to being completed and the first large stacks would be appearing in the stack yard.
Ten, at least, of the ricks made out in the open went into a big stack. Corn cutting would commence towards the end of August.
In the present day and age, the methods have changed considerably, the hay is ensiled in large plastic bags and a whole months work can be completed in a day; but in spite I preferred the former and more satisfying way of production. And I believe that the end result was a healthier worker and also a more palatable fodder for the cattle.
The weather factor was ofcourse important in the obtaining of crops. In those days of the past it is my definate belief that the weather was better; for without congenial daily weather crop gathering in the traditional way would have been exceedingly curtailed.
Many wonder when the older generation talk about climate change how they are able to make out that this change is not really a figment of the imigination but rather quite natural and not threatening. But I'm afraid that when the well tried ways of the past are no longer viable, not because they have become somewhat obselete but because they no longer be practised owing to a change; in this case the weather.
Just by daily observation, over, for example, the last decade,and without doubt, I have noticed subtle changes in many aspects of the realm of nature around me. When scientists proclaim that a certain danger prevails now and for the future, should we not all make it our duty to pay attention???
We are being told from various directions that the crofting way of life is fadeing into the past. I am very much inclined to agree not least as far as the mode of work is concerned - many changes I would attest.
In my younger days the hay - gathering in the hay fields was well on the way to being completed and the first large stacks would be appearing in the stack yard.
Ten, at least, of the ricks made out in the open went into a big stack. Corn cutting would commence towards the end of August.
In the present day and age, the methods have changed considerably, the hay is ensiled in large plastic bags and a whole months work can be completed in a day; but in spite I preferred the former and more satisfying way of production. And I believe that the end result was a healthier worker and also a more palatable fodder for the cattle.
The weather factor was ofcourse important in the obtaining of crops. In those days of the past it is my definate belief that the weather was better; for without congenial daily weather crop gathering in the traditional way would have been exceedingly curtailed.
Many wonder when the older generation talk about climate change how they are able to make out that this change is not really a figment of the imigination but rather quite natural and not threatening. But I'm afraid that when the well tried ways of the past are no longer viable, not because they have become somewhat obselete but because they no longer be practised owing to a change; in this case the weather.
Just by daily observation, over, for example, the last decade,and without doubt, I have noticed subtle changes in many aspects of the realm of nature around me. When scientists proclaim that a certain danger prevails now and for the future, should we not all make it our duty to pay attention???
Posted on Island Wanderer at 01:07
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