Ippoippo

… but a grumpy old man with some sensible points!

Fantastic old, rambling after dinner speech. Some things worth thinking about. This was by John Seymour.

Hmmm, smallholdings… but where? UK or Japan.

Anyway, been busy looking around, and found some good sites which I’ll be following from now on.
Ken Elwood
Happy Black Sheep (Transition Initiative)
– Thing Transition Town initiative, like in the UK.
Inaka Life 田舎の生活
Kitchen Garden Japan
SHIZEN NOU 自然農　- Natural Farming in Japan
Wallabi’s Farm

Well done to the BBC for actually showing this.

Not so well done for not making this available again on DVD. Ahh, well, it’s out there now.
During one of my tutorial meetings for one of the Open University courses I’m doing, the tutor and I were discussing that this video is a pretty good bit of material that should now be included in the courses as a good discussion point.

Ahh, good old Englishman in Osaka. What more do you want than three Japanese ex-PMs dancing away to some festive music.

Meanwhile, I’ve got problems with the neighbours. Grrr, silly buggers decided they fancied the look of our Parsley and other things growing in the garden. So, he jumped over the fence, breaking it in the process. Grrr, stupid cow. Well, actually, stupid bull!!

Not easy trying to persuade a very large animal to get back into the field from where it came
The first time he did this was a couple of weeks ago. He’s decided to do it again this morning. At least this time, he seems to have got used to me and went more quietly.
Eventually, I shall have my revenge on him, when part of him is sitting on my plate, mwahhhhhh!!!!

Still, he’s added a few more potholes into the lawn with his big hooves. Ahhh, the joys of living in the countryside.