Holistic Management

  After yesterday's taining in Holistic Management by Anadolu Meraları we came to look at our land.  We put the map to good use. Some of the fences that were put up in 2003 have weakened in 16 years.  Visiting cows (on the north-west corner and sheep (north-east) have left evidence   

  In the damp winter months, decomposing molds have finally weakened the floorboards of the compost toilet that Diba built in August 2016.  

 Cocoons also have a limited life span, eventually breaking down to reveal the individual compartments.  Built-in Obsolescence: a basic factor in nature's equation, to use what is enough for achieving the task, and no more  

   One a range of crocuses. 

Look carefully inside the crocus  In mid-February, bees are pollinating. A solitary bee, I believe...