Gardening Jobs
Warning – Much depends on where you live and the weather before you take any actions listed below – in the south of the UK you will be able to do these tasks a good few weeks before those who live in the north. So be careful these are just guidelines.
Insert Jobs for May and June….
The Gardening Club at St Anne’s Haverthwaite
Events In Progress
We have been working on a Community Project which will create a number of benefits to our Parish Community (Haverthwaite, Backbarrow Low and High Brow Edge) Finsthwaite Lane following the parish boundaries which lie as stated for the existing sections and towards Newby Bridge, so covering all what was once known as the Township of Haverthwaite.
David is pulling more information together when we will have a better picture to present to our Parishioners. Here are some basic ideas based around what is happening in the world to some extent but also with our climate and the “needs” that may be simply as a result of food production and employment as we move forward in the 21st century.
Climate Change / Geo-Political Events
We are expected to be on the wrong end of signifcant climate change impacts in the coming years, some of these are impacting farming and manufacturing industries all ready. As the climate warms we will loose some crops due to warmer conditions across the world and we know already that some of the foods we grown now may well not survive in the not too distant future, whether that food is imported or home grown.
In some respects, skills we used to have before the second world war could well be needed to overcome food shortages. Skills like horticulture and arborial culture will me more in demand along side scientifical and technolodgical advances as well as looking back to bring old species to the fore which are not as susceptable to changes. Employment will also see changes with more people needing to retrain and change work directions. Research done by Universities and Large Companies in various sectors are expecting a future much in sync with what is now written above.
With this in mind we have been looking at ways we can help our community cope with the necessaries of life which will inevitably become scarser. So what could a Community Project do the help us migrate as best we can through the unknown years ahead.
- Community food production to help with funding the project and to help those who are less fortunate than many of us in the current fincial climate which seems to have no end at the moment. Working in partnership with Local Foodbanks, Parish Councils and other organisations for the benefit of all.
- Employment changes: Currently we have issues in finding employment for the youth of our nation; add to this the mid life changes in work paths which will impact on the middle aged and older. The days of spending forty years working for the same company will only apply to a few businesses, probably one of them being “Defence”. This means positions must be found for the younger end of the population as well as those older from say 40 onwards with many of retirement age being pulled back in to work but not for the wages any would have expected before. Quite frightening?
- What could we contribute? Food production will be critical with potentially differnet foods being imported now becoming a staple in our diets, assuming we can actually grow them quickly enough and at the quantities required. To Be Continued…