As I write this (later than usual) on a Tuesday evening, the Harvest Moon is in its ascendency and the smell of agriculture is in the air.
We live in a village surrounded by farms and have a wonderful selection of arable land and livestock on display.
The picture is of a New Holland TX65 combine Harvester that I took on my walk with Anny this evening. It had just started on its journey to reap the harvest from the field we see on most days. In fact, having just stuck my head outside to see the Harvest Moon, I can still hear the combine and it’s going to be a long evening for the farmers tonight.
We have watched the field grow over the months, having seen the farmers plant the initial seed, and it is indeed a fruit of their labours. We are very lucky to witness it.
As I took the picture one of the other farmers turned up in a tractor to move some equipment. We got chatting briefly and he explained that the local farm in the early nineteen hundreds was a family with ten children. Every one of the children became farmers and so did their offspring!
All of them would have understood that farming is a process, full of traditions, hard work and never ending. Very much a family business…
As a business ourselves we having been sowing seeds with the Family Business Practice for ten years now and also over fifteen years for our current family events business. We have recognised, just like the farmer, that different crops yield differing results and are in the throes of sharing new offerings after much effort. We look forward to letting you know in the next couple of weeks our exciting news, however in the meantime where are you in your journey, sowing, nurturing or reaping the rewards?
Wherever you are, you can be sure to need to repeat the process, just like the farmers I can hear in the background.
Until the next time…
Peter
