Can we cultivate a culture of heirlooms, an inheritance with long renewal times, maintainable? Our oak table is approaching 100 years old, and a long time ago we played sailing ships and camps under it, as our older brothers had done before. Agrarian heritage in its different forms can provide examples round the world, from plants to furniture, to landscapes. Tools, usually in a combination of metal and wood can be precious, looked for and looked after.
It is not too big a stretch to think we will need the tools, and value our handing-on more urgently in a generation or so, or perhaps even earlier. There will be choices if we are lucky. I have made a choice here for plastic mains water supply. We are lucky there is sufficient local rural supply in our part of Britain likely into the knowable future. The old local grid of asbestos-cement and iron pipes is left to history. I guess the specific plastic grid will last for several centuries. After that they will have to cope.
yes - bravo to wood I often think about how we never criticise a rose or a tree for its shape or growth - yet our eyes (thanks to media) are prone to judgement on all around us - bravo wood for staying the course of who you truly are!
Brilliant! I love wood! House full of wooden furniture. Lounge and dining furniture still perfect 52 years later. Beautiful wood.
Can we cultivate a culture of heirlooms, an inheritance with long renewal times, maintainable? Our oak table is approaching 100 years old, and a long time ago we played sailing ships and camps under it, as our older brothers had done before. Agrarian heritage in its different forms can provide examples round the world, from plants to furniture, to landscapes. Tools, usually in a combination of metal and wood can be precious, looked for and looked after.
It is not too big a stretch to think we will need the tools, and value our handing-on more urgently in a generation or so, or perhaps even earlier. There will be choices if we are lucky. I have made a choice here for plastic mains water supply. We are lucky there is sufficient local rural supply in our part of Britain likely into the knowable future. The old local grid of asbestos-cement and iron pipes is left to history. I guess the specific plastic grid will last for several centuries. After that they will have to cope.
yes - bravo to wood I often think about how we never criticise a rose or a tree for its shape or growth - yet our eyes (thanks to media) are prone to judgement on all around us - bravo wood for staying the course of who you truly are!
I loved this essay!