We’ve just watched the Box Tree Moth Caterpillar ravage and lay waste to our prized box hedges nurtured over the past fifteen years.
I immediately thought of those whose whole livelihood and survival is dependent on their land and the crops it yields.
We’ve lost nothing but an ornamental shrubbery; others must look on as plagues of locusts and mice devour a harvest meant to last a year, or as rains fail and the scorching sun turns their tilth to dust.
Be grateful for opportunities many others can only dream of.
Last modified: 11 June 2021
