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February Farm Diary

28th February 2021

At the start of February, the farm was probably as wet as I have ever seen but the winter crops have continued strong

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Terminating Cover Crops with Razorback

25th February 2021

Our cover crops have reached the end of the road, having done a fantastic job of protecting our soils during another very wet winter. Their…

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More trees going in

10th February 2021

Tree planting Our annual winter tree planting resumed with 500 trees to go in this year. Despite the ‘soft going’ I managed to break my…

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January Crop Update

29th January 2021

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Maintaining the farm and our habitats

10th December 2020

With field work up to date my attention has turned to farm maintenance. We have a number of willow trees along water courses on the…

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Five-Way Cover Crop Mix

8th October 2020

An advantage of the early winter wheat harvest has been an early entry for our cover crops. One of the most enjoyable crops to grow,…

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Grazing OSR stubbles & inter row trials

6th October 2020

More often seen over winter on our cover crops, sheep made an early return to our arable ground this year as we took a different…

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Oilseed Rape Chronicles: September

1st October 2020

Crop walking one morning at beginning of September saw me a do a double take as I crossed between fields. I discovered a rather unexpected…

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Reflecting on the 2019/2020 year

30th September 2020

Looking back on this farming year, our soils have been tested in all manner of ways and I am pleased with just how well they…

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