Martin Lane, Director of Cotswold Conservation Board, visited Honeydale Farm today in connection with the National Parks and AONB Review, which commenced in June. Chairman Julian Glover is working with an Advisory Panel, including Fiona Reynolds, ex CEO at CPRE and the National Trust and Jim ...
After so many weeks of hot, dry weather, it’s quite hard to imagine what conditions were like at the start of the spring, when the atypical cold spell and last heavy days of rain were causing us problems.
Firstly, sowing was delayed because the soil wasn’t warm enough, and then, on the ...
Another great inspection this week with lots of good news to report.
In the national hive, the bees have made good progress at 'drawing out' comb on the new super I added last week.
The queen is still laying well, with lots of eggs visible (see pic). Meanwhile the new colony inside the WBC in ...
We’ve been back to check on how the Honeydale apiary is faring following its demolition by sheep. I took Jack, our work experience lad, to inspect the new nuc in the WBC hive and the big National hive. It was hot work during this heatwave, but very cheering.
The Nuc box now has a ...
Exciting news. We’re very pleased to welcome The Kitchen Garden People who have begun setting up the Honeydale Kitchen Garden.
Emma, Christine and Dan have been running a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) scheme in Chadlington, near Honeydale, for the past couple of years. Dan is ...
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It's always been part of our vision to have a farm as an extension of the Cotswold Seeds business and in 2013 we bought Honeydale Farm, one hundred acres in the Cotswolds. During the past couple of years we've been making huge progress on the farm and this blog was set up to share this progress with our friends in the farming world.
