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April
We have now power harrowed and rolled the fields that are to be sown this spring. But...its gone dry so we now hope for rain and have decided not to sow anything till rain is on ...
Ploughing
The fields where spring barley was formerly grown on Honeydale were ploughed a couple of weeks ago by Nigel Adams. We will be sowing sainfoin, herbal leys, green manures and ...
Forage Legumes - Difficult for Farmers to Resist?
A presentation we've been giving to agricultural colleges, international symposia and farming groups on the many benefits of seed mixtures containing legumes. Shot on location ...
November
Supplementary Bird Feeding Update:
The long, mild autumn we’ve been experiencing in the Cotswolds has resulted in there still being plenty of berries and other fruit ...
July-August
Making Hay and Combining Barley:
We’ve brought in our first Honeydale harvest. Definitely the most important events that have taken place on the farm over the past few ...
June
Bird & Mammal Survey:
Perhaps the most significant thing that’s happened this month is that we’ve received the results of the bird and mammal survey from ...
April
April was a busy month...
Lambs
The first lambs arrived at Honeydale to graze two of the three grass fields. We wanted to manage and maintain the grass but didn’t want ...
March
Jim and Wendy had sown malting barley, a relatively low input crop, for many years so we thought we’d continue to observe the land by sowing the same again. Sam cultivated ...
There are Always Surprises in Farming
There are always surprises in farming, of course.
Our first came when Cotswold District Council Health Department served notice on the spring fed water supply to Honeydale. ...
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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.