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Long Term Green Manures: Nothing improves soil more than adding organic matter to it. Soils with enough organic matter are easier to work and grow better crops. This is well ...
The 2015 ‘Year of Soil’ saw a renewed interest in green manures and fertility building species often known as green crops, and also renewed flexibility regarding ...
When the clocks go back, officially bringing British summertime to an end, you may think it’s too late to sow for forage for next year - but it’s not. You can ...
Weed control is one of the biggest challenges when it comes to establishment and management of game cover and wild bird seed mixtures. These diverse mixes often contain ...
Areas of heavy equine usage such as gateways and grass tracks around paddocks are at their worst this time of year. Continuous hoof traffic – also known as poaching - causes ...
As grass growth usually slows right down during the cold winter months there is no need to cut the grass on lawns and verges. However, during mild spells - such as the one much of ...
With difficult seed bed conditions it is a good to remind sowers of small seeds of the need to obtain a FINE and FIRM seed bed prior to sowing. Robin Hill, chairman at Cotswold ...
Many people are thinking about sowing wild flower meadows at this time of year and a quick reminder of how best to do this might help. When should I sow?Wild flowers should be ...
After extreme weather we are always glad to finally see some sunshine and higher temperatures. Some farmers can be very behind compared to previous other ...
This valuable short term catch crop can be sown until the end of August. Stubble turnips and rape grow very quickly so from a planting then, you could be on grazing in the ...
April is the ideal time to plant both long and short term green manure crops. The shorter term green manure crops such as mustard, sweet clover and red clover all ...
When areas of the country suffer a very dry spell, such as spring 2017, farmers maybe concerned about seed germination. To minimise the risk of crop failure, Ian ...
As with any other crop, getting the pH right for grass and clovers is vital with the optimum pH for most grasses around pH 6.0 and for red and white clovers a little higher at ...
At spring approaches, we are asked most often is: when is the best time to plant grass leys? Here is a brief run down of optimum planting dates. Of course these will vary ...
March is the time of year when many farmers start thinking about over-seeding tired or worn leys with grass and/or clover. This is an excellent - and economical - way of ...
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