We have had several enquiries asking how to control annual weeds in new sown leys this spring, especially in herbal leys or multi-species swards where herbicides are not an option. The dry weather this spring and early summer has led to perfect conditions for strong flushes of spring germinating ...

The Soil Farmer of the Year Awards took place at Groundswell yesterday. For many years, Cotswold Seeds has been proud sponsprs of this excellent award championing soil health and regenerative practices. The competition, jointly run by Farm Carbon Toolkit and Innovation for Agriculture, celebrates ...

Are you going to Groundswell this year? Sam and Lizzie will be there both days. Come and find our stand - D30, next to the herbal ley,  At 11am on Day 1 at the FarmED stand (B10 in the Pasture Field) there will be a Herbal Ley Clinic and in the evening at 7pm at Speaker’s Corner, we ...

Cotswold Seeds has partnered with Biolevel, which has developed a mix of biological soil microbes, which can be incorporated into our grass seed mixtures.  Earlier this month, Biolevel MD Laurence Berman and Sam Lane visited Eastbrook Farm, managed by Helen Browning OBE (CEO of the Soil ...

This year's in-person LegumeLegacy consortium meeting was held in Aarhus, Denmark.  PhD researchers underwent a week of training and presented their multi-species research and results, so far, in the beautiful city of Aarhus and nearby on the Aarhus University Moesgaard ...