Posted: 18th January 2018
Suitable soils and optimum pH
These mixes are designed for light, free-draining land with a pH of 5.6-7.
When to sow
Sow between late March and early September. Late autumn sowing should be avoided when mixtures contain clovers.
How to sow
In mixed swards herbicide options are limited, ...
Posted: 18th January 2018
Natural flood management employs natural processes to reduce the risk of flooding and erosion and can be adopted by farmers, landowners, land managers and other stakeholders. As well as attenuating runoff, schemes also reduce the loss of fertilisers and nutrients from farmland
Examples of natural ...
Our durable Cotswold Seed bags have always been very popular, with many farmers finding multiple uses for them after they’ve been emptied of seed. We’ve seen them used for sheep feed, to bundle up newly shorn fleece, and taped on to the end of a combine auger.
And now ...
Root mixtures like Early Fold are excellent for winter grazing. At Honeydale, we used Early Fold in our eight year crop rotation, the catch crop between the ley and wheat. Ours was sown ten days ago but it's still not too late, while the soils are still warm, the days are long and ...
Farmer James Foote was prompted to contact us earlier this year after seeing our various discussions regarding herbal leys on social media. James farms near Truro in Cornwall and was looking for a herbal ley for cutting.
‘Our main aims are to find a perennial forage mix that is deep rooting ...
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