The length of time from the beginning of development to the death of a plant is called its life span. The life cycle, on the other hand, is the sequence of stages a plant goes through from seed germination to seed production of the mature plant.  Annuals – (e.g. Vetch) these plants ...

This year at Groundswell (26-27th June) our Technical Manager, Sam Lane, and Technical Advisor Lizzie Arnold, will be on hand to discuss the demonstration plot of herbal ley,  focusing on the many benefits of the ley in terms of building soil fertility. At 4pm on Thursday, Sam will be running ...

Usually we’d advise against sowing seed in June or July, but would recommend waiting for more reliable rainfall in August or even September. But since we’ve had the wettest June for many years, with a full month’s rain falling in the first half of the month alone, it has made ...

Congratulations to Julian Gold, who has won the award for Soil Farmer of the Year, organised by the Farm Carbon Cutting Toolkit (FCCT) and Innovation for Agriculture (IfA) and sponsored by Cotswold Seeds and Lush. Julian features as one of our new First Hand Case Studies in this year's catalogue. ...

  Tim Mallett, from Dean Farm, West Dean in West Sussex, attempted to grow a crop of sainfoin a couple of years ago, but was unsuccessful. He met with Cotswold Seeds Manager, Paul Totterdell, at FarmED to see the sainfoin crop there and gain advice about establishment and management. ...