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, ...

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 ...

The slow, cold and extremely dry spring has caused some spring sown reseeds to struggle this year in parts of the UK.  The lack of moisture and the slow establishment of the sown species has reduced the competition against weeds, giving them more room to grow than usual and as a result ...