This made us think of the classic Russian story of, 'The Enormous Turnip' in which in a grandfather plants a turnip, which grows so large that he cannot pull it up himself. More people are recruited to help - grandmother, granddaughter, dog, cat, mouse, until they finally pull the turnip up ...

We’ve always seen part of our role at Cotswold Seeds as an information bridge between scientists and farmers, so we’re delighted to be taking part in the Soil Association's National Soil Symposium next week on Tuesday 25 November in Solihull billed as a practical event for ...

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 compensate for late sowing by pushing the sowing rate up by 30% with a ryegrass based mixture such as our Maximum Yield ...

The weather has taken a sudden turn for the worse and Autumn, so slow in coming, seems to have arrived with a burst of rain showers. Not surprisingly, we’ve been getting calls from customers asking what to do if they’ve sown seeds but not yet rolled them. How long can seeds be left ...

If there is one man who’s inspired and influenced the work of Cotswold Seeds and guided the company’s product development it’s Frank Newman Turner, (1913 – 1964) a pioneering farmer and author who believed in ‘health from the soil up’. His books, including the ...