FIRST HAND CASE STUDY: Herbal Leys & Cover Crops with George Hosier

Five years ago George Hosier began introducing herbal leys into his arable rotation to widen his rotation and make his farm more resilient. The results have been ...

First Hand Case Study with Dr Sarah Beynon: Herbal Ley, Bespoke Wildflower Legume Pollinator Mixtures

Where: West Wales Type: Wildlife & Conservation  Size: 200 acres  Soil Type: Varied neutral and acidic soils from peat to clay with some free-draining ...

First Hand Case Study: GS4 Herbal Leys & Cover Crops with Bob King

  Where: Wiltshire Size: 650 acres Type: Predominantly arable Soil Type: Heavy clay Mixtures: Herbal Ley & Cover Crops   Bob King has discovered that using ...

First Hand Case Study: Rye & Vetch and Bespoke Summer Quick Fix with Chris Molyneux

Chris Molyneux is Director of Molyneux Kale Company in the North West of England, growing different types of kale as well as chicory and chard, selling wholesale to food ...

14th OCTOBER: Regenerative Farming: Soil & Crop Health

There are a few places left for this one-day course on the management of your arable or mixed farming operation using the soil health principles.   Time & ...

First Hand: Bespoke Cholderton Mix & Simple Herbal Ley with Mark Melly

Farm Type: Mixed Location: North Wessex Downs Size: 300 acres Soil Type: Clay & Chalk Mixes Used: Bespoke Cholderton Mix & Simple Herbal Ley Mark Melly has used a ...

First Hand Case Study: Specialist Hay & Haylage with Phil Shaw

Farm Type: Specialist Hay & Haylage Location: Oxfordshire Size: 250 acres Soil Type: Sandy Mixes Used: Hard Horse Hay, Traditional Hay Maker & ...

First Hand Case Study: Pastured Pigs with Justin Newman

First Hand Case Study with Justin Newman Farm Type: Pastured pigs Location: Cornwall Size: 0.7 acres Soil Type: Fertile loam Mixes Used: ...

First Hand Case Study: Herbal Leys with Angus Gowthorpe 

Location: Vale of York Farm Type: Arable with Livestock Size: 430 acres  Soil Type: Sand, loam, some clay Mixtures: Simple Herbal Ley Angus Gowthorpe says he is, ...

Autumn Sown Hay & Graze Mix

  This Hay & Graze mix was sown in autumn 2020 using discs to create a seed bed after harvest and sown with an air seeder, before rolling twice. The mix provided ...

Pochon Dairy Diary

Sam Clarke’s Pochon Dairy mix, a medium term, dual purpose, high clover cutting and grazing ley, used for high quality silage and sheep and cattle grazing. It was sown in ...

First Hand Case Study: David Gow talks about the Wild Flower Mix

David Gow has truly embraced the concept of farm diversification, branching out into selling Christmas trees and planting willow trees for cricket bats, which can only be grown ...

First Hand Case Study: Mike Fisher talks about Winter Cover Crops for Market Gardening

Veg grower, Mike Fisher, has not applied any compost for the past five years, relying instead purely on plant mixtures as green manures. This year, 2021, Mike celebrates 30 ...

First Hand Case Study: Tom Day talks about herbal leys

Size: 280 acres Location: Kent Soil Type: Weald Clay Mixture: Herbal Ley, Maximum Yield Two Year Silage Ley, Forage Rape.   When the spring of 2020 brought drought, ...

Farm Walk at Honeydale

Join FarmED Founder, Ian Wilkinson, on a virtual farm walk. Of course it’s not the same as actually visiting us at Honeydale Farm, but while we’re unable to welcome ...

A FarmED Team Reflection on ORFC Global 2021

Cotswold Seeds Customer Days @FarmED

Last month a group of Cotswold Seeds customers came to FarmED for a socially distanced farm walk to learn more about the benefits of regenerative agriculture. They heard ...

College Links

Cotswold Seeds MD, Ian Wilkinson, studied Farm and Grassland Management at BCA Maidenhead, where he also met his wife, Celene and spent a year as Student President under ...