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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 ...
Suitable Soils These mixtures will grow on most soils, ryegrass based mixtures will suit more mositure retentive soils Sowing Rate Grass based surface mixtures have a ...
Suitable soils and pH Most herb and legume species can be sown on sand, loam or clay soils with a ph above 5.6. However sainfoin and lucerne should only be sown on free draining ...
Suitable Soils The key to successful overseeding is to reduce the competition from the existing sward as much as possible, before introducing the new seeds. Sowing in warm ...
This Oxfordshire farmer makes high demands on his grass, but careful management ensures he fulfils his ...
The 2015 ‘Year of Soil’ saw a renewed interest in green manures and fertility building species often known as green crops, and also renewed flexibility regarding ...
Despite the severity of the recent winter weather, turnips near Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, are still providing sheep with plenty to eat before spring grass comes ...
Mr. Cornwallis of Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire describes his sytem for using a Cotswold Seeds Herbal Ley as ...
Dr. John Frame, fellow of the Linnean Society and a past president of the British Grasssland Society, and Scott Laidlaw, a recipient of the BGS award, explain how to extend the ...
The period from late March through to April is the prime time for sowing fodder beet which can be a very useful livestock food source, offering one of the highest yield potentials ...
Scott Laidlaw has received the British Grassland Society award for his outstanding contribution to the understanding of grassland management. He is currently working at The ...
Vernon Bailey has farmed his land in Oxfordshire for fifty years but recently learned from a farmer who was working it back in the 1920s that one of the fields was historically ...
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 ...
The late Robert Handy who farmed land at Andoversford, near Cheltenham, always said that there were three golden rules to observe when sowing grass seeds. Rol...
It’s always been part of my vision to have a farm as an extension of the Cotswold Seeds business and last year we bought Honeydale Farm, one hundred acres in the Cotswolds. ...
