A mixture of information, news & case studies
Mike Adams totally changed his farming system after attending the Herbal Ley Establishment and Management course at FarmED, run in partnership with Cotswold Seeds. Mike farms 305 ...
Technical Sales Trainee This development role, designed to take between 12-24 months, will provide you with theskills you need to become a skilled Technical Sales ...
Farm Type: Specialist Hay & Haylage Location: Oxfordshire Size: 250 acres Soil Type: Sandy Mixes Used: Hard Horse Hay, Traditional Hay Maker & ...
The Herbal Ley Stakeholder Meeting, at FarmED this week, was organised by the Soil Association and Fabulous Farmers and aims to provide information, knowledge exchange and support ...
Sowing and Growing Wildflowers Generally wild flowers are sown from March to May in the spring and late August to October in the autumn. Sowing rate The sowing rate ...
Long Term Green Manures: Nothing improves soil more than adding organic matter to it. Soils with enough organic matter are easier to work and grow better crops. This is well ...
Sam’s given presentations to two very different groups over the past couple of weeks. The first was to Portus and Whitton, Landscape Architects in Cirencester, where Sam ...
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 ...
Last month Cotswold Seeds lead a herbal ley course at FarmED, for those interested in exploring complex seed mixture of grasses, legumes and herbs for livestock health, ...
When an old ley becomes tired and it’s time to plough up and reseed to improve productivity, several well known pests, which might be living in the old grassland, can cause ...
Getting the agronomy of sainfoin right will ensure the best possible crop. Choosing the correct weed control sprays, and the right companion grasses is ...
Winter frosts can lift soil over the winter leaving the roots of young grass and legume plants explosed and vulnerable to winter kill. Rolling these fields in late winter will ...
When we consider the different species that can be utilised in a grass seed mixture, grasses and clovers can be viewed as a versatile array of tools, which when carefully ...
John Rogers from Hereford describes his use of vetches sown alongside various cereals to produce a high quality, high yielding cutting ...
Mr. Cornwallis, a mixed farmer from Oxfordshire, describes his sytem for using a Cotswold Seeds Herbal Ley as foggage. Mr. Cornwallis, was found by the Farm Business ...
