The second episode of the No Till Crimper Roller series follows on from week one where we established the crop was a little to under-developed to crimp yet. We continue to hunt for the ‘Goldilocks Moment’ where the Roller will destroy the crop before it turns to seed. We didn’t ...

We take a look at the Sainfoin crop at Honeydale and farm resident Sam Lane explains why it is such a wonderful crop to have on the farm. We look at how and when it was planted, how it's getting on, and plans for the future with this beautiful pink flowering ...

A new range of complex grass seed mixtures for the equine market has been developed to help combat some of the most common health issues affecting horses, including laminitis, gastric ulcers, developmental orthopedic disease, stereotypical behaviours and wormer resistance. The new range includes ...

The No Till Crimper Roller is standard farm machinery in arable America but as far as we are aware our experiment at Honeydale Farm this weekend is among the first times that one has been used in the UK. As the name implies, the Crimper Roller offers a way of terminating cover crops with no till; ...

Last week we reported that the bees at Honeydale were behaving rather strangely with one hive bursting with bees and the bees in the second hive preparing to swarm. Paul’s beekeeping mentor Chris Wells has now been to assess the situation which has moved on a pace. The hive that was ...