This spring we experimented by sowing our first whole crop fields for silage. This involved sowing a mixture of barley, peas and vetches. Instead of allowing the crop to grow fully so that the barley can be combine harvested, we…
Most of our Red Ruby Devon cattle calve in the spring but, each year, some of the heifers and cows calve at other times of year. This week one of our cows produced a fine, strong Devon bull calf. We…
After the blog two weeks ago about the work of thrushes, toads and ladybirds on an organic farm devouring aphid and other bugs, we have seen a lot more ladybirds on all our crops. Farm manager, Rob Stoner, even managed…
The song of the skylark is one of those glorious sounds of the English countryside. At our farm at Grabbishaw we can hear skylarks high above trilling their beautiful song, sometimes so high that you can hardly see them. The…
