by Sara Gregson | Jul 23, 2012 | Farming & Food
This year’s British Grassland Society Summer Meeting was a cracker – with visits to eight farms managed by inspirational farmers making the most of the natural resources around them – sunshine (not so much this year), rainfall and land that grows good grass. Some key...
by Sara Gregson | Jul 2, 2012 | Gardening & Environment
There has always been a Kelly’s ice cream van parked at the end of our favourite beach in Cornwall – for as long as I can remember. In recent years we haven’t had to wait until the last two weeks in August to enjoy a Mr Kelly’s – we can buy it in our local supermarket...
by Sara Gregson | Jun 28, 2012 | Sports & Leisure
Just discovered this cool company which installs real grass at events and venues including York Minster for the Rose Dinner earlier this month. More than 900 guests attended, held to celebrate the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and to raise money for the York Minster Fund....
by Sara Gregson | Jun 19, 2012 | Farming & Food
Happy 65th birthday to The Stockman Grass Farmer – the quarterly newspaper edited and published by grazing guru Allan Nation out of Ridgeland, Mississippi in the USA. Allan also has several books to his name including: Quality Pasture – how to create it, manage it and...
by Sara Gregson | Jun 12, 2012 | Sports & Leisure
The amazing rejuvenation properties of grass in sporting venues have been highlighted once again in Poland this spring. Despite the coldest winter for 40 years, with knee-high snow followed by heavy rain, the sparse and uneven surface at Hutnik Nowa Huta football club...
