by Sara Gregson | Jul 18, 2016 | Gardening & Environment
It was National Meadows Day on 2 July this year – the second time this celebration of meadows at the peak of their gloriousness has taken place. More than 100 events took place across the country, on nature reserves, country parks and other sites, with guided walks,...
by Sara Gregson | Jun 29, 2016 | Farming & Food
Feeding and finishing his cattle on just grazed grass and silage makes perfect sense to organic farmer Hugh Grierson, who farms in Tibbermore, near Perth in Scotland. On a recent edition of BBC Landward programme, Hugh invited top chef Nick Nairn to see his cattle and...
by Sara Gregson | Jun 21, 2016 | Farming & Food
Last week I went on a grass identification course run by the National Plant Monitoring Scheme (NPMS). This is a habitat-based plant monitoring scheme designed by the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland (BSBI), the Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH), Plantlife...
by Sara Gregson | Jun 8, 2016 | Farming & Food
First of all I am so sorry there has been a gap on posting blogs over the past few months! I am developing a new TalkingGrass blog with an online shop called Grassy and Green and was hoping to launch this spring. Unfortunately it is taking a bit longer than...
by Sara Gregson | Jan 11, 2016 | Farming & Food
The programme cover of the Oxford Real Farming Conference urges its delegates to ‘Enjoy and get involved’, and that is exactly what nearly 800 people did last week at the Oxford Town Hall. Whilst the heritage Oxford Farming Conference (70 years of age this year), was...
