by Sara Gregson | Dec 22, 2015 | Farming & Food
The Nuffield Farming Scholarships Trusts annual conference was held this year in Belfast. I was up for the Steven and Gillian Bullock Award – for the scholar who has done most with their award ten years on, but it was also a great way to check up on the exploits of...
by Sara Gregson | Nov 13, 2015 | Farming & Food
It was great to see Paul Bird the other day, the first New Zealand grassland consultant to set up discussion groups here, and encouraging dairy farmers to stop using feeder wagons and produce more milk from grazed grass. Paul started in 1997. He just happened to be...
by Sara Gregson | Oct 23, 2015 | Gardening & Environment
I saw grass specialist Neil Lucas the other day at the Hertfordshire Group of the Hardy Plant Society talking about the use of grass in gardens in California and Las Vegas. I have never been to the west coast of America, but Neil told us that new houses are still...
by Sara Gregson | Aug 4, 2015 | Farming & Food
Three years ago, Finnish grassland consultants Anu Ellä and Jarkko Storberg came to Britain looking for ways to make their farmers’ fields more productive. The traditional timothy/fescue silage leys in Finland are hardy enough to stand up to harsh winters and deep...
by Sara Gregson | Jun 18, 2015 | Gardening & Environment
I was honoured to be asked to contribute to an e-book project collated by the lovely people at Modern Mint, a creative garden design company based in Essex, which also runs a lovely internet shop for gardeners. The idea of Modern Mint owner Darren Lerigo (a...
