by Sara Gregson | Aug 9, 2013 | Gardening & Environment
I’ve just listened to Quentin Letts in his fascinating BBC Radio 4 series ‘What’s the Point of…’ This week he was digging deep to find out why the British are obsessed with lawns. He actually concluded that there’s quite a lot of points, like they: provide a...
by Sara Gregson | Aug 1, 2013 | Farming & Food
I stumbled across a charming set of posts from Scythecymru.wordpress.com, charting their hand haymaking process during this glorious July – from mowing with scythes, rowing up, picking up and stacking in racks – some with ‘hats’ on. This has included a ‘social mowing’...
by Sara Gregson | Jul 11, 2013 | Farming & Food
The Gloucestershire group of the Pasture-Fed Livestock Association (www.pastureforlife.org) has just been to visit one of the organisation’s growing band of Approved Suppliers. Ian and Kathy Boyd sell meat from Whittington Lodge Farm near Cheltenham, to consumers at...
by Sara Gregson | Jul 9, 2013 | Farming & Food
DairyCo’s Forage for Knowledge newsletter has been fascinating this year – to see how grass growth and quality has progressed since March/April. After the cold, late start, grass – the wonderful plant that it is – seems to have caught itself up. Farmers seem happy...
by Sara Gregson | Jun 20, 2013 | Gardening & Environment
I took an unexpected visit to RHS Wisley in Surrey this week – my first time to this garden. I was blown away by the beauty and variety of settings and plants, and in three hours only just scratched the surface of what there is to see. I loved the functionality of it...
