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Our project for next Wednesday we will be cutting back these brambles, we checked on Sunday and we found no nesting bird in the bramble’s so we are all system go we like to check and plan before we carry out any works.

When is bird nesting season? Bird nesting season takes place from early spring to late summer. However, most birds nest between March and July, when food is most abundant and the warmer days present a safer environment for young chicks. 🐥 🐣 🐤 🐥

How do people think a cow can emit more carbon than she ingests?

And if she’s only eating a proportion of the above ground part of the plant, which incidentally pumps 30 to 50% of its photosynthates into the soil to feed the microbial community in its root zone,

How do cows ever emit more carbon than the plant she is eating drew down as CO2 (from the atmosphere) for photosynthesis???

Answers on a postcard . . .

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"This worked well for me for many years - it's a simple, w**d-free way to grow lettuce, spinach and even radishes. Take a 2 cubic feet bag of potting soil, rumple it around quite a bit to loose the soil, poke quite a few holes in the back side for drainage, then lay the bag on a smooth surface that will allow drainage and not get too hot, and cut out the top, leaving about a 4 or 5 inch border all around. Lightly rake through the soil to even it out and loosen it even more, then carefully, and evenly sprinkle the seeds around. I put my salad green seeds in an old spice bottle with large shaker holes, added some cornmeal, shook it all up to mix well and sprinkled them out of it. I put the cornmeal in there to allow me to see that I had covered the soil evenly. If doing radish seeds or spinach, just make lines the depth mentioned on the seed pack, plant the seeds and cover appropriately. For salad greens I sprinkled a lite covering of soil over the cornmeal and seeds and then spray-misted to water them in. I put my bags on metal sawhorses and grates to make them waist level. This kept the bags off the hot concrete and I didn't have to bend over when cutting my salad. When harvesting, just use a pair of scissors and cut what you need - don't pull the plants out. Same goes for spinach - they will grow back almost magically overnight, and you can't tell where you cut. Spray mist the seeds and plantlings at first when watering, until they are established, then you can water more vigorously as the plants mature. You will probably need to water more often, since the depth of the bags are not as deep as a regular in-ground garden. I just kept mine moist, but not sopping wet."

Parc Farm I used to have 16 pairs of Canadian Geese now we only have one pair this year ❤️

A simple experiment with a profound message, measuring the temperature of exposed soil, cut grass and uncut grass in summer. The results speak for themselves, a reading from the hedge would have been interesting to include.
Credit: Permaculture

Sunday busy clearing overgrown trees and brambles to keep one of the farm access open 🐑 🐑

Sunday Working on Parc Farm Coedkernew Newport 🚜 🐑 ❤️

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Whether you eat animals or not, animal agriculture is important for restoring soil and ecosystem health, when using regenerative methods.

The soil on the left in the photo is the result of regenerative agricultural practises being implemented and holds significantly more organic, biological and carbon matter.

Sheep and cattle were carefully managed and rotated on the land. They ate the grass, deposited their urine and dung and were then moved away to let the area rest and revive itself.

The cycle is then repeated at a later date depending on season variability and vegetation recovery. This allows the pulling of carbon into the soil. It is darker because a larger amount of carbon from the atmosphere is now in the soil making it more nutrient rich and dense.

The soil on the right is from a commercial farm that uses animals on a set stocking rate on the land.

The dark colour is not an indication for all healthy soil types, however generally speaking the darker the soil the healthier it is.

The soil with more carbon holds a lot more water (roughly 150,000 liters of water per hectare for every 1% of carbon that’s added) and is full of microbes.

Animals play a crucial role in regenerating the land and getting carbon into the soil when properly managed.

These ‘regenerative’ practises also can be applied to crop management through the careful integration of livestock.

Photo From Gateway Research Organization

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The bee lives less than 40 days , visits at least 1000 flowers and produces less than a teaspoon of honey . For us it is only a teaspoon of honey , but for the bee it is a life . Thank you , bees !

HOW COOL IS THIS; STRAW BALES WORK GREAT IN THE GARDEN

If your ground is too hard to work, you end up getting a late start, or if you just don't feel like cleaning up in the Garden, you might want to look into getting a few Straw Bales for your Spring Garden. If you haven't tried this method, you might want to try it out on at least a part of your Garden. The ability to grow in a smaller space, no digging involved, and much less problems with insect pests is making more Families switch at least part of their Gardens over to Straw Bales. Here is some info on this gardening method from Joel Karsten.

Straw Bale Gardening is simply a different type of container gardening. The main difference is that the container is actually the straw bale itself, held together with two or three strings, the outside crust of the bale serves as the container. Once the straw inside the bale begins to decompose, the straw becomes "conditioned" and ready to plant.

The step by step process of conditioning creates an extraordinarily productive, warm, moist and nutrient rich rooting environment for young seedlings. Getting the straw bales conditioned is an essential part of the process, and should be started approximately two weeks prior to the target planting date in your area. This planting date varies greatly depending on where you are in the world but this gardening technique works anywhere in the world for seasonal spring/summer or for winter gardens.

Here is info on How To Condition The Straw Bales--This means wetting and fertilizing the bales for roughly 10 days to start composting the inner straw. For the first six days, put down 3 cups of organic fertilizer per bale every other day, and water the bales to push the fertilizer down and thoroughly saturate the straw. On the off days, simply water the bales. Days 7 through 9, lay down 1.5 cups of organic fertilizer each day and water. Day 10 put down 3 cups with phosphorus and potassium (bone or fish meal mixed with 50% wood ash works like a charm).

Growing a successful vegetable garden is difficult enough if you have terrific soil to plant your garden into, but with poor soils it can be virtually impossible. Straw Bale Gardening allows anyone, even those with the worst soil conditions, to grow a terrific garden that is productive and much less labor intensive. For anyone with difficulties bending over or doing the heavy work that is usually involved in turning the soil and digging to plant and harvest crops, the raised height of the Straw Bale Garden makes those chores obsolete.

Harvesting potatoes means simply knocking over the bale at the end of the season and picking them up, no digging required. Weeding will also become a thing of the past, there are no w**ds in a Straw Bale Garden. Stop spending money buying containers, building raised beds, and buying special planting mixes. Minimal maintenance resulting in maximum production, through Straw Bale Gardening. It will completely change everything you thought you already knew about gardening. Try this method and I assure you that soon you will understand why this is the perfect way to grow a vegetable garden.

After setting up your Straw Bales in your Garden, you will want to add some great Heirloom Seeds. Here at THE SEED GUY, we have a great 60 Variety Heirloom Seed Package that would work well for you. It has 34,000 Seeds, all Non GMO, and all varieties are individually packaged and then put in a 10 x 14 silver mylar bag. All Heirloom Seeds are Small Farm-Grown.

Now I live in a rural UK County, surrounded by farms, so what I hear you say.
But this farm near me has a concrete slab hardstanding, that's about 100 x 100m in size.
Now this hardstanding is nothing unusual, however it has a boundary fence on three of its sides. Each about eight feet high.
A boundary fence made of repurposed reclaimed RSJs and railroad sleepers.
Every time I pass I can't help but imagine its constructor looking back upon completion and thinking, 'now that is a thing of beauty'.
Personally I love it.

Just seen a grey heron eating a mole…

📸 Forage crop nets £20 a ewe saving for Lothian flock

Forage crops nets £20 a ewe saving for Lothian flock - Farmers Weekly A West Lothian farm is increasing its forage acreage this autumn after saving more than £16,000 by finishing lambs and wintering ewes...

It is only the 12th of January and we are itching to restart our project of clearing a recently purchased 7 acres smallholding this overgrown small holding is in Marshfield and this land was last used for farming 54 years ago, this is why the land is completely overgrown with brambles and Ivy, it will be a labour of love of hard work to reclaim this land for farming and nature. 🌳 🌲 🌳

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Thank you 🙏 to all the hard working lads who helped us clear the access into Pound Hill Farm Marshfield

June 2023 Clearing the Brambles to find the old Magical Ancient Woodland Walk around Pound Hill Farm Marshfield.

Morgan wearing his safety gloves 🧤 helping us to carry our hand tools 😊 whilst we are clearing an access through the brambles…🌲 🐄🐄🐑🐾🐾

July 2023 Clearing Brambles to find a flat area at Pound Hill Farm 😊

Farmers hit by the scourge of fly-tipping have welcomed plans to abolish fees that local authorities charge for disposing of DIY waste at recycling centres

Farmers hail scrapping of DIY waste charges amid fly-tipping scourge Farmers hit by the scourge of fly-tipping have welcomed plans to abolish fees that local authorities charge for disposing of DIY waste at recycling centres.

We need a fairer deal for farmers in 2024! 🚜✊

Farming petition calling for fairer deal reaches 100,000 milestone Over 100,000 people have signed a petition urging the UK's largest retailers and their suppliers to treat British farmers more fairly.

Honeybees have the ability to produce honey by collecting nectar from flowers, storing it in their honey stomachs and then regurgitating it back at the hive. Bees also add enzymes to the nectar to break down the sugars and evaporate some of the water, creating the thick, sweet syrup we know as honey.

We are farmers and members of the community of the Gwent Levels, We believe in preserving and protecting the biodiversity and landscape of the Gwent Levels.