This February, all the members of the Plaw Hatch management group took part in a 3-day Holistic Management Course. Holistic Management, like biodynamics, is about working with the whole farm organism and with, rather than against, ecosystem processes.
Read Moreis probably one of the most dusty, itchy, and sweaty jobs we do, as oats are an incredibly dusty grain. Yet the satisfaction of seeing a full trailer of homegrown oats to feed our pigs and chickens and give milking parlour snacks to our cows throughout the next year makes it totally worth it and we have a lot of fun doing it too!
Read MoreImbolc falls around half way between the winter solstice and the spring equinox, hailing in the coming spring and lengthening days.
Read MoreOur Merlo Telehandler is due for replacement. It is 10 years old and has done nearly 6 thousand hours of work on this farm.
Read MoreFarm apprentice, Lou Ellerker, experiences silaging for a second year.
Read MoreThis year is very different to last in terms of the arable side on the farm.
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Maya, Miriam and Louisa kicked the year off by attending the Oxford Real Farming Conference.