…for the Fair to Nature farmer. I voted for Graham Birch but all these farmers look very good to me.
Category: Farming
That hedge again
Thank you to all who commented on the state of a local hedge after my blog on Wednesday evening. Opinions seemed to be divided between insect damage, spray drift and some nasty chemical ending up in the ditch at the foot of the hedge. I went back to the site yesterday evening to have another…
Fair to Nature farming award
Every year we are reminded in various ways about the fact that there are some really fantastic farmers – out there. And it’s so much easier to believe that now that we don’t hear the NFU spouting anti-environment nonsense every few days. This year there is a new farming award on the block – the…
Glad we’ve cleared that up
From Guy Smith’s Twitter feed (@essexpeasant): @bbcfarmingtoday please note that reports I mentioned on your prog of 70% of the Swedish OSR crop being destroyed by flea beetle were wrong and Now seen transcript and fully admit what I said was wrong. Apologies. Will not be repeating it again. Well done to Guy, NFU Vice-President,…
Purrrrring with pleasure
I’m pleased to tell you that I have seen Turtle Dove in Northamptonshire this year. It was only just in Northants but it was a Turtle Dove. When I did a bird survey for my favourite local farmer, many years ago, I was delighted to find that there was a Turtle Dove purrrrrring on his…