Advice

70 Yellow rattle sowing days left until Christmas!

Yellow rattle is a useful addition to any wild flower meadow. As well as being an attractive plant, and good for bees, it is parasitic on grasses and can help maintain balance. Autumn is the time to sow it

Continue reading… / Posted on 25 October 2019,
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Autumn sowing deadlines

The Autumnal combination of warm soils and plenty of moisture in the soil provides ideal conditions for seed germination of both wild flowers and grasses.

Continue reading… / Posted on 23 September 2019,
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Haytime 2019

Continue reading… / Posted on 21 June 2019,
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Spring mowing to reduce grass vigour

Continue reading… / Posted on 16 April 2019,
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Equinox - a time to 'spring clean' meadows

Continue reading… / Posted on 21 March 2019,
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Autumn mowing to restore balance.

Continue reading… / Posted on 10 September 2018,
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Horses, wild flower and herb rich meadows, and buttercups

Diverse flower rich grassland offers grazing animals a naturally healthy and balanced mixed diet which is much closer to the ancient natural grassland these animals evolved to eat.

Continue reading… / Posted on 05 February 2018,
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Autumn Sowing Deadlines 2015

Continue reading… / Posted on 06 October 2015,
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Spring sowing: timing and deadlines

We are often asked to advise on the best time to sow wild flower seed, and what is the latest time in spring you can sow and still expect results?

Continue reading… / Posted on 10 April 2015,
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50 yellow rattle sowing days left until Christmas!

Continue reading… / Posted on 03 November 2014,
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Haytime

Each year brings a different series of challenges to hay making. The main challenge is often when to time the hay cutting to get the best from wild flower meadows. After a mild winter and damp spring here our meadows are quite advanced and lush, urging us to get on and 'make hay whilst the sun shines'. Parts of our meadows are however still full of flowers and buzzing with insects. Our answer to this perennial dilemma is not to rush in and cut the whole meadow, but to start mowing in bite sized sections. We have now started mowing the most advanced areas a bit earlier than usual, and will cut in sections until we complete all hay making by the end of August.

Continue reading… / Posted on 08 July 2014,
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