Notes from the Cart TrackApr 122 minLockdown birdingLast month I wrote the notes on a sunny day while praying for a calm dry spell to allow us to get on with the spring barley and bean drilling. We were given ...
Notes from the Cart TrackMar 122 minAngle grinding hoodiesI am writing these notes on a gloriously sunny morning, with a cloudless sky, while watching Whiskey and Coco searching out blades of grass to eat which were...
Notes from the Cart TrackFeb 122 minIndustrial StormsThe lovely dry, bright weather of the last 10 days has been rather brutally punctuated by Storm Ciara. We were fortunate to escape with only branches down an...
Notes from the Cart TrackJan 123 minKicking tyres..Since the last notes, the weather has become slightly more cheery and rainfall has eased off a bit. We are still failing to get any frosts to deter slug graz...
Notes from the Cart TrackNov 11, 20192 minDamp fields and Direct DeereYet again I am so grateful to be living and farming in the driest part of the country! At times over the last month it hasn’t necessarily felt that dry but i...
Notes from the Cart TrackOct 12, 20193 minLuke's Little Summer?!Last month I was concerned at the lack of rain delaying sowing and germination of rape and cover crops. What a change a month can bring. We are now anxiously...
Notes from the Cart TrackSep 14, 20193 minDry legumes and sleeping deerThe current period of high-pressure dominance has given holiday makers some wonderful sunny days but trying to establish rape and new legume mix and cover cr...
Notes from the Cart TrackAug 10, 20193 minMid-harvest musingsHarvest is progressing well with sunny breezy days interspersed with showers. The Met Office forecasts on my phone have been fairly accurate, learning toward...
Notes from the Cart TrackJul 13, 20192 minPurring dovesChangeable but basically warm and dry weather has continued to push crop development along at a fair pace. The rain which spoilt some of the hay has done gre...
