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Notes from the Cart Track
Apr 12, 20202 min read
Lockdown birding
Last 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...


Notes from the Cart Track
Mar 12, 20202 min read
Angle grinding hoodies
I am writing these notes on a gloriously sunny morning, with a cloudless sky, while watching Whiskey and Coco searching out blades of...


Notes from the Cart Track
Feb 12, 20202 min read
Industrial Storms
The lovely dry, bright weather of the last 10 days has been rather brutally punctuated by Storm Ciara. We were fortunate to escape with...


Notes from the Cart Track
Jan 12, 20203 min read
Kicking 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...


Notes from the Cart Track
Nov 11, 20192 min read
Damp fields and Direct Deere
Yet 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...


Notes from the Cart Track
Oct 12, 20193 min read
Luke'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....


Notes from the Cart Track
Sep 14, 20193 min read
Dry legumes and sleeping deer
The current period of high-pressure dominance has given holiday makers some wonderful sunny days but trying to establish rape and new...


Notes from the Cart Track
Aug 10, 20193 min read
Mid-harvest musings
Harvest is progressing well with sunny breezy days interspersed with showers. The Met Office forecasts on my phone have been fairly...


Notes from the Cart Track
Jul 13, 20192 min read
Purring doves
Changeable but basically warm and dry weather has continued to push crop development along at a fair pace. The rain which spoilt some of...
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