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by nicksheron
Sun Aug 01, 2021 4:24 pm
Forum: Field Scale Meadow Restoration and Creation
Topic: Lowland Meadow Creation - 2 years in
Replies: 1
Views: 2779

Re: Lowland Meadow Creation - 2 years in

We have done something similar in our little farm in the Blackdown Hills, cutting a circumferential path and sowing in that, no harrowing. From the autumn 2019 sowing with a very soft winter we had nothing last year, whereas this year we re-sowed a little having kept seed frozen and had a much colde...
by nicksheron
Sun Jun 27, 2021 10:20 am
Forum: Seeding
Topic: Bee Orchids
Replies: 3
Views: 4231

Re: Bee Orchids

The Hardy Orchid Society organise seed growing workshops every year, and have a stock of legally collected seed available to members https://www.hardyorchidsociety.org.uk/. They also have a fabulous journal, anyone interested in wild flowers should consider supporting them. Germinating orchid seeds ...
by nicksheron
Tue May 25, 2021 2:07 pm
Forum: Managing Meadows with Livestock
Topic: Using ponies to get the grass down at the start of spring
Replies: 3
Views: 4303

Re: Using ponies to get the grass down at the start of spring

Hello folks, we had a pair of Clydesdales over winter last year from Adventure Clydesdale in Dartmoor http://www.adventureclydesdale.com/. They were magnificent lovely creatures although on the wet clay land here in the Blackdown Hills they did cut up the areas of pasture around entrances. For anyon...