Farmer Jake's Blog

March 2011 - Posts

• Open Farm Sunday Training

  Yesterday Suzie and I visited Aston Hall Farm, on the Spetchley Estate, for some up to date training on hosting an Open Farm Sunday event. It seems long ago since we hosted a training event at Overbury and I just wanted to make sure we were not missing... Posted Mar 24 2011, 01:32 PM by Farmer Jake Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Open Farm Sunday, Spetchley Estate [Edit Tags]

• Integrated Farm Management Training with LEAF

  Today I am at the Royal Agricultural College near Cirencester with managers and lecturers from many Agricultural Colleges around the country. The idea of today's training is how we can use the tools developed by LEAF to educate students, of any age... Posted Mar 22 2011, 09:42 AM by Farmer Jake Filed under: LEAF, RAC, LEAF Marque [Edit Tags]

• Archaeological Anticipation

  Over the past month we have been paying special attention to one of our Scheduled Ancient Monuments (SAM) right on the summit of Bredon Hill. The Kemerton Hill Fort is thought to be about 2700 years old and was built in the Iron Age period of time. Over... Posted Mar 10 2011, 02:53 PM by Farmer Jake Filed under: higher level stewardship, archaeology, Bredon Hill, Kemerton Hill Fort, Iron Age, Field [Edit Tags]

• LEAF Training Day Success

  Yesterday was a first for Farmer Jake. I was asked by LEAF to give a talk about blogging and twitter to a group of 10 farmers as part of a funded two day course. The course was aimed at giving these farmers the skills and tools to host inspirational farm... Posted Mar 05 2011, 06:00 PM by Farmer Jake Filed under: LEAF, blogging [Edit Tags]

• Test Blogging From Iphone

  For the last couple of months we have been keeping pigeons at bay with many different tactics. This one is rather fun, it's called 'Hawkeye' and it rotates in the wind, reflecting sunlight with the reflective strips. They work well as part... Posted Mar 02 2011, 06:04 PM by Farmer Jake [Edit Tags]