Farmer Jake's Blog

June 2011 - Posts

• Keeping H2O Low with LEAF

  Last thursday I had a brilliant day with other members of the Carling Wester Growers Group at a special training day organised by LEAF The training day was to bring to our attention the impact of water on our farms and how much we rely on this precious... Posted Jun 27 2011, 02:34 PM by Farmer Jake Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: LEAF, Ag, Agriculture, Water, Molston Coors Growing Group [Edit Tags]

• Orchid Identification

  Up on the western edge of Bredon Hill there is an area managed under Stewardship. Derek and Gordon have been changing the hunting gates and they spotted hundreds of orchids amongst the grassland. They look absolutely stunning but I don't know what... Posted Jun 22 2011, 01:54 PM by Farmer Jake [Edit Tags]

• Our Countryside Comes to Life

  Yesterday the Estate held it's bi-annual  Countryside Foundation For Education day. It is a great day out for our local schools getting their children out onto a real farm to see exactly what happens. The groups of about 20 children had 8 different... Posted Jun 17 2011, 05:39 PM by Farmer Jake Filed under: Ag, Agriculture, Countryside Foundation Education [Edit Tags]

• A Successful Day, Dispite The Weather

  Our first visitor for this years Open Farm Sunday event arrived in the drizzle just before 9am. The tractors were polished, the trailers swept and the fields nicely mown. After a slightly delayed start we headed off to The Overbury Stud where Simon Sweeting... Posted Jun 13 2011, 01:02 PM by Farmer Jake Filed under: Open Farm Sunday, Carling, Frontier, Ag, Agriculture, Farm Sunday, UAP, Syngenta [Edit Tags]

• Getting The Job Wrapped Up

  So far this year our silage making has been well timed and the sun and wind has helped dry out the cut grass nicely. For the last two years I have been using a local contractor to come and do the baling and the wrapping. Our old equipment means the whole... Posted Jun 09 2011, 05:48 PM by Farmer Jake Filed under: silaging, Silage bales, Ag, Agriculture [Edit Tags]