Farmer Jake's Blog

October 2011 - Posts

• Pollarding Willows

  One of the important roles we have as land managers in the countryside is to look after the trees around the farm. Willow trees are part of the traditional landscape in this area and grow well in the wetter areas of the farm. From time to time they require... Posted Oct 18 2011, 12:44 AM by Farmer Jake Select Tags... SaveCancel Filed under: Pollen and Nectar, Willow, JCB Loadall, pollarding, Trees [Edit Tags]

• Hare's, Hairstreak's and Harebell's

  On the 21st September we organised a farm walk to look at how our Higher level Stewardship options can be used on a modern farming business to increase habitats for our farmland species. The walk was jointly organised by FWAG (Farming and Wildlife Advisory... Posted Oct 07 2011, 01:33 PM by Farmer Jake Filed under: higher level stewardship, FWAG, CLA, GWCT, Hairstreak Butterfly, Harebell, Peter Thompson, Brown Hare [Edit Tags]