by Keith Shropshire | Feb 19, 2020 | Uncategorised
My favourite weekly programme has once again taught me something new. Last week Countryfile visited an entrepreneurial farm in Cornwall where Sea Buckthorn is being grown as a field crop. It is claimed that it can be used for many health purposes. Whilst I am by no...
by Keith Shropshire | Feb 10, 2020 | Uncategorised
So in the midst of Storm Ciara we began our sowing. Unlike my experience of vegetable and salad crops where planting takes place from Spring and through into Summer, tree planting can begin in mid Winter but thankfully can be undertaken under cover! So over the...
by Keith Shropshire | Jan 30, 2020 | Uncategorised
100+ acre fields stretch across the English countryside appearing symmetrical, orderly and often quite formidable in their vastness. The growing crops mirror each field’s regularity with long tracks appearing equally parallel to one another. The huge machinery used...
by Keith Shropshire | Jan 22, 2020 | Uncategorised
Here in Staffordshire the wet weather has thankfully given way and we have had a few frosty mornings this week. Our tree nursery robin is singing away, I guess he is hoping for someone to disturb some old compost for an easy meal. The big news topic for the nursery...
by Keith Shropshire | Jan 15, 2020 | Uncategorised
I was fortunate enough to be invited to several drinks parties over the festive period, luckier still as each was within walking distance from our house. At one of these occasions while enjoying a small glass of bubbly, I was asked to explain why organic farming...
by Keith Shropshire | Jan 13, 2020 | Uncategorised
The season is already moving on quickly which is more than can be said for me and my newly acquired bionic hip (similarities to Sir Andy Murray end there). From command centre headquarters I can see the team lifting the remainder of our one-year old whips from...
