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Victim of Flytipping…again

It was only a couple of weeks ago that I posted about the growing issue of flytipping but having now personally suffered from it (again) on the farm, I felt it necessary to post some images and once again raise the subject. Yesterday I walked our hedgerows on the farm, assessing their condition as we planContinueContinue reading “Victim of Flytipping…again”

Conserving the Quantocks after Brexit

The mist enveloped the trees as I set out on a walk through Great Wood in the Quantocks. The autumnal environment of multi-coloured trees set the scene but this was augmented by conifers, established as part of this Forestry Commission mixed woodland. The trees stood tall and proud, pushing their way up through the mistyContinueContinue reading “Conserving the Quantocks after Brexit”

Squash Harvest

Yesterday, I joined about twenty others to help with the squash harvest at the Community Farm, near Chew Magna, Somerset. It was a beautiful day and together we gathered more than 200kg per person. It was my first experience of picking squash. Some of us moved up the field cutting them off the stalk andContinueContinue reading “Squash Harvest”

What do we want from a British Food, Farming, Environment (and rural communities) Policy?

In a recent article in the Huffington Post Ross Murray, President of the Country Land and Business Association, outlined some brief thoughts regarding a future British policy for ‘Food, Farming and the Environment’. He called on Andrea Leadsom and Defra not to ‘lose momentum’ and to ‘make an early commitment’ to establish a new Food,ContinueContinue reading “What do we want from a British Food, Farming, Environment (and rural communities) Policy?”

’20 Days Wild’ – days 6&7 – Exmoor

Days six and seven of my ’20 days wild’ experience were spent experiencing the same place through two completely different channels, one of which did not actually involve going outdoors. One of the projects I am working on currently is based at the National Trust’s Holnicote Estate in West Somerset. The estate marks the northernContinueContinue reading “’20 Days Wild’ – days 6&7 – Exmoor”