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Great Oaks From Little Acorns Grow.
By The Bevis Trust
In Countryside, Farming and Wildlife, Native Species, Uncategorized |
October 31, 2017
It’s been a good mast year for acorns and we’ve collected plenty. We are planting up about 7 hectares (17.3ac) of the steep north facing banks. Bracken is rapidly taking over on these banks and with Azulox being phased out, it is almost impossible to control it. The banks are too steep for a tractor…
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New Woodlands
By The Bevis Trust
In Farming and Wildlife |
May 19, 2016
We have some steep north facing slopes on the farm that are gradually being taken over by encroaching bracken. Azulox has been phased out for spraying bracken and the slopes are too steep for machinery. Even with heavy grazing or hoof pressure there is no realistic cost-efficient way of controlling the bracken and we are…
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Farm Payments and More
By The Bevis Trust
In Farming and Wildlife |
May 3, 2016
We’ve just completed our Single Farm Payment application. Some people think farmers are rolling in it, and who knows, maybe the barley barons in the east are doing very well. Here in Wales, the story is very different. About 15 years or so ago, the farm payments switched from headage payments (paying per head of…
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