Had a great day at North Wessex Downs National Landscape Annual Forum 2024 hosted on our organic farm yesterday. Many thanks to North Wessex Downs National Landscape team, Julian Gold of Hendred Esates, Peter Wilson of Rudge Manor Farm, Dr Gemma Batten of Black Sheep Countryside Management and Jimmy Woodrow Pasture For Life

They get everywhere those cactus guards! Thanks for showing them off in such fine company.

…and if you can’t re-wild like this you can still plant trees across your land…

#NationalTreeWeek …here’s one for inspiration. Oak now 2.7m after 3 years from 50cm transplant. Buzzing with life with its thorny shrub companions. Quick, easy and cheap to do with Cactus Tree Guards spiky protection.

I wrote this 2 days BEFORE Defra put a halt to the capital grants available to farmers for environmental works on farms. So that is less new hedgerows and trees planted, less protection of waterways and, more importantly, even less trust of what the government says.

Nollaig Shona agus Athbhliain faoi Mhaise Duit As we reflect🎄 on the year that has passed, we are grateful for the growing interest and support for agroforestry in Ireland. We look forward to continuing sharing knowledge + connecting farmers, researchers + policymakers in 2025

Don’t cancel the SFI. Don’t pull the rug from under farmers who desire to improve their land for the benefit of nature. Don’t set us back another 5 years in the transition to nature friendly farming

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I hope I am wrong… but the signs are that we are about to be sold down the river… I wrote this… unherd.com/2025/04/keep-a…

Clive Bailye Tesco Red Tractor We have a whole campaign running next week. Please share if you can, we need change for our survival. Repost with the title JUST SAYING

And there are some cool hacks like Cactus Tree Guards and railed cages so you can create a savannah in a grazed farmed landscape

We’ve had no rain to mention since February. I believe we are seeing the benefits of a few years of rotational grazing/ long rest. Here deep rooted cocksfoot is a winner.

Just received my ChirrupAI bird recorder….where else would l put it?! Perfect protection from cattle.

Got to like lichens - this garden on top of an old oak fence strainer

Finding some useful shade under the cactus guarded trees and shrubs . Here oak partners with hawthorn and dog rose. The impact after just 3 summers is meaningful and rewarding for the cattle and me!

Here's "The Game with the Names" - a home-made 🎶 parody of the legendary #ABBA song ("The Name of the Game"), but offering a satirical twist on the #Trump & #Epstein files story (so far) with a dose of disco lights and half-hearted hand gestures ... 🕺

💬 “We host Carbon Calling every year here and you want to be able to give people the data to prove what you’re actually feeling is changing.” Our host Tim Nicholson Cactus Tree Guards on using Chirrup.ai bird listening tech. #regenag #biodiversity #agritech

The trip to Northern Ireland was awesome. Very friendly folk, engaging talks, great food and a lot of Guinness was drunk. Also fields and fields of GREEN grass and folk silage making………

Been a good summer for sunflowers . This wild bird mixes backed by abundant hawthorn berries should help out some birds this winter.

It’s a beautiful autumnal sunrise