by Tom Fairfax | Jul 20, 2021 | environment, Farming, Regenerative Farming
With the astonishing amount of technology increasingly available to farmers, whether chemical, biological, mechanical or doctrinal, it is easy to forget that we are never at liberty to make complete unilateral decisions. The ground with which we are privileged to work...
by Tom Fairfax | Jul 3, 2021 | environment, Farming, Regenerative Farming
As a mixed farm, Mindrum has long relied on long ley rotational grass as part of our farming system. Historically, we have relied on a combination of glyphosate and the plough to manage the transition from grass to arable phases. Switching to a regenerative model...
by Tom Fairfax | Oct 11, 2015 | Gardening
Though protected by current regulation, Limestone Pavement is a fascinating stone which reflects the influences of water, weather and the environment. We are lucky at Mindrum, to have a wonderful Limestone Pavement rock Garden which was installed in the Mid...
by Tom Fairfax | Apr 29, 2015 | Opinion
A rare foray into politics – Driving to work yesterday I was musing on how how our collective political class have managed, so effectively, to trivialise such an important debate (the UK election). The debate seems to focus largely now on...
by Tom Fairfax | Jun 10, 2014 | Opinion, Regenerative Farming
We live in a country where it rains a lot. Many people round the world would consider us lucky – but whenever there are floods (terrible though they may be) we seem to throw our arms in the air and look for someone to blame. We should all take a good...
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