Farming through the eye of a microscope
A microscope provides an additional lens on soil health….
Breaking Grass without a plough or chemicals…
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...
The Rock Garden
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...
The Puerility of politics
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 tactical...
Fighting the Flooding? Rain; we all need to learn to live with it.
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 hard...
Cyber Hygiene in Agriculture – as important as bio security?
n one of my other lives, I run a cyber security consultancy. Security Risk Management is a niche consultancy which specialises in helping a range of clients across Public, Private and Third sectors keep their information and computer systems as safe as possible....
The Ballad of Soggy Ground
The rain, it pours like cats and dogs; the ground begins to flood, As rivers swell, detritus marks the tidemark on the mud. The hallowed swathes of England’s turf with urban rubbish covered, And fields of winter wheat or spuds with dirty water smothered. ...