by tania@decantdigital.com | Jul 24, 2021 | Environmental Projects
SHEEP CAMPING EXPLAINED Highfield Farm and Woodland, as regular followers will already know, is a unique combination of small-scale farming and a conservation area. While two-thirds of our farm protects critically endangered habitat for all time, our efforts to...
by tania@decantdigital.com | Oct 13, 2020 | Sustainable Farming Practices
PLEASE DON’T LABEL US I like Permaculture. I really do. I bought and read the manuals written by Mollison and Holmgren back in the 70s when they came out (showing my age…). I read them and dreamed of the day I would have a patch of land. I liked the drawings and...
by tania@decantdigital.com | Nov 30, 2019 | Botany
ANCIENT TRADITIONS Do you remember those old Christmas movies where unrequited lovers are finally ‘requited’ under a bough of mistletoe? There is a bit of strategic positioning and a knowing glance above the leafy branch. A quick kiss ensures and Christmas Day unfolds...
by tania@decantdigital.com | Sep 6, 2019 | Environmental Projects, Native Grasses
PROFESSIONAL ADVICE An agronomist once told us to destroy the Carex grasslands in our Home Valley, “nuke it”, he said, “burn it, then spray it, then burn it again, that’ll get rid of it”, he gestured enthusiastically, “it’s rubbish, your sheep won’t eat it”. I thanked...
by tania@decantdigital.com | Aug 29, 2019 | Botany
WHAT A STRANGE NAME Early in our time at Highfield, we were asked by our welcoming neighbours what we were going to do about the Wild Irishman. David and I looked at each other, wondering who they may be referring to – the young man who lives down the creek a little...
