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Farming with Habitat – Kissing the Mistletoe

Aug 15, 2025 | 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...

Revegetating Sheep Camp Hill

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...

Where is Your Herb Spiral? Don’t Label Us Permaculture

Oct 13, 2020 | Ecological 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...

Farming With Habitat – Carex Sedgelands

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...

Farming with Habitat – Embracing the Wild Irishman

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...