I last wrote in December 2023 and not a lot has been done on the arable land since then sadly. Made worse by coming the board meeting this week to hear “I’m drilled up or finishing off drilling”

I am glad to say what wheat we have is growing well and has had its nitrogen and herbicide but I wonder being so late whether we will be able to control some bad black grass in one field. We will wait and see. Controlling Black grass is important because its more competitive to wheat and will shed 1000’s of seeds should it be allowed to go to seed. Which will then plague us for years to come. It is better to control black grass by growing spring crops but particularly Maize and one can use different chemical ingredients (one can easily get black grass which is resistant to chemicals if same one used regularly. We’d normally of sprayed the black grass in the autumn when black grass were smaller and more susceptible to chemicals



Next we need to plant the Skyway spring Barley , around here its no good putting seed in the ground in wet and cold conditions so with the rain going through this week hopefully we will get a chance over or after easter. Our harvest is always 10 -14 days after those around CAPC

We have just planted our poplars (3000) for the wood chip boiler In 15 years as in picture. It is so wet no tractor could be used to draw a trench to plant into. We will spray the bases in next few days.