[Bodger]

The other day I found this interesting documentary that I thought you like might to watch.

http://topdocumentaryfilms.com/farm-for-the-future/

[Bodger]

Or not,

[Lesley Silvester]

Looks interesting. I'll watch that later.

[Humblepie]

Thankyou. its very very interesting. definitely worth watching.

what i wonder is why the woodland gardens only get 10 days maintenance a year and yet there is no ragwort, nettles or thistles in sight. i have been pulling ragwort etc for weeks and weeks for years, amongst our hardwood trees yet it always comes back.
there must have been a big effort in the beginning to to get results like that, what do you think bodger?

glad im not the only one who makes their cattle winter out either, i think im the only one in at least a 50 mile radius. and im not the only one without a tractor either     

[Q]

Thanks for that one Bodger.  Very interesting and some good points in there but I can help thinking that we would be rationed on car fuel and the oils and fossil fuels diverted to food if our governments thought there was a real threat to the food.

[Hamish Crofter]

Just watched this, excellent!
Thanks for the recommendation

[Bodger]

Do you know, for some reason I've never been in Woodland where there's been any ragwort.

[john and helen]

Excellent, really enjoyed that

[Rosiecrad]

This looks really interesting but will watch once the children are in bed!!

[cloddopper]

Do you know, for some reason I've never been in Woodland where there's been any ragwort.

It needs open land to grow with very very little shade or the chemicals that plants produce to prevent usurpers growing close to the original plant ( there is a posh name for it but I cant recall it just now )

[Backinwellies]

Great unbias informative  programme ...   and inspired us to think more in that direction ..... already dont intend housing cows or sheep (apart from lambing) .... though the slush they are paddling in at mo is making me think about how to achieve this.  And maybe OH wont get his tractor??? 

We are thinking maybe to start by developing pockets .... we have 4 acres of new planted woodland and a fenced pond area which lend themselves to being developed to produce more and to feed cows.

[suziequeue]

Good website generally with some interesting stuff on it.


I ended up watching a documentary about Amy Winehouse. Creepily, it was made before her unfortunate demise with a "Where will this all lead to?…." sort of theme.


Now we know 

[Lesley Silvester]

Fascinating programme and certainly the way I would want to go if I was starting with a smallholding now. Fordhall Farm is not far from us and we enjoy visiting it. Ben and Charlotte Hollins have written a book about it which is well worth reading. It is called The Fight for Fordhall Farm and is published by Hodder & Stoughton.