29/05/2026
Every winter we plant trees 🌳 on the farm, for wildlife, but also because they give shade, shelter, feed, minerals & vitamins to our cows and sheep. Trees also stop the soil drying out so fast in summer and keep the soil warmer in winter. Work with trees is improving the productivity and resilience of our organic nature friendly farming system.
☀️The hottest May day ever recorded in the UK.☀️
And on days like this, farming systems are tested fast.
When soils are tired, grass burns off quickly.
When fields are bare, moisture disappears.
When animals have no shelter, heat stress rises.
But farms built around healthy pasture often cope differently.
Deep-rooted grasslands.
Higher soil organic matter.
More ground cover.
Better water retention.
More shade.
More resilience.
This isn’t about “perfect” farming systems.
It’s about building landscapes that can cope with extremes — because extremes are becoming normal.
Grass is not just feed.
It’s infrastructure.
Heatwave Agroecology
