Garton Hardy Farming
@IanDHorsley
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Regenerative Ag focussed. Pedigree herd of native Aberdeen Angus and native sheep. Driven to improve soil and biodiversity whilst raising pasture fed meat.
West Midlands, England
Joined January 2013
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And that ladies and gents is a wrap.
This winter's hedge laid, staked and bound.
Not a bad job for a couple of beginners.
Should be stuffed full of birds and life in a couple of years. Certainly hadn't been laid in over 40 years if ever.
#environmentalsuccess
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280m of new native hedgerow planted on this field with our Mid Tier agreement.
Without
#glyphosate
Utilising sheep's wool to suppress grass growth around the plants, while its commercial value is so low
#environmentalsuccess
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At the end of January this poor ewe got stuck on her back and lost and eye to the crows. With some TLC she's up and at 'em again. And yesterday morning I delivered her two lambs. 5.7kg and 6.2kg. Big lambs.
Amazing animals really.
#resilience
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The girls are now tidying the hedge for me. Gorging on the cleavers that swap the hedge and block the sunlight. Nutritious and tasty bite.
Magic
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Never a clearer example of a missed opportunity. These two sections of hedge were planted at the same time. One got the sheep's wool mulch, one didn't!!
Doesn't get any clearer than that. 20 months later.
@FavColour_Green
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A clear example of the benefit of using sheep’s wool mulch when establishing a new hedge. Planted January ‘ 22
#rocketfuel
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The wool is really doing its stuff so far as biodegradable mulch. It's keeping the ground warm, helping moisture retention and as a result the hedge is moving establishing quicker than without.
Also really bound to the ground and completely suppressing the grass underneath 👍
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When ideally you want two lambs...can handle three with an adoption, dread quads... But get a surprise number five in the end. Had to get the Vet for this one.
Well done Mike.
@belmontfarmvets
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Definitely the cows though. Definitely the cows.
Brussels Airlines runs 3,000 empty flights to maintain take-off and landing slots
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Absolutely gutted to find one of my favourite calves like this. Six and a half months of healthy living. I was only just admiring her the other day thinking how pleased I was, as her mother had two amazingly bulls the last two years. So really wanted this heifer in the herd. 😔
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First day of 450m of hedge planting. Using wool from our own sheep as mulch, to hold moisture and suppress grass & weed competition without using glyphosate.
We have spread that wool out, that was just the initial distribution.
GS4 herbal leys on either side.
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Another 120m of native hedgerow planted. Two large leaved limes and a crab apple as standard trees. Linking the semi natural ancient woodland behind to the hedgerow and wildflower meadow opposite.
@WorcsWT
SSSI woodland beyond that and behind our house
#environmentalsuccess
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Beautiful wool. Shame it's worth nothing. I'll be recycling mine as mulch for 600m of new hedges we're planting in the autumn.
Carbon cycling.
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Like woolly locusts devouring all in front of them.
Lambs won't be picking up a worm burden grazing this chicory, that's for sure.
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It’s that time of year. Time to worship at the sun God.
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Is this what we can look forward to if we get
#righttoroam
in our woodlands?
Someone enjoyed their Christmas day walk.
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Feels like a pretty momentous day for us here. Our cattle have arrived. A fantastic herd of 14 cows and 10 calves from
@RobHavard1
First cattle on this ground in living memory!
Bringing regenerative grazing with cows, not just sheep,to the
@MHAONB
I may over-share a little!!
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The progression of a
#win
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Removed a twin born lamb, as the mum was a ewe lamb. Fed colostrum all day. Then spotted an experienced ewe lambing a single.
Grab the lamb, soak in warm water. Lamb the ewe into a flexi bucket. Offer the ewe both lambs.
Stand back. Grab a beer. 🕺
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If you're not eating mutton, I seriously suggest you ask your local butcher or find a farmer.
Mutton stew is food of the gods. The flavour, fat and pure unctiousness is unequalled.
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Three years in a row she's patiently sat on her eggs in our courtyard. First year predated as ducklings, last year they were predated as eggs.
This year. Success!!! You go girl.
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I'd like to thank you for this
@herdyshepherd1
I've just had my first order, directly for lamb as a result of this tweet 👍👍
For people searching for sustainable/nature friendly/welfare friendly British farmers to buy directly from please add twitter names below...
👇🏻
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With the help of three farming friends, my wife and father, we managed to go back to the old times and walk the pregnant cows and calves one and a half miles to a farm in the next village for some extensive winter bale grazing.
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The flock are very happy to be making the move across the lane to the next field of lush grass and clover.
#grassfed
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Small win. We managed to uncover this oak in the hedge. Been failed for years (under previous owners), but as I had left the hedge uncut for three winters in preparation for laying, it has revealed itself.
Not the most stunning oak on the farm by any means, but I like it.
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Lots of trampling going on now. Call it what you will. Tall grass grazing, mob grazing, AMP grazing.
For me... It's just grazing. Why would I do it any other way. Look at that biomass. Feeding my soil for free.
#solarfarmer
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Popped in to see the butcher’s cutting up our awesome pasture fed hogget.
No grains. No concentrated feeds. No soya. Just meadow grass.
14 months old and the colour of the meat is superb. Very pleased with that end result.
That fat will be high Omega 3. Super healthy
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They are deep into the herbal jungle. Not sure what they make of it at this advanced stage. But they'll certainly be trampling some organic matter into the soil.
Will report back tomorrow on their progress.
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I can honestly say whoever came up with the idea of upside down drench bottles is a twat. The person who on top of that designed a cap that unscrews into two parts is a close run second in the race for top twat.
2 hour round trip to buy more fecking Cydectin was not the plan.
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Certainly the first time in 40 years cattle have grazed these fields. Possibly first time this side of the war.
#nativeangus
grazing regeneratively in the
@MHAONB
Laid hedges, new hedges, steep ancient woodland, wildflower meadow and permanent pasture.
This is how we do it.
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Pretty incredible dock and bracken control by my steer group.
24 hours in the grazing cell.
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Interesting to see the grass next to the wool mulch has vastly outperformed the grass further away. Demonstrating the impact of warmth, moisture and reduced competition.
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Excited to see what this trampling does. Hopefully knocking back the dominant Yorkshire fog a little and giving other seeds in the existing seed bank an opportunity to get up.
Add to it the seeds from the hay and any I broadcast additionally and this field should look great.
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Moved the bulk of the flock onto the chicory this morning. Not sure how long it will last 200 ewes and 300 lambs. Find out soon enough.
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Looking for the
@worcscc
grass verge mowing business. Does a neat tidy job. Requires no diesel.
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We are in business. First pedigree Aberdeen Angus born on the farm from our new suckler herd.
#nativeangus
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#Ecosystem
engineering in action. Opening up this woodland. Stimulating the soil, removing dead trees, grazing ivy from tree trunks, nibbling leaves and eating hay, which adds grass seeds to the ground.
Come back in a year!! It’ll be magic.
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Can safely say that twitter loves hedges. Am always amazed the interest in my hedge tweets. Far outstrips anything to do with cows, grazing, lambs or wildflowers!!
23k views for a bit of sheep’s wool👍😂
A clear example of the benefit of using sheep’s wool mulch when establishing a new hedge. Planted January ‘ 22
#rocketfuel
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Winter 2022/23 bale grazing field. I had 23 bales of homegrown wildflower meadow hay amongst the 160 bales used in this field.
Can clearly see where now, 28 months later. Vetch, ox-eye daises , knapweed, red clover all present now 👍👍
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Makes a nice change for a tree that falls to actually be good enough for something other than fire wood.
Lovely old oak that came down last spring, seasoning in the shed.
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Drier weather this last week has allowed me to get another 12 hours out of each 25x25 cell. So I'm getting more muck/urine per cell and much better hay utilisation.
#fertility
boost right there. Can't wait to see this next year. Seed diversity boost too.
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The cows are getting into a bit of rough stuff for New Year’s Eve. Bit of shelter. Just hope the electric fence keeps them out of the river….😳
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I was about to get the flair mower out to trim the track edges and tidy things up. But then realised I was missing some free grazing. Strip grazing the farm track for the next few days I think. Saves using haylage 👍👍
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Last grazed June 22nd. Not much moisture since but great ground protection from trampled grass has retained what we had and it's still growing. This will explode with the next rain event.
And full herbal ley last grazed June 1st
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Found a great use for old feed buckets. Attached some Perdix feeder bits and filled with a wild bird seed mix.
I've made 6 of these hedgerow feeders and scattered them around the hedges. Should have done it weeks ago. But better late than never.
#environmentalsuccess
#wildbirds
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That moment when you finally get to see some of your beef hanging at the butchers. First cow we've sent off farm.
Pure 100% pasture fed. Half native Aberdeen Angus 4.5 years old
Didn't enjoy the drop off at the abattoir on Wednesday though. But that's the reality.
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Going the extra mile. It's a bit late in the season but trying to collect a little wildflower seed from our species rich meadow to add to the new meadow creation.
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A great day to be born. Atlas, son of Angel has arrived!
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Although she doesn't have much milk flowing, she is relaxed, not being held, restrained or turned over. I think I could get used to this. Better for shepherd and ewe alike 👍
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Couldn't ask for a better day to arrive on the farm. Glorious sunshine for their new home.
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Its like unrolling a packet of summer.
Oxe eye daisies and vetch in this bale of meadow hay from my first year wildflower meadow creation growth.
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Four years after creating our wildflower meadow from a tired old field. Our first orchid has appeared.
Plus the season’s first ox-eye daises and the yellow rattle is starting to flower.
#environmentalsuccess
You’re welcome!!
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Just a little reminder that the fields won’t always be as water logged, brown, grim and depressing as they are today.
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Allow me to introduce some of the calves. This year's were born in six weeks of May/June.
They won't be weaned until about 10 months, happily feasting on grass, hay and mum's milk.
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Deep in the hedge. Loving this year's work so far.
Will be clearing out the ditch and putting up a new fence.
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That feeling when you find your favourite adjustable hammer that you dropped in a 13 acre field a week ago..
#happyfriday
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Two hedges we planted last winter didn't get sheep's wool as a mulch, as I ran out.
But by not spraying off the grass (as recommended) and allowing it to shade and protect the soil last summer, they all appear to have survived the drought
Mulching with hedgerow woodchip now.
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Triplet ewe going off with her two lambs after tagging. 4.2kg and 4.8kg, another 4.5kg adopted on.
All off grass. Not sure why all the literature and universities teach feeding concentrates to sheep.
....follow the money.
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The glorious weather has really brought the farm to life.
A first time heifer here with her gorgeous heifer calf, as I walk three up the track to join a different group.
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It's official. Today has been one of those shit days lambing. Where everything is hard work, doesn't work, dies and all for just a handful of lambs. 😣😣😣
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Most satisfying thing I've done on the farm since moving here two years ago. Learned how to lay a hedge. Then completed 170m of it.
Really happy with it and it's bursting into life.
Extending its useful life and wildlife habitat for many years.
#environmentalsuccess
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Put the finishing touches to this year hedge laying today. Binding on the starting section that borders the field.
Before the wild and wide woodside section.
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Sad day today. Our first ever ram, Winston from
@GeorgeCullimore
finally gave up. Born in 2014 and retired from active service about 4 years ago he got to live out his retirement here with his mates. Go easy big fella.
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Sheep farmer preparing boxes for grass fed lamb deliveries all over the country. What else would I use? Only the best insulation....Wool
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Opening the betting book now. £5 a go. How long before this is an almighty clusterf*ck.
Winner gets £10. Rest to RABI
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170m of hedge that we laid this winter. Stuffed full of new growth. With a solid woven bottom great for birds for years to come.
#environmentalsuccess
That's your public money for public goods right there.
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Ecosystem engineering in action!! No expensive Bison required.
@RobHavard1
Red Masterplan and his mates in the woods.
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Our first home bred Aberdeen Angus heifer calving her first at 12 days short of two years old.
That dam line is calving like clockwork, at or under 365 days, three years in a row and three generations matching that performance. Just perfect, all off grass pasture and hay. 😍
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100% pasture fed hogget. The food of kings. Depth of flavour. Healthy fats, high in Omega 3s. Succulent and filling.
Yes please.
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Exciting and slightly nervous day on the farm, as we introduce Dunlouise Kennedy to our herd of pedigree Aberdeen Angus cows bought from
@RobHavard1
.
Best of luck chap.
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I have an admission to make. I don't like pet lambs. Don't like feeding them, nursing them, have neither the time nor the temperament for it.
I'm sure that makes me a terrible shepherd. But it's the truth!!
Shoot me!
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Looking out across the flock today I saw two twins missing a lamb each. Searched high and low. Had fallen into this natural sink hole, on the spring line. At full stretch I could reach one but not the 2nd.
Had to dig it out so I could reach. It was head first up a side cave..
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Well having my appendix removed wasn't exactly part of my shearing and vaccinating plans for the sheep this week. Bugger
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100% pasture fed. 52 month old cow. Forerib of beef. Pure heaven
Pedigree Aberdeen Angus.
Privilege of being a farmer. One of many.
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I don't do much tractor work here thankfully. We're pretty low fuel usage. But today I'm setting out the bales for winter. One day driving on solid dry ground will give me at least three months grazing in this outdoor shed.
No straw, mucking out or spreading.
#balepod
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Feel very lucky to have this semi natural ancient woodland on our farm. What a sight in the spring.
The steep bank makes it difficult to manage but what a wonderful habitat.
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The tiny oxe eye daisy flower tells me this bale came from my newly created wild flower meadow. Hopefully it'll spread a few seeds to this field too
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Grim news from Boris, but on the upside these ladies were the worst affected conjunctivitis cases.
They all had clear eyes today after injecting with Draxxin on the 27th.
Looks like I'm finally at the end of this six week headache.
🕺🕺🕺🕺
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Just look at these handsome Aberdeen Angus calves. How good do they look?
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Home raised grass fed mutton. Three years old. One year of getting condition back after weaning last year. A relaxing year on grass meadows and herbal leys.
14 days hanging. These will be damn good.
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If I'm a little quiet on here this week it's because I'm taking over the
@FarmersOfTheUK
account. Swing by and give me some support 👍👍
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One month with these fantastic native Aberdeen Angus cows and calves on the farm. They've been a pleasure to move, a simple daily job. One hour of tractor work in September to set the bales. No mucking out, no straw for bedding. Just a bit of hand reeling electric
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11 years to the day since I left this crazy world. Trading Her Majesty's government bonds. They were good days and having a regular salary definitely has its up sides. Plus I'd never done a VAT return... Running your own business is. Whole different ball game.
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After changing our grazing system four years ago, leaving much longer grass prior to grazing, much longer rest periods for recovery and diversity I see so many voles about when I'm moving the cows.
#WildIsles
@BBCWildlife2
#regenerativeagriculture
#grasslands
@PastureForLife
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It's all changed from the t-shirt weather of last week. Just in time for the busiest few days in the lambing calendar! Well the synchro girls are out of the shed so I have 22 warm individual pens and a selection of groups pens if required 👍👍glad I was too lazy to pack it away.
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