The Meadow Makers' Network Forum

Haha I’d love goats but I think my husband has hit his max animal threshold at the moment. I think I’ll need longer to wear him down to allow me to get more :) Yes the horses eat the thistle flowers (it’s funny watching them carefully pick them) and they have eaten some of the thistles I’ve pulled. ...

thanks Nigel. Yes I am a member and hadn’t thought of asking them for advice. I didn’t realise they could help in that way. I’ll get in touch with them. Yes it sounds like more work than I had realised! Hi Hannah You appear to have a job on your hands from what you've written. Are you a member of yo...

Thanks Amy, that’s very useful. Lots of food for thought and maybe I need to manage my expectations. I’m so sorry I hadn’t seen your email but just found it in my spam folder. I’ll digest and reply there as well. Tussocks, brambles and bracken sounds just like my land! Oh no! I’m wondering about cha...

hi Jane, Thank you. That’s a good way to think of it. It would need a bit of planning, but it’s worth thinking seriously about. Maybe I’m trying to force a square peg into a round hole so to speak! I was very excited to find quite a big patch of red clover this year! Nettles and docks are not ideal ...

Thanks for your thoughts Fourwinds. As an ecologist I wouldn't ever dream of using glyphosate (did you realise that’s what Gallup XL contains?) and am extremely selective about which herbicides I will use. I’ve been very sparingly using triclopyr but that’s not had much of an impact. I’m now thinnin...

Hello, I’m based in North Wales but don’t have any local groups so I hope it’s ok to join you. I’ve been watching the forum a while and it’s been really useful and interesting. I have 4.5 acres of very windy, exposed rough grazing at 235m above sea level. It’s split into two fields and grazed by hor...