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This field would have been soup ten years ago if we’d tried grazing it after this much rain But it’s way better draining now the soil os healthier and with a decent thatch on the top it can do it - as long as we move every day

This field would have been soup ten years ago if we’d tried grazing it after this much rain But it’s way better draining now the soil os healthier and with a decent thatch on the top it can do it - as long as we move every day

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We used to house 200 plus cattle I wouldn’t have believed anyone that said anything else was possible… you couldn’t pay me to house a cow now Tried both ways 1100ft up in one of the wettest places in England with a short growing season, and still works

We used to house 200 plus cattle I wouldn’t have believed anyone that said anything else was possible… you couldn’t pay me to house a cow now Tried both ways 1100ft up in one of the wettest places in England with a short growing season, and still works

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Every week the cattle herds stay outside saves £500-700 in potential wintering costs Out wintering (done properly with planned grazing prep) has done more for our farm’s profitability than anything else we’ve ever done

Every week the cattle herds stay outside saves £500-700 in potential wintering costs Out wintering (done properly with planned grazing prep) has done more for our farm’s profitability than anything else we’ve ever done

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Some little things we’ve done (with help) to help nature thrive on our farm A kind of update or summary… 🧵🧵🧵

Some little things we’ve done (with help) to help nature thrive on our farm A kind of update or summary… 🧵🧵🧵

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Keep em moving…

Keep em moving…

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Love to see this

Love to see this

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Bit of a BOOKISH NEWSFLASH for you… For the last five years I’ve been researching and writing a book I’ve poured everything I’ve got in to it, and then some It is about this insanely beautiful place… and the people who live and work in it

Bit of a BOOKISH NEWSFLASH for you… For the last five years I’ve been researching and writing a book I’ve poured everything I’ve got in to it, and then some It is about this insanely beautiful place… and the people who live and work in it

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With an amazingly supportive landlord, we’ve been involved in restoring a whole hillside near to where we live A mixture of creating wood pasture/savannah type habitat, wetland restoration, and regenerative grazing It’s going to be EPIC

With an amazingly supportive landlord, we’ve been involved in restoring a whole hillside near to where we live A mixture of creating wood pasture/savannah type habitat, wetland restoration, and regenerative grazing It’s going to be EPIC

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We don’t feed any bought feed to ewes now - so we really have to make sure they get some decent forage Today we pushed em on to the stockpile we saved from last summer

We don’t feed any bought feed to ewes now - so we really have to make sure they get some decent forage Today we pushed em on to the stockpile we saved from last summer

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These cows become superheroes from here on in to winter Live on winter stockpile grazing only, and this morning mobs of meadow pipits were feeding all around them

These cows become superheroes from here on in to winter Live on winter stockpile grazing only, and this morning mobs of meadow pipits were feeding all around them

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I know a butcher really well… he tells me that ever time they put a stupid programme on TV saying eat less meat their sales go up UP not DOWN People aren’t having this at all - attempts to pin climate change on cows are frankly nonsensical

I know a butcher really well… he tells me that ever time they put a stupid programme on TV saying eat less meat their sales go up UP not DOWN People aren’t having this at all - attempts to pin climate change on cows are frankly nonsensical

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And the prize for worst delivery driver ever goes to this chap He was already a mile up a rough lane when he decided to go across the fields Confident chap Didn’t seem at all embarrassed Sat Nav said, and he did

And the prize for worst delivery driver ever goes to this chap He was already a mile up a rough lane when he decided to go across the fields Confident chap Didn’t seem at all embarrassed Sat Nav said, and he did

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Rare Cumbrian panda cows spotted migrating south

Rare Cumbrian panda cows spotted migrating south

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Matterdale Serengeti Love this piece of land. It belongs to some friends, and we work together on nature restoration and grazing ecology. That oak wood pasture is gonna come down to the cows in the future.

Matterdale Serengeti Love this piece of land. It belongs to some friends, and we work together on nature restoration and grazing ecology. That oak wood pasture is gonna come down to the cows in the future.

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The advertising department has spoken…

The advertising department has spoken…

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There are really only three choices for a food system 1) pay more for food and insist that farmers do their work in very nature friendly ways - this tends to screw the poor on limited income

There are really only three choices for a food system 1) pay more for food and insist that farmers do their work in very nature friendly ways - this tends to screw the poor on limited income

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Time to sell some tups Which one do you like the best?

Time to sell some tups Which one do you like the best?

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Thrilled with the cows. We never house. So every day now they save me a heap of £ I might otherwise have spent, on feed, bedding, housing, meds and machinery. Planned AMP grazing. Rationed out until next May. Most impressed with the calves. They’re growing like mushrooms.

Thrilled with the cows. We never house. So every day now they save me a heap of £ I might otherwise have spent, on feed, bedding, housing, meds and machinery. Planned AMP grazing. Rationed out until next May. Most impressed with the calves. They’re growing like mushrooms.

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Lost a lamb half an hour ago. I’ve lambed sheep for 40+ years but it still knocks my guts out when we lose one, and we inevitably do. Often its just bad luck, you go to one field instead of the other and the 5 mins that takes is the difference between saving one or not.

Lost a lamb half an hour ago. I’ve lambed sheep for 40+ years but it still knocks my guts out when we lose one, and we inevitably do. Often its just bad luck, you go to one field instead of the other and the 5 mins that takes is the difference between saving one or not.

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Thanks for all the support folks My phone has been red hot today

Thanks for all the support folks My phone has been red hot today

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WEIRDEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE SO FAR - has someone lost a PARROT?

WEIRDEST MOMENT OF MY LIFE SO FAR - has someone lost a PARROT?

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Homeward bound

Homeward bound

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Cows going after the plantain first - there is now amazing science that shows that grazing animals are geniuses at selecting the diet they need and want… present them with diversity and they find it and are healthier

Cows going after the plantain first - there is now amazing science that shows that grazing animals are geniuses at selecting the diet they need and want… present them with diversity and they find it and are healthier

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First lamb of the season

First lamb of the season

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I’m going to buy a cow luv… One cow? Yeh, just one cow Are you sure? Yeh, trust me How many cows have we got? A few How many? Erm

I’m going to buy a cow luv… One cow? Yeh, just one cow Are you sure? Yeh, trust me How many cows have we got? A few How many? Erm

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Belties might just be the most functionally effective breed in Britain This year’s calving: 100% unassisted births 100% live/healthy calves 100% good mothers 0 meds/drugs 0 bought feed 0 housed 0 losses It’s been like this pretty much every year - they are awesome cattle

Belties might just be the most functionally effective breed in Britain This year’s calving: 100% unassisted births 100% live/healthy calves 100% good mothers 0 meds/drugs 0 bought feed 0 housed 0 losses It’s been like this pretty much every year - they are awesome cattle

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Two thirds of our farm is now without water… something that generally only ever happens for a week or two in mid summer

Two thirds of our farm is now without water… something that generally only ever happens for a week or two in mid summer

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Constant movement and modest frame sized cows (and tomorrow maybe a back fence) are how we avoid poaching in winter - not magically drier land Two days on these cells and it would be soup - modest sized cows and good deep covers are keeping us on top

Constant movement and modest frame sized cows (and tomorrow maybe a back fence) are how we avoid poaching in winter - not magically drier land Two days on these cells and it would be soup - modest sized cows and good deep covers are keeping us on top

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There is a thing in functional cattle breeding of the best cow being the one you never notice/help/prop up This cow, Holly, is that cow for us She wouldn’t win a show but I’d love to have a thousand like her for the business

There is a thing in functional cattle breeding of the best cow being the one you never notice/help/prop up This cow, Holly, is that cow for us She wouldn’t win a show but I’d love to have a thousand like her for the business

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The second animation from The Place of Tides - images by Gabriella Marsh

The second animation from The Place of Tides - images by Gabriella Marsh

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The final of the three animations for The Place of Tides. Thank you to everyone that’s made The Place of Tides a bestseller, not least Waterstones amazing staff who are hand-selling it to loads of good people.

The final of the three animations for The Place of Tides. Thank you to everyone that’s made The Place of Tides a bestseller, not least Waterstones amazing staff who are hand-selling it to loads of good people.

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Unleashing the pigs We use the pigs for disturbance in the scrub areas - a rewilding thing used by heaps of farmers Love seeing those pigs in their natural habitat

Unleashing the pigs We use the pigs for disturbance in the scrub areas - a rewilding thing used by heaps of farmers Love seeing those pigs in their natural habitat

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The Place of Tides is published as a paperback tomorrow. Massive thanks to everyone that made it all possible. And not least to Waterstones for making it their non-fiction book of the month.

The Place of Tides is published as a paperback tomorrow. Massive thanks to everyone that made it all possible. And not least to Waterstones for making it their non-fiction book of the month.

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Thrilled with the cows. We never house. So every day now they save me a heap of £ I might otherwise have spent, on feed, bedding, housing, meds and machinery. Planned AMP grazing. Rationed out until next May. Most impressed with the calves. They’re growing like mushrooms.

Thrilled with the cows. We never house. So every day now they save me a heap of £ I might otherwise have spent, on feed, bedding, housing, meds and machinery. Planned AMP grazing. Rationed out until next May. Most impressed with the calves. They’re growing like mushrooms.

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Continued my grazing ecology education today at the Bison National Reserve in Montana Yep I’m a super nerd on grazing Wanted to see the plant community and grazing effect of bison

Continued my grazing ecology education today at the Bison National Reserve in Montana Yep I’m a super nerd on grazing Wanted to see the plant community and grazing effect of bison

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Sometimes we have to help a weak lamb get suckled - so we catch mum, turn her on her bum and attach lamb until full This lamb was very helpful and played its part in surviving

Sometimes we have to help a weak lamb get suckled - so we catch mum, turn her on her bum and attach lamb until full This lamb was very helpful and played its part in surviving

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Walking some of the cows home

Walking some of the cows home

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Gone in to pig farming in a massive way

Gone in to pig farming in a massive way

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Margot the Pig and her tribe

Margot the Pig and her tribe

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