My Mammy and Daddy are dairy farmers. They tell me and my brother and sister that it is very important that we all do our bit to help biodiversity, which I think is just a fancy word for nature.
Here are some of the things we have done on our farm. Maybe if you live on a farm, you could ask your parents to do them too and we can all help nature and wildlife thrive on our farms.
Let the hedgerows grow tall and beautiful.
Do not use weedkiller to keep things ‘tidy’.
Plant more mixed-species hedgerows.
Install bat boxes in the farmyard.
Plant a big pollinator plot for the bees.
Grow some nettle patches for the butterflies.
Put up some bird boxes for the sparrows and the starlings.
Plant a little native woodland.
Plant lines of native trees along the cow roadways – we have planted sessile oaks and our cows love their shade.
Make the margins by streams and rivers wider and let nature take over.
One of my favourite things to do is learn the names of all the wildflowers that grow on our farm. We made elderflower cordial during the summer and I am looking forward to blackberry picking and making lots of jam with Mammy.
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We use a phone app called 'chirpomatic' to get to know the birdsong and I was very excited to hear a skylark for the very first time when checking the calves with Daddy a few weekends ago.
I love farming with nature.
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My Mammy and Daddy are dairy farmers. They tell me and my brother and sister that it is very important that we all do our bit to help biodiversity, which I think is just a fancy word for nature.
Here are some of the things we have done on our farm. Maybe if you live on a farm, you could ask your parents to do them too and we can all help nature and wildlife thrive on our farms.
Let the hedgerows grow tall and beautiful.
Do not use weedkiller to keep things ‘tidy’.
Plant more mixed-species hedgerows.
Install bat boxes in the farmyard.
Plant a big pollinator plot for the bees.
Grow some nettle patches for the butterflies.
Put up some bird boxes for the sparrows and the starlings.
Plant a little native woodland.
Plant lines of native trees along the cow roadways – we have planted sessile oaks and our cows love their shade.
Make the margins by streams and rivers wider and let nature take over.
One of my favourite things to do is learn the names of all the wildflowers that grow on our farm. We made elderflower cordial during the summer and I am looking forward to blackberry picking and making lots of jam with Mammy.
We use a phone app called 'chirpomatic' to get to know the birdsong and I was very excited to hear a skylark for the very first time when checking the calves with Daddy a few weekends ago.
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