Forget the calendar: haymaking must reconnect with the shifting seasons

From the sepia farm in my grandmother’s scrapbook to my PhD research in our remnant floodplain meadows, hay and wildflowers have been a golden thread of family culture. But it’s time for a change in our haymaking habits…

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Find out more about this research at Hay Days: restoring our floodplain landscape through haymaking

Audio abstract (5m32s)

Brilliant, brilliant piece from @Vicky_Bowskill @inkcapjournal on haymaking – its importance & how it’s affected by climate change. Personal & very moving. A diversity which is ‘the product of ecology, culture and time.’ https://t.co/QRbAMhYqM4

— Nicola Chester (@nicolawriting) June 28, 2023