Groundswell 2017

[martian]

It seemed to go down pretty well last year, so we're putting on Groundswell over two days this year. We're having what we call Grass-Fed Day on 28th June, in association with the Pasture Fed Livestock Association and the No-till Day on the 29th, which will feature 10 or so different makes of drill working in standing cover crop and a host of exciting speakers.

We've got David Montgomery, author of Dirt, speaking about his new book Growing a Revolution, which should be published in May; we also have lined up young Silliam's friend Dr Sarah Beynon the beetle expert to talk on both days There are some other really great names who we are talking to and we'll dribble information out to keep excitment levels up...
http://www.groundswellag.com/news/

 

[Simon Chiles]

It seemed to go down pretty well last year, so we're putting on Groundswell over two days this year. We're having what we call Grass-Fed Day on 28th June, in association with the Pasture Fed Livestock Association and the No-till Day on the 29th, which will feature 10 or so different makes of drill working in standing cover crop and a host of exciting speakers.

We've got David Montgomery, author of Dirt, speaking about his new book Growing a Revolution, which should be published in May; we also have lined up young Silliam's friend Dr Sarah Beynon the beetle expert to talk on both days There are some other really great names who we are talking to and we'll dribble information out to keep excitment levels up...
http://www.groundswellag.com/news/

Are you sure the overnight camping is a good idea? I can just picture you and @SilliamWhale sitting around a campfire reminiscing on the past. How in the good ol' days you used to compete with your neighbour's about who could plough the straightest furrow and how you thought that if you weren't filling the tractor back up with diesel by tea time you weren't taking out the compaction. You'll be commenting on the scant regard for the worm population, after all, now you've stopped feeding the seagulls the poor bu**ers have to rob unsuspecting tourists of their fish and chips. Also about how you used to win the local field contests by chucking telephone numbers of chemicals at the crop with gay abandon as to whether it was actually profitable, and the misspent youth of roaring around on a quad bike distributing slug pellets. You'll be laughing about how at the turn of the millennium you thought that @Jim Bullock and I had totally lost the plot but then later your neighbour's leant on your gates and told you it'll never work. By the time the sun rises you'll just about be getting around to how poetic it is that a new dawn is occurring in agriculture and we'll all be too exhausted to fully enjoy the second day.

 

[marco]

Thats excellent news, looking forward to the grassfed day.

 

[marco]

Actually on that note, will there be presentations on the actual management of mob/high impact grazing? I'd love to get into the nitty gritty of the management side.

 

[clbarclay]

Are you sure the overnight camping is a good idea? I can just picture you and @SilliamWhale sitting around a campfire reminiscing on the past. How in the good ol' days you used to compete with your neighbour's about who could plough the straightest furrow and how you thought that if you weren't filling the tractor back up with diesel by tea time you weren't taking out the compaction. You'll be commenting on the scant regard for the worm population, after all, now you've stopped feeding the seagulls the poor bu**ers have to rob unsuspecting tourists of their fish and chips. Also about how you used to win the local field contests by chucking telephone numbers of chemicals at the crop with gay abandon as to whether it was actually profitable, and the misspent youth of roaring around on a quad bike distributing slug pellets. You'll be laughing about how at the turn of the millennium you thought that @Jim Bullock and I had totally lost the plot but then later your neighbour's leant on your gates and told you it'll never work. By the time the sun rises you'll just about be getting around to how poetic it is that a new dawn is occurring in agriculture and we'll all be too exhausted to fully enjoy the second day.

Give it a few more years and they will be complaining about how much Groundswell has changed and that no till has got far too commercial.

 

[SimonD]

Looking forward to it, will you bring Sarah Singla back? I walked in halfway through her talk last time so would be great to hear the full talk. Good that's it's over 2 days.

 

[SilliamWhale]

Are you sure the overnight camping is a good idea? I can just picture you and @SilliamWhale sitting around a campfire reminiscing on the past. How in the good ol' days you used to compete with your neighbour's about who could plough the straightest furrow and how you thought that if you weren't filling the tractor back up with diesel by tea time you weren't taking out the compaction. You'll be commenting on the scant regard for the worm population, after all, now you've stopped feeding the seagulls the poor bu**ers have to rob unsuspecting tourists of their fish and chips. Also about how you used to win the local field contests by chucking telephone numbers of chemicals at the crop with gay abandon as to whether it was actually profitable, and the misspent youth of roaring around on a quad bike distributing slug pellets. You'll be laughing about how at the turn of the millennium you thought that @Jim Bullock and I had totally lost the plot but then later your neighbour's leant on your gates and told you it'll never work. By the time the sun rises you'll just about be getting around to how poetic it is that a new dawn is occurring in agriculture and we'll all be too exhausted to fully enjoy the second day.

My hope is that @martian will do some belly dancing around the campfire. I'll be leading an erotic poetry workshop in the evening as well, be quick to get your tickets for my gig...

There was a young lady from Mwnt
Who had an very big

 

[Simon Chiles]

Looking forward to it, will you bring Sarah Singla back? I walked in halfway through her talk last time so would be great to hear the full talk. Good that's it's over 2 days.

Are you going for the TFF record for most likes for a post?

 

[Badshot]

Are you going for the TFF record for most likes for a post?

we gonna see her undies again?

 

[Simon Chiles]

My hope is that @martian will do some belly dancing around the campfire. I'll be leading an erotic poetry workshop in the evening as well, be quick to get your tickets for my gig...

There was a young lady from Mwnt
Who had an very big

There won't be any chance of @martian belly dancing. @Clive has told his wife that he'll be booking the exotic holiday this year although I wouldn't want to be in his shoes when she finds out it's glamping near Luton. I expect his young lads will take the mob grazing lecture literally and martian's evening will be spent retrieving them from the gardens of Baldock.

 

[SilliamWhale]

we gonna see her undies again?

Well she's stayed in my house. And I took her seal spotting.

 

[Badshot]

Well she's stayed in my house. And I took her seal spotting.

Thats unfair!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Simon Chiles]

Well she's stayed in my house. And I took her seal spotting.

I'll wager that she didn't pay you a second visit!

 

[SilliamWhale]

I'll wager that she didn't pay you a second visit!

Um well, she'll be back soon I'm sure, don't know why she blocked my number

 

[SilliamWhale]

@martian - he probably not everyones cup of fruit herbal tea infused pomegranite but I always thought Jules Pretty could be potentially an interesting speaker but possibly not enough mud on his boots. In a sort of "what are we trying to acheive with sustainability" type way

 

[Simon Chiles]

Um well, she'll be back soon I'm sure, don't know why she blocked my number

Probably didn't appreciate your erotic poetry.

 

[marco]

The guy id really like to see is allen williams, he has alot of facts and figures to back up his intensive grazing work

 

[Feldspar]

Tbh I'm not sure the way this thread has begun is going to convince many normal people that the likely participants in this type of event are going to be anything other than absolutely barmy.

 

[SimonD]

Are you going for the TFF record for most likes for a post?

She's a popular lass!

 

[E_B]

Really enjoyed last year so I'll certainly be along. Although if the compost loos are making a reappearance then I'll be bringing my own toilet roll and commode. A charity boxing match between Tony Reynolds and Jeff Claydon would be a good follow up to last year. Intrigued how many people Mzuri can upset this year. Looking forward to it!