Bycott Farm Diary December 2025
As I look back over the season at Bycott Farm, it’s hard not to feel quietly proud of what has been achieved. The winter oats were even better than the best year ever and that best year was only a year before…
Bycott Farm Diary June 2025
The UK has already enjoyed over 507 hours of sunshine this spring, which is why Bycott Farm is looking as good, if not better, than it has ever looked…
Bycott Farm Diary December 2024
So, that’s 2024 pretty much wrapped up. I hate to sound like a scratched record, but yet again it’s been all about the weather. But then, perhaps it always will be, this is the South West of England after all…
Bycott Farm Diary May 2024
What an autumn, winter and spring we’ve just had! I think we’ve all experienced a slow start. Our work here began in earnest during the last week in April, some two months later than the corresponding period in 2023…
Bycott Farm Diary November 2023
We welcomed a new family to the farm in September. A colony of UK Western Honeybees were delivered by Quince Honey Farm based locally in South Molton…
Bycott Farm Diary August 2023
This last quarter has been dominated by Mother Nature once again. Like many parts of the country our weather here in North Devon has been challenging for arable farm businesses…
Bycott Farm Diary April 2023
It’s been a year of weather extremes so far here in North Devon. We experienced the driest February on record closely followed by the wettest March. April has been hit and miss too; we could certainly do with a sustained dry spell…