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We were so pleased to be part of @BBCTwo's 'A Wild Year: The Fens' & for the opportunity to show how we manage our sustainable & wildlife-friendly farm in the stunning fenland environment.
Like anyone who cares about the environment, our natural world and the species which inhabit it, at Vine House Farm we find it increasingly difficult to find real conservation success stories which g
Sunflower Hearts can be fed to a large number of bird species. Read our guide to find out which birds eat them, as well as how to feed & store Sunflower Hearts.
Our guest blogger Phil Pickin discusses what have we learned from the lockdown when it comes to the environment
Our guest blogger Andrew Cooper has been admiring the increase of butterflies in Devon
In the extraordinary situation we all now find ourselves in, because of the Coronavirus crisis, those of us with a garden will probably never be more thankful for it. Even if it’s cold and wet outs
Perhaps taken for granted and even misnamed, the most beautiful flower and herald of spring must surely be the primrose. The Latin name means 'first rose', despite the fact they are not a member of t
The phrase, 'turned life upside-down' has been used many times to describe how life has changed since the emergence of Covid-19. The impact on our lives has been profound, but since the implementatio
It would be something of an understatement to say 'we are experiencing difficult times at the moment'. Sadly the messages we are getting are almost exclusively bleak, and while difficult times bring
I’d be lying if I said the current virus crisis had massively affected the way my wife and I live. Sure we don’t go out for lunch or a coffee once a week like we usually do, and yes I’m a bit s
A few weeks back we had to report that most of our popular suet products were out of stock. This happened as firstly we had a huge surge in demand as the lockdown took hold, and secondly because our
The Coronavirus lockdown impacted on just about every area of life. But as we start to return to some form of normality, we are beginning to find out more about some of the less obvious impacts of th
It’s been widely reported in the media that charities have been struggling to both operate and raise funds in the current virus crisis, and this has certainly been true for The Wildlife Trusts –
For anyone feeding the birds in their garden, there are few things more rewarding than putting out live mealworms in the breeding season. The spectacle of adult birds taking the mealworms to their ne
House Martin Migration House Martins normally arrive back on our shores from sub-Saharan Africa during April, though some years these small, acrobatic white-rumped birds will start to appear at th
With news this week of a hosepipe ban coming into force in NW England, potential bans elsewhere, and with a ban already in place in Northern Ireland, the effects of our exceptionally dry spring and s