Land Management
with Gillian Dixon (DASH member)Price: £85 (£65 for your first DASH course booked in 2024 if you are a member)
Venue: Northlew, near Hatherleigh EX20 3PS
Sunday 8th June £20 off your first DASH course of 2025 if you are a member
Time: 10am - 4pm
Provided: Summary handouts and booklets to take away
What you need to bring: Packed lunch, clean outdoor clothes and wellies
This is a comprehensive course covering all aspects of land management.
It runs once a year around June/July.
Morning farm walk and afternoon machinery demonstration.
We will cover - What are your objectives in managing your land? - For production and/or nature, stock? Meeting the regulations and best practice.
Seasonality of tasks.
Ditches - purpose of, regulations, clearing.
Hedges - regulations, trimming/coppicing/laying, growing species.
Ponds
Orchard management - grazing, pruning, protection
Fencing - boundary/watercourses, electric, strip grazing, netting.
Soils - types, testing, poaching, compaction etc.,
Fertilisers/manures - pH, timings, testing, livestock manures.
Grass - growth, seasonality, grazing management.
Clover - red vs white, benefits, nitrogen fixing.
Weed control - thistles, docks, nettles, rushes, sprays, topping, weed wiping.
Ticket sales for this course are managed by DASH, to book please email training@devonsmallholders.co.uk