2013

This year our crop will be Oats, the heavy wet weather has meant that we have planted the crop later than expected. The crops is looking good with all the sunshine we recently had. The Orchard was pruned earlier this year and developing nicely without much pest infestation.

2012

A successful wheat harvest against a climate of poor weather saw higher tonnage prices of wheat for poorer quality yields.

January 2009

'New Year''

It was a busy year in 2008 and alot of hard work and support from local farmers ensured Pramoni Farm found it's place as an innovative and quality agricultural enterprise. Watch out for a new more interactive website soon.

July 2008

'UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged nations to seize an "historic opportunity to revitalise agriculture" as a way of tackling the food crisis'.

Often we see agricultural land left abandoned and as a result the UK is reliant more and more upon foreign imports. As the price of oil soars and inflation and agraflation gather pace the UK put itself in an ever more difficult position to feed our population in the future. Please click on the link below to read more about the challenges the people on planet earth face.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/7432583.stm

May 2008

'Orchard News'

Orchard news - The orchard is growing well, current inspection indicates that all trees are healthy and have blossomed. The ecosystem is starting to develop with honey bees, lady birds, ants and aphids taking an active role. A decision whether to make hay for sileage from the orchard field or just to top the field will shortly take place.

April 2008

'Orchard News'

Orchard news - The heavy snow and cold frost caused some damage to the new trees. Better weather conditions have helped the trees fight back and a current inspection indicates that all trees are doing well.

March 2008

'Grow your own wheat - make your own bread'

Future Shortages of Wheat - So why not grow your own. The link below from the BBC website examines the very real threat of future global shortages of wheat.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7284011.stm

February 2008

'Quinces back in fashion'

Click below for a real taste of what Quinces have to offer. Pramoni farm is growing over 5 varieties of Quinces.

http://www.waitrose.com/food/celebritiesandarticles/ingredients/2007/October/Ingredient_Quince.aspx

January 2008

'I get by with a little help from my friends'

Einstein once said that if honey bees were to become extinct then human civilisation would cease to exist within 8 years. We do not know whether he is right but we do know that our honey bees are in real danger for a number of reasons. Apart from the threat of disease and apparently mobile phones the number of orchards in England has reduced dramatically. This can only spell bad news for our very special friends. There are many articles about honey bees, the link below is from the telegraph website.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/main.jhtml?xml=/earth/2008/01/20/eabees120.xml

'Not all Ladybirds are welcome'

A new ladybird has arrived in Britain. But not just any ladybird: this is the harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis, the most invasive ladybird on Earth, endangering our very own 46 species.

For more information click on the link below to report sightings of the Harlequin ladybird.

http://www.harlequin-survey.org/