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Helen Holman

My Bio An ex-Harper girl, who has developed a passionate interest in renewable energies and in the practical use of Biomass. Living in Shropshire on our family farm where we took the decision to start to move 400 acres into producing Miscanthus 10 years ago. Currently in the midst of a career change from the corporate world of marketing electrical distribution equipment to the marketing and business development of biomass. For my sins I married a Newcastle Agric Engineer and we have two boys who are now old enough to appreciate the joys of ponies, dogs and shooting.
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Jul
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The Miscanthus challenge could you do it?

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author Helen Holman
Well to date the mixture of sun and rain we have had has been great for the Miscanthus and it is all looking very well, in fact it stands out as a sea of vibrant green amongst the golden corn fields. The areas that we were not able to cut due to the ground being too wet to hold the cutters are now continuing to grow at the same...
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Jun
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Miscanthus – A Miracle Crop or a Touch of Madness

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author Helen Holman
My last two blogs have covered the most critical time of year for us - our miscanthus harvest, so now I probably need to explain why we started the move into growing miscanthus ten years ago. Up until 1985 my grandfather and father had farmed a 430 acre mixed beef / sheep and arable farm in Warwickshire. Our rotation here ha...
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Rain Stops Play

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author Helen Holman
I had hoped that by the time I had come to write my second blog that I would be reporting that our Miscanthus harvest would all be tucked up safely in the sheds, job jobbed for another 12 months. But of course this is agriculture and rarely do things go that smoothly. All that can be cut is cut, there are still some patches ...
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