In the west of Cornwall
and the Isles of Scilly
fields of daffodils
are ready for picking
early in the year,
sometimes before Christmas.
The mild winter climate
allows Cornish growers
to harvest the earliest
open ground flowers
and vegetables in
the country. They
can be as much as
a month ahead of growers
in the east of England.
Most
cattle are brought
into sheds for the
winter months because
when the fields are
wet the pasture will
be damaged by their
feet. Sheep may live
outside right through
the winter until close
to lambing time.
Where cattle and sheep
are kept out of doors
they need additional
food in cold weather
as the grass stops
growing when the temperature
falls below 5 degrees
centigrade. Bales
of silage or hay are
carried to them by
tractor or quad bike.
Heifers
in a
field of kale
Help
yourselves!
Kale
is a brassica
like cabbage
ACTIVITY
Cornwall's
farmed landscape
Winter
reveals the bare bones
of the Cornish landscape,
the pattern of the
fields, hedges, woods
and tracks. We tend
to forget how much
of the landscape we
look at now was created
by farmers in years
gone by.
Hedge
trimming
Cornish
hedge
Some
repair work
needed here
A
granite stile.
The ditch
underneath
deters livestock
from crossing
it
