Thanks to Warren van der Sandt and the Pulse for the Headline.
Are we bold enough to rewrite the rules of the modern farm? This seems a very provocative line in the article. What does it propose? Actually nothing that new.
Turns out the wind farm and solar panels are very nearby to me geographically. Actually I find the windmills an eyesore but that’ s personal opinion.
I hadn’t realised that the area covered by Solar Panels had actually been deliberately left organic and that wildflowers and natural vegetation attractive to pollinators had been encouraged.
However, over the years this has become overgrown, hence the introduction of sheep during the winter to clear away the weeds with their natural digestion and also fertilise the ground for the plants to thrive in the spring.
The owners of the solar panels were however worried that the panels would be damaged by the sheep. This has proved not to be a problem , the panels were strengthened and raised slightly off the ground giving the sheep shelter when they wanted it ;and also increasing the panels resilience to strong winds and bad weather. Result.
Nothing ground breaking here, hardly rewriting the rules of the modern farm, and the article also fails to outline how much energy all this effort is producing, would it power a village or a town. This is still unclear , however, I am very happy for the sheep and wish the project success.
Namaste and Thank You for Reading.🙏
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