Cutting the miscanthus

On the estate farm we have been experimenting for a few years by growing an energy crop called miscanthus, more commonly known as elephant grass.  It's getting late, so I'll spare you the smug "green" chat about why it is that we put the crop in, and how wonderfully energy efficient it is and all that, and instead just show you some photos of the really amazing machine that the contractor used to slice-and-dice the crop.

In a following post, one of these days when time allows, I would like to expand a little more on how Iford is doing its bit to promote renewables.