The miscanthus (elephant grass) crop, cut and baled a few weeks back, has headed off on the lorry to be pelleted and burnt as a sustainable replacement to coal.
This is a big event as it is the first viable crop we have had off the field since we planted it five years ago. What with the wet weather in past years, tarpaulins being stolen which covered the stacks and the challenges of selling into a fledgling market, we were unable to sell previous crops before they degraded. These previous years' crops will be composted and returned to the soil.
This year, however, we got the timing right and the weather held good. Whether this year's sales will be enough to persuade us to stick with the crop is still yet to be seen - the figures aren't in. We wait in anticipation.
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