Every year countless fawns (the young of a deer) die unnecessary deaths or are injured during the annual mowing of fields. The german measure of “Kitzrettung”, “Save-a-Fawn” offers a solution to this problem of modern haymaking. Fig. 1 "Kitzrettung" in action. (by Jens Gebhardt all rights reserved) Roots of the Problem Does of the different deer species found in Europe or North America typically put down their fawns in fields with high grass to protect them from predators. Th

Our growers Kathy Bethmann and Christopher Brock tell how hay is made at the Burghof Damm: Haymaking starts in the last days of may or early in June at Burghof Damm on a meadow with restricted utilization for the protection of the Dusky Large Blue, a butterfly living on Great Burnet (Sanguisorba officinalis). The meadow is our favourite location for haymaking – it is flat, has a comfortable rectangular shape, there are no obstacles and it is very close to the farm. As the mea

It is time for the Introduction of our second growers for this years "Hay year". Burghof Damm Our second grower this year is the small...

Its time to start introducing the growers of this years "Hay Year". The Koch family from Eberbach, natural and traditional farming with...