The Suffolk Project
It has been great to welcome Richard Allenby-Pratt to Wakelyns as part of his new photographic study of the East Anglian county, with a particular interest in the rural landscape, agriculture and conservation.
Check out his website or Instagram account for more of his stuff.
Meanwhile, here is his initial collection of Wakelyns photos:
Amanda and the team picking cherries - we got 250Kg in the end in 2020, and could have had more if we'd started earlier
Feeding the grain dresser ahead of milling
Feeding the grain dresser ahead of milling
Oats growing between rows of population wheat at Wakelyns
Our prototype alley 'pod' ready for visitors to stay at Wakelyns
Wakelyns YQ "population wheat" - every plant is probably genetically different, bringing reslience
Lentil flower in the agroforestry alleys
A hare resting in the clover within one of our agroforestry alleys
Milling the YQ wheat at Wakelyns
This is the conventional wheat from the fields around Wakelyns - see how even it is!
Lentils growing in one of the more open areas at Wakelyns
Lentils growing within the willow lines in our agroforestry
Milling the YQ population wheat at Wakelyns