Most crops are now growing well at the Headley Hall Demonstrator Hub.

Things are finally drying out at North Wyke with the warm but not unseasonable weather. It has been dry, the ground is now hard and we've been able to access the site with machinery to cut the long grass.

Gapping up, planting and weeding have been the main activities at Cockle Park Farm this month and things are looking good.

It's been business as usual at the IBERS Demonstrator Hub in Aberystwyth. Most plots are looking good and we are up to date with the various planned tasks.

The site at AFBI has been looking great during June as it has been prepped for the Biomass Connect Demo Day. The cold wet Spring continues, but most crops are growing well. Two varieties of Hemp have been planted this month.

It's been business as usual during June at the BGI Demonstrator Hub. All crops are now in full leaf and daily tasks are proceeding as planned. It was all hands on deck to plant 1104 willow rods at the beginning of the month.

The first soil dataset from across the eight Biomass Connect Demonstrator Hub sites has now been published. This dataset contains the baseline measurements of key soil properties, including carbon, bulk density and pH, which are critical to assess the impacts of biomass crops on soils through future repeat sampling.

The month of May has seen much activity at the Biomass Connect Demonstrator hubs. The very wet spring months have had an effect on pretty much all 8 sites but things are drying out everywhere now with the approach of summer. Sites such as North Wyke in Devon and Cockle Park Farm in Northumberland have only recently been able to get machinery on the land. Weed control has been a very difficult task for all demonstrator hub managers, some sites have been worse than others.

Summer is in evidence in the plots at Aberystwyth. Sowing of the grasses has taken place and the various trees are growing well in the most part. Frost damage from the winter has been overcome and gapping up completed. Some crops aren't faring so well though.