September – The Month For Harvest Festivals I always associate the month of September with harvest festivals. It is the final month of the summer and the traditional month of harvest festivals. This is because harvest festivals always tended to follow the lunar calendar rather than the 12-month one that had been in use...
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Celebrating Eight Years of BTAC! In the rush of the last few months – with all of the new customers we’ve taken on, the demands of our existing clients and the needs of our own staff – it almost escaped me – BTAC turns eight years old this month! All I can say...
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August Blog – Lammas Day ‘High Summer and First Harvest’ Traditionally, Lammas Day falls on the first of August. It is principally a Christian festival that is celebrated in the northern hemisphere to mark the high point of summer and the oncoming harvest. However, Lammas Day also has pagan roots. Known to pagans as Lughnasa,...
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The Long Summer Holidays As we move into the high part of the summer, I tend to think back on family holidays of years gone by – those with my own family and when I was a boy. Of course, like last summer, this one, in all likelihood, is going to be very different...
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June – The Month of Midsummer At BTAC, me and the team are busy throughout the year with the turning of each season. If our agricultural contracting work ever relents, then this is when our groundswork side of the business tends to pick up. That said, it is in the month of June that I...
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May – The Arrival of Summer and Time to Plan Ahead The arrival of May Day is usually – although not exclusively in the East Midlands, it should be said – associated with the arrival of better weather, higher temperatures and with plants bursting into life as they prepare for the longer, hotter summer...
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BTAC’s Guide to Lawn Improvement I’ve done my fair share of work on lawns of all types over the years – including my own! As an experienced sub-contractor in sports field and agricultural management, I’ve also carried out plenty of jobs that have either been focussed on improving pasture or things like football...
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Since January is a month of renewal, I thought it would be a good idea to write about grounds maintenance. At BTAC, we do a lot of work with preparing ground for new sheds, warehouses, barns and other agricultural buildings, but we also undertake maintenance work in this area, too, especially when the land has...
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The winter solstice falls on Monday, 21st December this year. It is a turning point for many of us who go about our business in the fields and hedgerows of England. Of course, as you are probably already aware, we are not just agricultural contractors at BTAC. We work right through the winter with the...
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Fall Back – Trick or Treat! It’s that time of year again, the clocks have gone back and we are no longer in British Summer Time, the kids are thinking of Halloween, albeit with Tier 2 restrictions, whilst at BTAC, we are still working flat out as contractors in the equestrian, groundwork and agricultural sectors....
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