With an earlier hay cut it has presented us with an opportunity to get the last areas seeded before the floods come. Although we have had early autumn floods before, there is never a right time to sow seed in this meadow, so we are just going for it. We have proof that target species are appearing from sowings that were followed by floods (within two weeks), which has given us more confidence that sowing seed now will have some rate of success. All the seed has arrived from Emorsgate Seeds, an amazing company that produce high quality grass and wildflower seeds for exactly our kind of project - all seed is produced in Cambridgeshire or is harvested from very old established meadows. Now I need to plan some time off from my day job to get the seed sown.