Journal

For organic farmers and smallholders, spring is a busy time of year. With good planning and stock management, you’ll be able to keep your animals happy and healthy regardless of the weather. We’ve put together some top tips to bear in mind as we move into the start of spring.

Chickens are known to peck, scratch and nibble throughout the day, so giving your flock access to a variety of tasty herbs is an easy way to keep them happy and healthy. 

Herbs have so many benefits for your poultry and they can even help them lay better quality eggs.

Whether you grow them in your backyard for your free-range flock or add a few sprigs to their coop, herbs play an increasingly important role in creating both a sustainable environment and a naturally robust immune system.

Finding evidence of fleas or ticks on your pet is always an unpleasant moment for a pet owner, and it's even worse for your pet! With flea and tick season just beginning, we found out from holistic vet Dr Nick Thompson MRCVS how he deals with these unwanted guests, naturally.

Owning a pet is one of life’s greatest pleasures and for many of us our pets are  family, offering unconditional love and companionship.

With the current cost of living crisis the price of caring for our companions is being more strongly felt and many are sadly struggling to pay for food, toys, supplies and medications.

We’ve put together a few tips for saving your pennies whilst keeping your pets safe and happy.

Keeping your hens well through autumn and winter is always a challenge, especially when the weather turns particularly cold and wet. Whilst we're sure that your poultry will have a cosy coop to snuggle in, whipping them up a winter warmer like Verm-X Poultry Porridge will certainly perk them up on a chilly morning.

Follow our easy gluten-free recipe to treat your dog this Halloween. No tricks – just delicious and wholesome ingredients. View the recipe.

We've recently started working with our friends at the Oxford Sandy and Black Pig Charity, whose mission is to conserve this rare breed of pig and educate first-time pig-keepers. They've kindly written a guest post for us explaining what makes the Oxford Sandy and Black pig so special.

We are absolutely delighted to announce that we are now certified as a B Corporation (or B Corp). This means that Verm-X is joining a growing group of companies that are reinventing business by pursuing purpose as well as profit.

After a comprehensive evaluation process, we have been certified by B Lab, the not-for-profit organisation behind the B Corp movement, as having met the rigorous social and environmental standards which represent its commitment to goals outside of profit.  

Recently, we had the pleasure of reading Sustainable Garden: Projects, insights and advice for the eco-conscious gardener by Marian Boswall, which offers helpful tips, guidance and step-by-step projects designed to help build a low-impact, considerate outdoor space.

Marian is a leading landscape architect, horticulturalist and the co-founder of the Sustainable Landscape Foundation. She was a lecturer in Historic Garden Conservation at Greenwich University for several years, and she writes and lectures on sustainable design and was awarded Garden Columnist of the Year in 2019. 

If you love healthy recipes for dogs and Foodie Fridays (often with freshly picked herbs from the garden), then Verm-X Ambassador Dee Dee is your girl.

She's smart, energetic and affectionate, the perfect companion to Alex and James: "We love nothing better than hiking, bouldering and wild swimming with Dee Dee by our side!"

Ru and Flo are family pets and working organic farm dogs who live in the English countryside. They both love the outdoors, whether it’s playing in the bracken, swimming in local rivers, or frolicking in bluebell woods.

Natural prevention is hugely important to them in regards to respect for the environment and we've been honoured to have them as part of the Verm-X family for over a year now. 

At a recent DogFest in Tatton Park, we had the pleasure of meeting Liv and her beautiful Fox Red Labrador Retriever, Huxley. Hux is a two-year-old assistance animal with a big personality who helps Liv with her epileptic seizures and anxiety.

Liv was kind enough to talk to us about what he does for her and she also sent us these incredible photos of Hux enjoying our Crunchies.