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Next Volunteer Workday – Social Mow and Hand Haymaking Day
Our next volunteer workday will be on Sunday 21st July, the annual Social Mow and Hand Hay Making Day. Mowers, experienced and novice, will have the chance to mow together in the Trust wildflower meadows, enjoy some scythe / grass … Continue reading
Summer Wreaths, Lanterns and Labyrinths at Summer Solstice
Some of the candle lanterns we made, from jars decorated with tissue paper and black paper cut-outs The weather looked un-promising but by late afternoon on 21st June the clouds had lifted and the sun peeped out, just in time … Continue reading
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Tagged All Year Round, craft, family celebration, labyrinth, summer solstice, Wales
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Making a Handcart – June Volunteer Workday
The weather was decidedly grey for our Volunteer Workday in June. Luckily, most of the planned activities could be carried out undercover in the red barn – making a bicycle-wheeled handcart. It would be useful to have one for bringing … Continue reading
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Tagged bicycle wheel, green woodwork, hand cart, hay rack, volunteer day, Wales
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First Scythe Course of 2013
The first Introductory Scythe Course of the year was held on 25th May. 8 people joined us for a enjoyable and thankfully dry day. For a full report on the day see the Scythe Cymru website. Our next Introductory Scythe … Continue reading
Introductory Scythe Course, 25th May 2013
Learning to sharpen the scythe on the Introductory Scythe Course, May 2012 We still have a couple of places left on our Introductory Scythe Course on May 25th. An Introductory course is a great place to start using a scythe, … Continue reading
Volunteer Workday – Sunday 12th May
The next Volunteer Workday at the Dyfed Permaculture Farm Trust will be on Sunday 12th May. We will be doing some agro-forestry work in a group of trees in the North- East corner of our allotment field. The group will … Continue reading
All Year Round – Beltane
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Tagged All Year Round, Beltane, Celebration, Family, Maypole, Wales
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Dyfed Permaculture Farm Trust
Dyfed Permaculture Farm Trust resides on a 22 acre farm straddling the villages of Cwmpengraig and Penboyr . The land once was part of the farm of Bach y Gwyddel. Formerly home to spinners, dyers and knitters early last century, … Continue reading