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Laburnum in Flower
The Laburnum in the Trust hedgerows is putting on it’s glorious annual floral display at the moment, as can be seen in the picture below. A Warré beehive can be seen to the left of the picture, very conveniently placed … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology
Tagged bees, coppice, flower, Laburunum, necter, poison, regeneration
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Celebrating May Day
We gathered once again on 28th April with the group All Year Round to celebrate May Day. First we made musical instruments out of recycled materials. There were flutes made of old plastic bottles, shakers made from beans and plastic … Continue reading
Dathlu Calan Mai
Daethon ni at ein gilydd unwaith eto ar yr wythfed ar hugain o Ebrill, gyda grwp All Year Round, i ddathlu Calan Mai. Yn cyntaf, ron ni’n gwneud offerynau mas o ddefnyddiau ail-gylchu. Roedd ffliwtiau yn cael eu gwneud o … Continue reading
Buds Breaking on the Grafted Apple Trees
The buds are starting to break open on the trees grafted on our recent Apple Tree Grafting Workshop, as can be seen in the photo below. A satisfying sight! Buds starting to open on a recently grafted Bardsey apple tree
Apple Tree Grafting Workshop
Yesterday we ran our second Apple Tree Grafting Workshop. The day started off with Phil looking at the reasons we choose to graft apple trees onto different root stocks. He went on to look at the principles of grafting, including … Continue reading
Posted in Apple tree grafting, Permaculture
Tagged apple tree, grafting, Wales, welsh apple varieties, workshop
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Establishing Yellow Rattle, Rhinanthus minor
Spring is well underway, the grass is growing and the Yellow Rattle Rhinanthus minor is germinating in the hay meadows. It is also germinating in profusion in many of the areas that we mulched with grass and hay from Cae … Continue reading
Posted in Ecology, Hay, Land Management, Permaculture
Tagged establish, mulch, Rhinanthus minor, wild flower meadow, Yellow Rattle
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All Year Round – Spring Equinox / Easter
All Year Round met to celebrate Easter and the Spring Equinox, on Sunday 23rd March. After weaving pretty paper baskets we were off on a co-operative hunt to find the scattered pieces of a map which would show us the … Continue reading
Posted in All Year Round
Tagged All Year Round, easter, family celebration, spring equinox
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Making our own Laburnum fence posts
We are gradually working towards using hedges as the stock proof boundaries of the Trust’s fields, both through an ongoing programme of laying and restoring existing hedges and by planting new ones. While this work is in progress we need … Continue reading
Posted in Land Management, Permaculture
Tagged fence post, laburnum, make your own fence posts
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Shark’s Fin Melon Seeds 2014
Our Shark’s Fin Melon Cucurbita ficifolia seeds were very popular last year and we are pleased to be able to offer them again this year. The seeds we have are from Sheffield (our original source of seed) as we did … Continue reading