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Open Meadow Morning – Bore Dol Agored
OPEN MEADOW MORNING Saturday 22nd June ~ Dydd Sadwrn Mehefin 22ain BORE DOL AGORED Join us for a tour of our glorious traditional wildflower meadows. Learn about the diversity of species in the meadows and how we manage them for biodiversity and yield. Dysgwch … Continue reading
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Open Meadow Morning – Bore Dol Agored
Dydd Sadwrn 1 Gorffennaf, 10am-1pmSaturaday 1st July, 10am – 1pm Join us for a tour of the farm’s glorious traditional wildflower meadows. Enjoy the beauty whilst we tell you all about why they are so important and how we manage … Continue reading
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Hand Hay Making at Dyfed Permaculture Farm Trust
The Trust has 6 acres of wild flower meadows. Hand hay making plays an important part in their management. Below is a short video that will give you an idea of the kind of work we are doing.
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Tagged hand hay making, hay, scythes, wild flower meadow
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Open Morning for National Meadows Day
Dyfed Permaculture Farm Trust will be holding a (slightly late) open morning on Saturday 8th July for National Meadows Day. The Trust manages a 20 acre smallholding in West Wales, including six acres of traditional meadow, rich in species such … Continue reading
Coast and Country
Late last summer the ITV Wales programme “Coast and Country” came to talk to us about scything and hand haymaking here at Dyfed Permaculture Farm Trust. The episode is available here. Coast and Country, Series 4, Episode-17 The part recorded … Continue reading
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
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Tagged establish, mulch, Rhinanthus minor, wild flower meadow, Yellow Rattle
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Social Mow and Hand Haymaking Day
Mowing in Cae Mari Jones during the Social Mow We had a great time on our Social Mow and Hand Hay Making Day on Sunday. Eight people joined us mowing in Cae Mari Jones, ranging from experienced mowers to complete … Continue reading