Meadows Group Planning; Meadow Mammals; Bark Stripping.

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About 10 days ago a group of 16 volunteer members met again at Myddfai Hall with the aim of trying to plan how to develop the group, in a bit more detail. About 3 hours later, and after much discussion, … Continue reading

October Meeting and Future Development of the Meadows Group

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On Saturday October 8th, the Meadows Group held an autumnal meeting in the lovely visitor centre at Myddfai.  Welcoming the 60 or so people present, Isabel Macho hosted the morning’s events which began with an interesting presentation by Sheikh Ahmed, who is … Continue reading

Manual Scything in Carmarthenshire

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It’s maybe a bit late in the year to write about manual scything, but I’d been doing a bit of research about how to make a hay rick, as an option for removing cut grass from our wet meadows in … Continue reading

Pont Stock Checkers Course; Ash Die Back; October Meadows Meeting Update

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Pont Stock Checkers Course  (30 August 2016) Thanks to Rachel Barber for this report, and some photos of ash die back disease on her ash trees … Interested in what PONT does – and interested in getting grazing animals and … Continue reading

PONT Stock Checkers Course; WWBIC and Meadow Surveys

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Many thanks to news of this free course from Emma Douglas of PONT, which Isabel Macho has kindly provided. Please contact Isabel, the county’s biodiversity officer, with any ideas about how the group might progress on.   IMacho@carmarthenshire.gov.uk  or ring … Continue reading

Local Meadow Seed Available; Broad Leaved Helleborine; Marsh Speedwell; October Meeting at Myddfai.

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Matt Sutton of Wyndrush Wild has contacted me this week, with the following information about some locally sourced meadow seed… “I don’t know if any of your members / website readers would be interested in seed for restoration projects, but … Continue reading

What’s In A Meadow? Medicinal Plants?

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I guess many of our meadows are just past their peak of interest. Some of the early flowers and grasses will have set, or be setting seed, but there’s still much to see. And for those who have meadows where … Continue reading

National Meadows Day 2016

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The first ever National Meadows day took place in 2015, designed to promote awareness of wildflower meadows. 2016 saw many more events across the country including 2 in Carmarthenshire, which are summarised below. Many thanks to Andrew Martin for the … Continue reading

Meadow Group Visit to Dinefwr’s Castle Meadow, Conservation Grazing and Meadow Flower Diversity.

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Wednesday June 29th saw a group of hardy meadow enthusiasts gather at Newton House for a “summer social”, kindly organised by Isabel Macho, and Helen Bradley of Plantlife. Beginning with a couple of talks on the top floor of the … Continue reading