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Thank you Ivy for sharing these thoughts. This message from Ivy Denham is both practical and uplifting: The floral diversity of old fashioned hay meadows are preserved and enhanced by annual hay cuts – where the seasons growth is cut … Continue reading
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In November last year, as part of our winter meetings programme which we were having online due to Covid, we had a fascinating talk on the meadows of the Elan Valley from Sorcha Lewis. One of the reasons we asked … Continue reading
A welcome post from Julian Wormald: It’s the time of the year when one really notices moles. Particularly obvious if you have meadows, or pasture, and always more noticeable in early spring. I knew that this was mating time for … Continue reading
Many thanks and congratulations to the CMG for setting up the recent Zoom meeting for CMG members, and in particular to Andrew and the 3 speakers, Caroline, Gareth and Harriet for an enlightening evening’s review of their work in trying … Continue reading
The Meadows Group’s main mission is to be a forum for the exchange of knowledge and experience in meadow management, restoration, and creation. The group exists to help and support those who own or manage meadows so as to maintain them … Continue reading
Bruce Langridge, Head of Interpretation at the National Botanic Garden of Wales, has been in touch, asking if we would distribute the link to his recent blog post on the NBGW website. Always interested in what is going on over … Continue reading
In the current edition of “British Wildlife” magazine, there is an interesting article about the restoration of floodplain meadows using green hay. This habitat is now very rare, there are <1200ha left in the UK. The article describes how a … Continue reading
Thank you to all our members who came along to our Autumn meeting in Llangain on Saturday. We had quite a few new members join at the event – and that, of course, is happy news. If any of our … Continue reading
I decided against amending my previous post – so here is the poster. I think its being emailed to members – if you can print off from the email and put somewhere that might grab some attention, that would be … Continue reading
This report follows on from the visit by CMG members to see the results of the green hay experiment at the NBGW (see previous post on the blog): https://carmarthenshiremeadows.com/2019/07/25/visit-to-the-national-botanic-garden-of-wales-to-see-results-of-green-hay-experiment/#respond An opportunity for us to collect some freshly cut hay from … Continue reading
Carmarthenshire Meadows Group - Grŵp Dolydd Sir Gaerfyrddin 