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
Category Archives: meadow management
Our Autumn meeting on Saturday
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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
Autumn Meeting poster – here it is.
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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
Green Hay at the National Botanic Garden of Wales – update post
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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
Eyes down for Waxcaps? and Inspiring Meadows.
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This gallery contains 40 photos.
A quick reminder to look out for Waxcaps and other meadow fungi from now on. Many thanks to Julian for putting together this timely post. The post is in two sections – first part, wax caps, second part some inspiring … Continue reading
An event – 12 September 2019 – Making the Most of your Wet Grassland.
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Details below – contact Emma Douglas direct on her mobile 07811187087
How do you get your meadow cut if you don’t have the kit to do it yourself?
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This is an article written by Andrew – our Chairman. Getting hay cut on small meadow fields has been a hot topic of discussion recently – and we would really like any comments and information you can feed back on … Continue reading
Site visit to look at NBGW’s green hay project – Thursday 27th June at 2pm
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This is a short half day course as part of the National Botanic Garden of Wales’ “Growing the Future” project, and is designed to inspire meadow owners to manage their fields to benefit biodiversity. The Garden’s Head of Interpretation, Bruce … Continue reading
Grass growth near treelines – questions, questions….
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A post from Andrew: Our two fields (which are managed as meadows) are adjacent but separated by a treeline. The treeline comprises 6 large oaks and some hawthorn, willow, blackthorn, holly and hazel with bramble undergrowth. The canopy of the oaks is … Continue reading
A no-problem rush
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A post from our Chairman Andrew: Some of us have a difficult relationship with rushes, with soft rush (Juncus effusus) being a particular problem in some fields when it can become almost a monoculture of hard clumps. It’s also one … Continue reading
