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
Category Archives: meadow management
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
Visits to CMG members fields
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In the early days of the Meadows Group, we arranged to visit not only nature reserves belonging to/managed by various conservation organisations but also fields belonging to the new group’s individual members. This was a very useful thing to do, and … Continue reading
Post Spring Meeting thoughts
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As the person who manages the website for CMG, I must apologise for the late running of this blog post due to the prior arrival of way too much work. I now am putting that right. In time honoured fashion, … Continue reading
2019 Spring Meeting – 23 Mawrth/March 2019
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2019 Spring Meeting Yes, its nearly Spring and time to post the details of our spring meeting. We hope to see you and what we think will be a useful and practical meeting: We are promoting this meeting on various … Continue reading
Another Fungi Event !
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CMG members may be interested in a talk being given by Bruce Langridge, from the National Botanic Garden of Wales, who’s the founder of the events taking place this Sunday at the NBGW, which were advertised in a recent post. … Continue reading
Our meeting last Saturday….
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We had a very interesting meeting on Saturday – and thanks to all those who attended and participated in the discussion. To our speakers – a special thanks for their time and the quality of their talks. Gareth Griffiths from … Continue reading
Reflections on the Blaen Tir meadow 2017/18
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Many thanks to Derek for providing both his observations on and photographs of his stunning meadow over the strange year that has been July 2017 to July 2018: It was never going to be a normal year from the late … Continue reading
