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How are your favourite meadows looking now? It seems that over the last fortnight, our meadows are changing almost daily, both in terms of height of growth, what’s flowering, and also even the first hints of increased insect meadow activity, … Continue reading
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Like London buses, no posts for a while, then 2 in 2 days! Many thanks to Andrew and Helen Martin for the very interesting feedback, and images below, about their experiences of using imported Yellow Rattle seed as a means … Continue reading
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After a very wet mild winter, and later start to spring, at last our upland meadows seem to be growing well. I’ve been kindly sent a link to a hay making camp in Transylvania, by Gwyn Jones of European Forum on … Continue reading
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Thanks to Isabel for some more information about conservation grazing opportunities with ponies from Pont: PONT have access to at least 80 semi-feral pony mares, mainly Section A/ B types from the Gower. Obviously these can be split up into … Continue reading
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Grazing Animal project – PONT Thanks to Isabel for the following information, and also via her some great pictures to accompany the post, (forwarded by Gwyn Jones, of the European Forum on Nature Conservation and Pastoralism) and taken by Sidsel Christoffersen of Norway, … Continue reading
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Thanks to Isabel for sending me this information, which comes from Hannah Shaw of the Freshwater HabitatsTrust : The Freshwater Habitats Trust are undertaking a new project this year where they would like as many people as possible to participate … Continue reading
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What’s in a name? Farm, holding and individual field names Somebody told me that there had been a television programme earlier in 2015, on S4C, called ‘Caeau Cymru’ I believe ,which investigated the origins of names given to Welsh fields, … Continue reading
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Bruce Langridge, the Wax cap expert from the National Botanic Gardens who talked to our autumn meeting, has kindly passed on a survey which readers might like to take part in. It is being organised by Plantlife Cymru and is … Continue reading
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Following on from the previous post, I’m including below the list of questions which meadow owners or managers might like to consider answering, if they’d like their meadow to feature in the gallery section of the Carmarthenshire Meadows Group site. … Continue reading
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A really interesting and well attended meeting took place at the Pontarcothi hall last Saturday, October 24 th. Isabel had arranged 4 excellent speakers : Firstly Stephanie Tyler gave a fascinating review of the 10 years or so work of … Continue reading
Carmarthenshire Meadows Group - Grŵp Dolydd Sir Gaerfyrddin 