news and ideas specific to Wales, especially the mid wales and borders where we live
City by city, town by town and now whole counties are declaring that we are facing a terrifying challenge to avert climate disaster. The 30 year ‘long emergency has began. I have collected a series of images and posters on the trends we are facing and hopefully this is fueling a deepening realization of the…
Read More‘Vision is not seeing things as they are but as they will be’ The Rise and Fall of the River Cain The rise and fall of the river Cain is constantly changing the landscape, in many ways and on many levels. Sometimes when we visit the river, parts of it are completely unreachable and at…
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“if you can’t feed your country, you haven’t got a country“ Climate emergency, food security and community renewal, these things are all very closely linked. The heart of any strategy to combat the climate crisis must work to preserve and enhance diversity in a great many ways. But a healthy civilization sits at first on…
Read MorePermaculture Principle Number 6: Produce no waste (inputs and outputs) We had a lovely day at Cae Bodfach today as Mencap joined us to fill in the dead hedge that surrounds the herb garden at the orchard using this years colourful willow coppice. It was wonderful to work among the cheerful chirp chirp of the…
Read MoreA very interesting day at the river with Dewi Morris, Emyr Jones and the Llanfyllin High School Sixth Form. Today we learnt how to make ‘soft river revetments’ using bundles of brash, galvanized wire and sweet chestnut stakes. This low tech, low cost solution to improving degraded and eroding river banks has multiple benefits including…
Read MoreFacing the climate challenge is getting harder everyday Just a few images of our recent and on-going work in Wales and Uganda
Read MoreWe have been coppicing the willow hedge these past couple of weeks at Cae Bodfach. In permaculture we like to say “every element in a design must perform at least 3 functions.” We have had multi functional uses and yields from the willow hedge that was planted in Cae Bodfach only three years ago. It…
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