A time of new beginnings, trees full of blossom, the new season’s growth shoots forth. At a time when we have never heard starker warnings of impending ecological catastrophe it feels like Mayday in more than one way. Thanks to Arts Connection and all the great folk to Llanfyllin for coming together to create a…
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Mycelium links every together, it is an ecosystems engineer Paul Stamets What does the word Mycorrhizae Mean? “Mycor” is the Latin word for ‘fungus’, and “rhizae” means “roots”. So, the term Mycorrhizae perfectly describes the mutually beneficial relationship between a plant and the specialized fungi that support its roots in healthy, undisturbed soil ecology. Both…
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This week we have a very short episode due to Steve’s impending journey to Uganda. In this episode Steve and Jack discuss the complex ecology of the Cae Bodfach Community Garden, exploring how the plants interact with one another, the succession of plant species, and the uses of various wild plants we found growing in…
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This week Steve and Jack are back at Cae Bodfach Community Orchard to catch up with conservation educator Dewi Morris and Emyr Jones, leader of the GCSE Land-Based Studies course at Llanfyllin High School. Dewi explains how the community orchard has developed over the last four years and why Afon Cain is so important to…
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We had a great day today down at the Cae Bodfach Community Orchard working with Year 10 Land Based Studies students from Llanfyllin High School. We were also joined by Dewi Morris of the Severn Rivers Trust and Tom the Apple Man for a day of planting trees, orchard tending, willow harvesting and hedge building….
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On Friday 9th March we were down at Cae Bodfach Community Orchard building a Living Willow Dome with assistance from the Willow Bank, Living Willow specalists since 1985. The Dome is adjacent to what will soon become a medicinal herb garden, which we started mapping out on the site a couple of months ago. Activities…
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March 9th Planting day and orchard MOT Plus Living Willow dome build. 9 – 3.30pm Two guided planting/ mulching sessions with Llanfyllin High School BTEC Landbased studies group Year 10 12.00 12.45 1.45 2.35
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