The launch of the Parish Grasslands Project’s climate change initiative was reported here last month, and now we have settled on a name for the new operation: Parish Grasslands Climate Action. It now has a presence on the PGP website, Read More
Three of the hubs, Transport, Energy and Stuff, held their first meetings in February. Here is a list of further activities. Please come along to any of these meetings or events that take your fancy. They are open to anyone Read More
Sadly we have had a major setback in the community orchard project. Unfortunately, in the light of legal advice, Mary Harris has found it necessary to withdraw her offer of the field near the Wye as the site for the Read More
I’ve just had a lively three days talking about the Parish Grasslands Project. On Tuesday evening I popped in to the St Briavels Get Together. This is an event at the Pavilion where representatives of local organisations are invited to Read More
The Parish Grasslands Project is attempting to set up a community orchard within our two parishes of St Briavels and Hewelsfield & Brockweir. The idea arose from our AGM in March 2017, when Chris Wedge, Natural England’s orchard specialist, gave Read More
Well the grass is well and truly growing now so we thought we should remind you of two options for grazing. The first is Barry Hutchinson’s Red Ruby Devon cattle. If you are a field owner seeking a flexible, sustainable Read More
Following our “orchard” meeting, a member has offered us the chance to take cuttings for grafting from his Arthur Turner cooking apple tree. He says the flavour is equal to that of Bramley apples, and it produces apples from between Read More
It wasn’t so much scenes on the television drama Poldark of a bare-chested hero in action that aroused the PGP’s interest in scything. More the visit to our meeting last October of Simon Fairlie, who has done more than anyone Read More
