Pollinators in general and bees in particular have declined catastrophically, except in favoured districts that have escaped modern, intensive agriculture. However, in recent years much has been done to research and publicise this decline, with the result that even 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
On 14 September 2006 The Hudnalls, an area of dense woodland, tumbledown remains of squatter cottages and old drystone walls in the heart of the Lower Wye Valley Gorge was dedicated as the latest National Nature Reserve.
Time to get creative – here are the details for our recipe competition: Competition for the best-tasting recipe, with the primary ingredient(s) being foraged or ‘wild’ food (all secondary ingredients may come from the store-cupboard). You will be judged on 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
The sun shone for us on 4 June, the wildflowers bloomed and you came to Open Fields, when eight meadow sites were open to the public. On the day we measured success with coffee spoons, not to mention biscuits, Welshcakes Read More
