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    Farming and Wildlife in June 2019

    by Peter Beeden

    THE ESTATE FARM: As described in May 2019, the Botanic Garden covers about 568 acres, of which farmland is 316 acres including 100 acres of woodland. There are 18 pedigree Welsh Black beef cows, 9 of which have calved so far, 6 yearling steers and four 2-year olds. The 35 Balwen ewes have almost finished […]

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    Last Plants Standing- A Display of Endangered Arable Wildflowers

    by Carly Green

    Bright red poppies, delicate corncockle and sunny corn marigolds were once very familiar to the arable farmers of Wales and grew side-by-side with them for centuries. The diversity of wildflowers that used to pepper our fields may have once been a thorn in the farmer’s side, but our arable ‘weeds’ are now facing a high […]

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    Farming and Wildlife in May by Peter Beeden

    by Angharad Phillips

    FARMING AND WILDLIFE IN MAY in the Botanic Garden THE ESTATE FARM:  As described in May 2018, the Botanic Garden covers about 568 acres, of which farmland is 316 acres including 100 acres of woodland.  There are 25 head of pedigree Welsh Black beef cows and 30 non-pedigree Balwen ewes and their 35 lambs, with […]

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    Growing the Future Newsletter – June 12

    by Steffan John

    The latest news and information from the Growing the Future project’s weekly newsletter

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    Growing the Future Newsletter – June 5

    by Steffan John

    The latest news and information from the Growing the Future project’s weekly newsletter

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    Growing the Future Newsletter – May 15

    by Steffan John

    The latest news and information from the Growing the Future project’s weekly newsletter

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