The Steeles of Treflach
I have been asked to write on this subject. A few brush strokes on a huge canvas would be no master piece, so I will try and paint a tiny cameo...
The Treflach Cuckoo
(Picture courtesy of Wikipedia)
The sound of the cuckoo heralds the arrival of spring but unlike the swallow (Blog post April 2018) and the daily...
Spring flowers
50 years ago herds were small and cows were given the names to which they were born to at the time of year.
Today shopping habits have created hug...
The Starlings of Treflach and Royal Trees
Treflach is literally the stamping ground for 150 starlings at this time of year.
As all the grass is short in the fields they land en-mass and w...
Wetland Construction & Regeneration Project
We run lots of #environmentprojects here @treflachfarm and over the last couple of years we have put a lot of effort into #regenerating our #water...
The Treflach Squirrel
William Wordsworth poem “Nutting” records an epoch in time that between 1876 and 1929 completely disappeared in the UK. Beatrix Potters most famo...
Winter's a comin'...
(Picture courtesy of Woodland Trust, credit: Adrian Coleman / WTML)
Usually from the uplands of Treflach around this time of year you can look i...
The Ponds of Treflach
There are 3 different of types of ponds in Treflach - those that are serviced by Bellan Brook, spring fed ponds and cattle water troughs that are ...
Tree hay and carbon sequestration
How can cattle and pigs play a part in a low carbon future? How can animals for food be carbon negative?
The Treflach Harebell
The Treflach landscape swarms with drumlins (from the Irish ‘little ridge’). Drumlins were formed beneath glaciers ten thousand years ago creati...