Blog - Treflach Farm

Early winter in Treflach

by Andrew Steele December 05, 2018

Much has been written about the holly and the ivy. In Treflach the best hedges are holly but when they are allowed to grow into trees their b...

by Andrew Steele December 05, 2018

Much has been written about the holly and the ivy. In Treflach the best hedges are holly but when they are allowed to grow into trees their b...

by Andrew Steele October 31, 2018

Go onto any bronze age archeological dig and people will always comment on how cold, open and exposed it is especially in winter; how did they co...

by Andrew Steele September 30, 2018

The lanes and byeways of Treflach are pre historic indented and sunken into the landscape worn away by millenia of travel. To the passerby ...

by Andrew Steele August 27, 2018

At the top of Treflach Valley is Offas Dyke built in AD785. A welsh man found on the England side of the border could have his right hand chopped...

by Andrew Steele June 30, 2018

The fields of Treflach are small compared to the land mainly due to the topography of the area and the relative late reclamation from the old fore...

by Andrew Steele May 31, 2018

Treflach gets its name from the old welsh Tref-township iach-healthy and the reason for that was the many springs that ooze out of the fractur...

by Andrew Steele May 08, 2018

If you were to walk across Shropshire you would come across more different type of rock and soil than if you were to walk the whole of Russia due ...

by Andrew Steele March 28, 2018

It may be April showers that bring forth May flowers, but it is the April sun that brings the swallows. Catching first sight of these is a cou...

by Ian Steele March 09, 2018

Treflach Farm has a number of natural springs feeding a stream that runs across ‘Cai Nant’, ‘Lawrences’ & the ‘Pool’ Fields before flowing int...

by Ian Steele March 09, 2018

Practical application of Permaculture on Treflach Farm Who are Treflach Farm? Treflach Farm is a collection of animals, family, friends, employees...