Edible Madog

Every Thursday from 11am - 1pm, you can find us in the community garden outside Ysgol Eifion Wyn or the Glaslyn leisure centre in Porthmadog. This is part of the Bwyd Bendigedig Port / Incredible Edible Porthmadog  Edible Madog initiative to grow food in public spaces. Feel free to come by to lend a hand, chat, drink tea, plant, weed, harvest or just have a look.

A Climbing Feature

Part of an old Ash tree fell down in the Welsh winter winds and it came time to make the large trunk safe. Rather than sawing it up for firewood, Lizzie saw an opportunity to carve steps into the trunk making it a climbing feature in the woodland.

The garden milk bar

We are always looking for homemade ways to trap and deter slugs. We put out some milk traps which attracted a lot of slugs but drowned a few. We've also tried beer, soda drinks, and egg shells. I wonder what others do...

Time for tea

A private corner in a garden in June. The geraniums and irises are out. The willow is bushy and the acer is providing some needed shade on those rare sunny days. The golden spirit smoke tree glows in the background with it's lime green leaves which will turn orange then red in the autumn.

Created by Lady Landscapers - a space to sit and drink tea with a friend.

A Privy Place

We have constructed this treebog in amongst a broadleaf woodland where access to any facilities is nil.

Wikipedia defines a treebog as, "a type of low-tech dry toilet. It is a hole in the ground (similar to a pit latrine), with any of a wide range of species planted around it. It can be considered an example of permaculture design, as it functions as a system of converting urine and faeces to biomass, without the need to handle excreta. The problem is the solution."

They key is to have willow trees around the loo as they are a heavy feeding tree and will gladly take what you give.

So, for those of you who have a large bit of land and would like a privy place of your own, or perhaps you have a small corner that you need a place to 'go', we would love to help you realize your privy dreams.

Old Faithful

Two weeks of gorgeous weather and a thunderstorm last night has done wonders for the grass. Our faithful strimmer has been handy in those hard to reach places as well as tall, neglected grass patches.

Jungle Bashing in Barmouth

We were given the task to clear away the ivy that had taken over the hedgerow and had covered the entire wall. After about an hour of careful pruning, we could see the dry stonewall border, half the retaining wall behind the hedgerow some unwanted ash trees and an assortment of non-herbaceous plants suppressed by the ivy but alive.