Jud from Justin Lime is demonstrating here in this photo how to mix lime for a lime wash. He did this by firstly showing us what not to do! The result was a bubbling, hot splattering lime mix which if it got into your eyes could be blinding! This demo installed in us the great need for safety and care with lime. We had a half day course which was open to the public (very last minute) and volunteers. We really hope that our volunteers feel a sense of satisfaction looking at the result of their hard work and newly developed skills on the round house, which looks beautiful. We are now skilled enough to be able to independently maintain our own building.
Mae Jud o Justin Lime yn dangos yma yn y llun hwn sut i gymysgu calch ar gyfer gwyngalchu. Gwnaeth hyn trwy ddangos i ni yn gyntaf beth i beidio â’i wneud! Y canlyniad oedd cymysgedd o galch byrlymus, sblattero poeth a allai fod yn dallu pe bai’n mynd i’ch llygaid! Gosododd y demo hwn ynom yr angen mawr am ddiogelwch a gofal gyda chalch. Cawsom gwrs hanner diwrnod a oedd yn agored i’r cyhoedd (munud olaf iawn) a gwirfoddolwyr. Rydym yn mawr obeithio y bydd ein gwirfoddolwyr yn teimlo boddhad wrth edrych ar ganlyniad eu gwaith caled a’u sgiliau newydd eu datblygu ar y tŷ crwn, sy’n edrych yn hardd. Rydym bellach yn ddigon medrus i allu cynnal a chadw ein hadeilad ein hunain yn annibynnol.
We have continued to work with the fruit bushes. We noticed that the gooseberries were being taken over by birds foot trefoil, which although a marvellous plant had managed to use up all the space around the roots of the gooseberries and many were looking very poorly. Jenny had spent a lot of time detangling this plant and Claire carried this work on with others as part of the fruit bush care routine. We also took away any leaves with holes in and burnt them, and placed oak leaves around the base. This we hope will deter the sawfly. As we were doing this it seemed a good time to prune. Above are 3 wonderful women learning how to prune redcurrants. It’s very empowering to learn and apply this and teach others on the way.
Collecting oak leaves to fend off saw fly from currants.
Casglu dail derw i gadw pryfed llifio oddi ar gyrens.
Rydym wedi parhau i weithio gyda’r llwyni ffrwythau. Sylwasom fod y gwsberis yn cael eu meddiannu gan bysen-y-ceirw, ac er ei fod yn blanhigyn gwych, wedi llwyddo i ddefnyddio’r holl ofod o amgylch gwreiddiau’r Eirin Mair ac roedd llawer yn edrych yn wael iawn. Roedd Jenny wedi treulio llawer o amser yn datgymalu’r planhigyn hwn a gwnaeth Claire dilyn hwn gydag eraill fel rhan o’r drefn gofal llwyni ffrwythau. Fe wnaethom hefyd dynnu unrhyw ddail gyda thyllau ynddynt a’u losgi, a gosod dail derw o amgylch y gwaelod. Gobeithiwn y bydd hyn yn atal y pryf llifio. Wrth i ni wneud hyn roedd yn ymddangos yn amser da i docio. Uchod 3 o ferched hyfryd yn dysgu sut i docio cyrens cochion. Mae’n rymusol iawn i ddysgu a chymhwyso hyn ac addysgu eraill ar y ffordd.
A great half term Halloween day celebrated in a small way with carving and pumpkin soup. These were given to us by Anna and the soup was made by Claire – thank you.
Gaethom hanner tymor gwych gan dathlu diwrnod Calan Gaeaf mewn ffordd fach gyda cherfio a chawl pwmpen. Rhoddwyd rhain i ni gan Anna a gwnaed y cawl gan Claire – diolch.
Pladurio’r ddôl yn barod ar gyfer plannu mwy o hadau.
What a sky, what a treat to be outdoors, learning, contributing and having fun!
If you want to be a volunteer, just turn up and we can give an induction straight away and get you started on a job that suits you. Our volunteers grow with our garden, developing their own relationship with this wonderful place and contributing their ideas, observations and visions for the future.
We recently signed up to being a part of the National Forest through Natural Resources Wales and we hope this will bring the garden to more people.
Am awyr, am wledd i fod yn yr awyr agored, dysgu, cyfrannu a chael hwyl!
Os ydych chi eisiau bod yn wirfoddolwr, trowch i fyny a gallwn roi cyflwyniad ar unwaith a’ch rhoi ar ben ffordd ar swydd sy’n addas i chi. Mae ein gwirfoddolwyr yn tyfu gyda’n gardd, gan ddatblygu eu perthynas eu hunain â’r lle hyfryd hwn a chyfrannu eu syniadau, eu harsylwadau a’u gweledigaethau ar gyfer y dyfodol.
Fe wnaethom gofrestru’n ddiweddar i fod yn rhan o’r Goedwig Genedlaethol trwy Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru a gobeithiwn y bydd hyn yn dod â’r ardd i fwy o bobl.