Orchid Meadows blog

It's officially the start of spring because we have thrown caution to the March winds and planted up our seed trays. You're probably...

Who says summer is not well on the way? Tawny Cottage guests Katie and Ken visited the seaside during their stay over the weekend and...

A new nature trail at Orchid Meadows was formally opened in February by a founder member of Lampeter Permaculture Group. Angie Polkey, a...

Orchid Meadows now has a comprehensive composting system, all put together from odds and ends we already had. The picture shows Lynn...

Greetings again from Orchid Meadows in West Wales where the pretty orchid Dactylorhiza maculate subspecies ericetorum has been receiving...

After baffling both us and experts for three years, the main orchid in our Morning and Evening Meadows has finally been identified. It...

Sometimes Christmas and New Year's Eve can be a bit too full-on and the temptation is to run away and have a quiet, private time. It was...

Our penultimate harvest of the year has taken place and these butternut squash are safely in storage. Apart from soup, we can see a lot...

Autumn is a beautiful time of year at Orchid Meadows. The Michaelmas daisies are in full flourish, the hawthorn bushes are dripping with...

As the season advances at Orchid Meadows, you can enjoy autumn colours, spectacular sunsets and dark skies untainted by modern light...

There's no better place to share a song than around a campfire. Clara and Maja spent the final night of their week-long stay in the...

Yesterday we started juicing our early varieties of apples with willing help from volunteers Clara, Maja and Fjonn (pictured). The family...

Like everywhere, West Wales has seen more than its usual share of rain over the past couple of months. But now the weather has turned and...

This is Monty, our new cockerel. He is of uncertain breed, or mixture of breeds more likely, but nevertheless remains handsome, which is...

It might not be the Royal Horticultural Society annual awards but Tregaron Show is a much respected date in the calendar in Tregaron and...

The long awaited project to restore our area of sphagnum bog has begun. Part of Orchid Meadows mimics the wetland of Cors Caron, a...

Parts of Orchid Meadows have taken on something of a Mediterranean feel. No, really. Our giant beef tomatoes are starting to ripen in the...

We have welcomed four new hens to our henhouse, all Calder Rangers from a nearby poultry farm. They are essential additions to our flock...

Sometime early this morning our Highland Cattle – mum Esme and calf Theo – broke out of Orchid Meadows to seek their fortune or perhaps...

Volunteers surveyed fields at Orchid Meadows yesterday and counted 1343 flowering orchid heads, far more than was expected. The data will...