Undervalued by many, including, over the last few years, us, but now we have appreciated it as a Prince of Plants. Maximise your harvest and produce as much jam as you can! No other fruit can match it!
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Garden Appreciation
Our permaculture style forest garden is a thing of beauty to us, and it works incredibly well, but I had doubts about how others see it. There is a surprising level of appreciation!
Film locations
“The Huntsman” a prequel to “Snow White and The Huntsman” is being filmed in part in the Elan Valley.
Goosander passes through
Goosanders nest in holes in old trees, then lead their chicks to water. We had first hand experience of this!
Trip Advisor review of the Elan Valley
The Elan Valley was chosen by the city of Birmingham as the site of a succession of dams and reservoirs to provide the city with desperately needed clean water at the end of the 19th century. Not only did they create a masterpiece of Victorian engineering they turned an area of beautiful farmland into something […]
Bridges
It appears that the Elan Valley Trust are struggling to decide what to do about the bridges that provide and have provided access into Elan Village. There are two by the entrance to the Elan Valley Visitor Centre. The one in use is a Bailey bridge built when the original suspension bridge became frail. The […]
Very welcome visitors
Spotted flycatchers, redstarts and wagtails enjoy our garden.
Forest Garden update
I referred in a recent post, headed “Countryfile”, to “Our garden, which is a rather odd garden worked on, occasionally, by a rather odd gardener.” That reference reflected the way in which I had begun to think of the garden. The central section had, ambitiously, been planned as a forest garden. It is a fairly […]
Maggie gets poetic about the village
Even though the chestnut trees have gone from the Elan Village the Spring is bringing out the colours and the river banks are recovering, ready for visitors to enjoy.
Getting around in the winter
We don’t get a huge amount of snow in the valley, some years none at all, but, of course, in line with all other parts of the UK we have had more these last few years. Powys County Council have been very good at keeping roads in good condition. It is quite noticeable as we […]
