Our Farms Projects
Project Information from some farms are missing due to website development at present but will be available shortly.
The Fruit Farm
Llanfihangel Crucornau, Abergavenny
Focus Site Project: Vermicomposting
Project Aims:
- To build a viable wormery
- To assess the suitability of fruit and vegetable waste as a food source for the wormery
- To analyse the nutrient value of the resulting vermicompost
- To...
Glebelands Market Garden
Glebelands Market Garden, St Dogmaels Road, Cardigan
Focus Site Project: Evaluating the benefits of the Terrateck wheel hoe with Bio-Discs for weed control in vegetables
Project aims:
This project will evaluate the benefits of a French made Terrateck wheel hoe with...
Caerhys
Berea, St Davids
Focus Site Project: Exploring Techniques to Create Predictable Compost
Project aims:
- This project aims to develop a rapid composting system to provide nutrition for vegetables, based on manures produced at the farm.
- Produce predictable sustainable composted manures...
Cae Derw
Cae Derw, Rhyd y Cilgwyn Lodge, Rhewl, Ruthin
Focus Site Project: Diversifying into horticulture and establishing a pick your own enterprise using the no dig method
Project Objectives:
The aim is to use the no dig method to set up an...
Lower House Farm
Laura Pollock
Lower House Farm, Monmouthshire, Torfaen & Blaenau Gwent
Lower House Farm occupies 114 acres at the bottom of the Wentwood Hills in Llanfair Discoed, Monmouthshire. Historically a dairy farm, it is now being used for mixed livestock mostly...
White Castle Vineyard
Llanvetherine, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
Focus Site Project: Optimising vine vigour through winter pruning of grapevines
Project aims:
- White Castle vineyard is a 5 acre vineyard near Llanvetherine, Abergavenny, owned and run by Robb and Nicola Merchant
- 4,000 vines were planted in...
Ffrith Farm
Ffrith Farm, Treuddyn, Mold, Flintshire
Focus Site Project: Building a farm destination experience around existing resources
Project Objectives:
The project will consider using existing resources, developing the land adjacent to the shop, and fitting new enterprises in with the labour demands...
Parc y Dderwen
Laura Simpson
Parc y Dderwen, Llangolman
Trialling the establishment of perennial horticulture crops for business diversification
Parc y Dderwen is a 12 acre off-grid farm and food business in Llangolman in North Pembrokeshire. They specialise in a range of...
Square Farm
Square Farm, Mitchel Troy, Monmouth
Focus Site Project: Exploring the use of wood chip mulch for weed control in organic vegetable production
Square Farm is a family-run business established in 1978 focusing strongly on traditional farming methods. The business...