by Jane | Apr 12, 2019 | Sheep
Well, our girl Pearl has outdone herself! She came to us last year having won the hearts of her previous owners with her easy going nature and escaped the freezer. We put her with a neighbour’s pet sheep and they both did a good job of keeping the grass down in the...
by Jane | Mar 20, 2019 | Green gardening
Like wasps, nettles are usually thought of as an unpleasant necessary evil of the natural world. Battered down by strimmers, poisoned by weedkiller and banished from our gardens, it’s easy to forget that – like wasps – in the natural world, everything occupies a niche...
by Jane | Mar 12, 2019 | Bees and Honey
As we all know, sugar is the central ingredient in most types of sweet or candy. When the word is mentioned, most people think of white granulated sugar but actually, honey is the oldest form of sweetener. The practice of honey-harvesting dates back many thousands of...
by Jane | Mar 4, 2019 | Hedgerow
Most people pass by them in a blur, just a green line framing the country lanes that surround us here at Ffynnon Beuno in a hurry on their way to somewhere else but did you know that the 400,000 odd miles of hedgerow provide critical wildlife habitats for creatures as...
by Jane | Feb 28, 2019 | Jams and chutneys
Making jam has a very long history. The earliest cookbook, called Of Culinary Matters, which dates back to 1st century Rome, contained recipes for making jam. It was part of the diet in the countries of the Middle East where there was an abundance of sugar that grew...
by Jane | Feb 20, 2019 | Woodland and timber
One regular piece of feedback we get from guests is how much they enjoy the tiny Penguin woodburners that we have in each hut. This is the sole source of heat in the huts but it is quite amazing how hot these cute but mighty stoves can burn. Key to this is the...
by Jane | Feb 17, 2019 | Eggs and birds
Did you know that some supermarket eggs can be up to three weeks old before they go on the shelves and you should never refrigerate them? Eggs come in their own perfect packaging to keep the contents in tip top condition and each one dispenses a perfect portion size....
by Jane | Feb 15, 2019 | Willow
Ffynnon Beuno sits right at the foot of a valley with steep sides and Beuno’s little babbling brook dissects the land. The flow varies depending on how much water is draining down from the mountains above us and the land either side but the brook is never dry even in...
by Jane | Feb 10, 2019 | Bees and Honey
Before becoming a bee keeper, like most people I took honey for granted. An underwhelming sticky goo in squeezy bottles from the supermarket, I had tried it once and then carried on with granulated sugar. When I first started my training as a beekeeper, I met other...
by Jane | Feb 6, 2019 | Blog
Spring is in the air already, and we’re starting 2019 off with a bang by offering you the chance to win a completely free 2-night break for 2 people at our beautiful off-grid shepherd’s huts in North Wales, to take at any point in 2019. That’s right – we’re giving...
