Category: Environment Group

We Are Short On Numbers

We Are Short On Numbers

January’s work consisted of cutting back bamboo, ivy and thorns that were growing close to the wall dividing the community cemetery and churchyard.

We as a group meet on the 2nd Monday of the month, 9.30 at the Community Centre.

We are short on numbers at present and would welcome any help in trying to keep the village clean and tidy. Ieuan, a stalwart of the team, had a knee replacement recently. That’s what happens when you’ve been an elite athlete most of your life. Hope to see you back soon Ieuan and we look forward to welcoming some new members in the coming months.

 

 

Conscientious Litter-Pickers

TWYN-YR-ODYN & ST LYTHANS

A group of environmentally conscious litter-pickers have joined together to help keep the local area clean.

The weather was fine and sunny on 23rd March – the perfect conditions for a spring clean – when fifteen volunteers came together to help tackle our litter problem. Armed with bin bags and grabbers, our all-ages group set about clearing up the rubbish lining the roads.

We began our collection at the bottom of Old Port Road and made our way up into St Lythans, collecting around 18 bags worth of rubbish in total. The group was made up of volunteers from Twyn-yr-Odyn and St Lythans, all happy to do their bit to help keep the area clean and tidy.

A few of the unusual items found along the way included strip lights and a single football boot – the other one presumably having wandered off before we could locate it.

A special thank you to Heather from the Horse and Jockey pub for providing much needed sustenance after our efforts.

It was lovely to see so many people pitching in and as it was so successful, we will be running another one soon. We’d like to invite anyone who is keen to join in to get in touch with Rhian at the following email address: rhiansexton@yahoo.co.uk

 

 

The Heatwave Challenge

 

It has been a challenge to all gardeners trying to keep all their plants alive during the heatwave and the community plants are no exception, but some devoted members of our team are managing to do a bit of watering. This lovely weather has its’ downside for we who long for some good solid rain. Watering is hard work, especially at the allotments where hosepipes are not allowed.

At our July meeting all the roses were pruned. No meeting in August.

Our team were saddened to learn of the death of Len Currie, known to us all as Len 2. A long time member of the team, he turned out when his health permitted and it was a privilege to have known him

 

 

5 Community Green Flag Awards

 

So Wenvoe has its 5 Community Green Flag awards with the addition this year of the Wild Orchard at St Lythans. This puts us ahead of many towns in Britain and even several cities. It is a great achievement and down to the efforts of a small handful of volunteers and our principal partners, the Reader family, the Community Council and the Vale of Glamorgan Council. Dare we go for 6 next year? The site is there but we will have a lot of work to get it ready to meet the exacting requirements of the Green Flag judges – see photo.

The dry weather has taken its toll of the trees and shrubs, although most of the fruit trees should survive provided we get some proper rain – soon! The Victoria Plum at the Community Orchard has succumbed and will be replaced in the Autumn. A new bare-rooted hedgerow at Goldsland has not survived and we are still waiting to plant out the wildflower plug plants (which have been potted on) when the ground softens up. The pond in the Community Orchard has never been so low and there is insufficient water in the adjacent stream to top it up.

With the focus on fungi, funded by Grow Wild, we have constructed and filled a series of raised beds at Goldsland and seeded some with mycelium which should sprout up into mushrooms in the Autumn. Some, we hope, will turn up naturally. Next month we shall be announcing the details of some competitions – photography, art and crafts with fungi as the theme.

 

 

February Meeting

 

After so many rainy Mondays we managed to have a meeting in February. The roses on the village green were pruned and the window boxes a.t the community centre were prepared for the next lot of plants. These boxes are in need of replacement and we are considering getting plastic troughs which will be more durable than the wooden ones. It was decided that the azalea should be planted on the village green. That has now been done and the shrub was already in bud. Thanks again to the donor. Next meeting on March 12th.

 

 

Rain Stopped Play!

 

Our January meeting had to be abandoned due to severe weather. To the gentleman who donated a very large azalea to be planted out in the village, let me assure you it is being well looked after, but again the weather has been against us but as soon as possible it will be planted, probably on the verge opposite the bottom of Pound Lane. We will try for another meeting on 12 February.

 

 

Autumn Cleanup

 

 

In the churchyard work was done on clearing nettles and weeds from on the reconstructed wall. By the time you read this piece, the window boxes at the Community Centre will have been cleared of the remnants of the summer bedding, to be replaced by winter pansies and bulbs.

 

Next meeting 11th December, usual time.

 

 

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