seasonal Food from a living system

Our small farm is seventeen acres of south facing pasture and woodland. Cwmcou village is just down the road and Newcastle Emlyn is only a couple of miles beyond. We are a family who took on this project in May 2013. Our aim is to transform the holding and produce an abundance of health giving produce as an offering of food security in our community.  We have organic status, certified by the Soil Association. The growing system is based on the promotion of biodiversity and the return to stability and natural balance. Trees have been planted and polytunnels have gone up.. We are sensitively managing the woodland and encouraging wildlife. We are are firmly rooted in the organic principles! 
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The Crops

We have four commercial polytunnels as well as outdoor fruit and vegetable beds. A heavy application of composted manure has been laid to the pasture so feeding the soil biota and creating a rich growing medium for the crops. We are using green manures and sowing bee friendly flowers, establishing eco-stations which support beneficial insects and so the growing system can be sustainable...
We produce tasty mixed salad bags all through the year as well as other seasonal vegetables, supplying our customers in shops and cafes, around Newcastle Emlyn, Cardigan, Carmarthen and Lampeter.

The Apple Orchard

Five hundred and eighty apple trees have been planted. Three are welsh varieties - Bardsey Island, Pig Aderyn and Trywn Mochyn. Other varieties have been chosen for disease resistant and good taste. In years to come we will be pressing the apples and bottling the juice...

The Animals

All the animals are free range. There's a colourful mixture of hens and roosters and a small flock of Llanwenog sheep. Laying hens have the orchard as their range; here they scratch and forage for food while sheltering beneath the trees which will be kept clear and fertilized by them. Their eggs are sold in local shops and cafes. Our Llanwenog sheep are a local breed valued for their fine wool and excellent quality meat. 'The meat is fine grained with great taste, that is favoured by chefs, traditional breed butchers and discerning customers'. (llanwenog sheep society)