The fence, yews and post office spice

Farmers and landowners take a stand on very different sides of the fence in the Brecon Beacons. Has Ceredigion got green-fingered talent? A guide to where can you find the oldest living thing in Wales and the spice of life in the post office

Last updated: 25 September 2011

Country Focus - Sunday 25th September at 0700; presented by Rachael Garside and repeated Monday 26th October 0530

A group of farmers with grazing rights on the Brecon Beacons are considering legal action to challenge the Welsh Government's decision to pull down a long line of fencing on the mountains. The fence was originally put in place to control the spread of Foot and Mouth during the 2001 outbreak, but the National Trust which owns most of the land covered by the fence - have long campaigned to have it removed. The farmers, though, say it should stay because it's still an essential part of livestock management and disease control.

Calling all gardeners - whether it's a small plot or large sweeping expanse, a feast of vegetables or floral extravaganza - have you thought of letting other people delight in your green fingered endeavours? Under the National Garden's Scheme every year some 750,000 people visit individual and community gardens that have opened their gates in the name of charity. A listener contacted us recently asking for our help to find more gardens to recruit in Ceredigion so if you're interested please contact the County organiser Pat Causton on 01974 272619

Most people catch lobsters in pots but Dave McReadie from Anglesey knows where to find them and dives for them in the Menai Strait. And it's not just lobsters he catches .... earlier this year he came up with a stone anchor which had lain on the seabed for 2,000 years and had probably been used in the Roman invasion of Anglesey in the first century.

In the grounds of St Digain's Church in the village of Llangernyw, halfway between Abergele and Llanrwst - you can find the oldest living thing in Wales....a yew tree.
To find it and others like it Coed Cadw have produced the Great Yews of Wales Tree Trail and speak to the author Edward Parker

And we're in the post office in Newcastle Emlyn where the owners are bringing a taste of the East to Ceredigion and challenging the traditional image of a rural Post Office


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