Organic Wales News & Events

MEMBERS of a community growing scheme reaped the fruits of their labour when they harvested produce from their shared gardens.

Despite not having the best growing conditions, members of FlintShare successfully grew tomatoes, cabbages, cucumbers, potatoes, winter squash, apples, chilli peppers, bell peppers and more in their community gardens across the county.

Derrick Morgan, chairman of the council’s public protection committee, said residents should be able to enjoy their home life “without the intrusion of nuisance noise”.

Swimmers on the Pembrokeshire coast have been warned to keep a lookout for the potentially lethal Portuguese man-of-war.

The jellyfish-like creature has been spotted off west Wales, as well as in Cornwall and on the Irish coast.

Stings from the creatures can cause severe pain, and in very rare cases, death.

Marine experts say sightings of the man-of-war have been increasing in recent years.

Dr Peter Richardson of the Marine Conservation Society (MCS) said it was believed that the current increase in numbers suggested a “stranding event”.

As a result, food waste is a key priority in Wales’ waste strategy Towards Zero Waste and every council in Wales runs a kerbside food waste collection service, which covers nine out of ten households. The food waste collected is then composted or …

Plans for a biomass plant at a factory near Wrexham are being recommended for backing despite worries it would be close to tourist attractions.

This year’s bad weather has forced some beekeepers to feed their swarms to keep them alive, says the National Beekeeping Centre for Wales.

Wales has endured its third wettest summer since records began in 1910, according to the Met Office.

For sunshine it is expected to be the country’s second dullest.

Peter Davies, an adviser to the Welsh government on green policy, was responding to a report that the green economy is withstanding the recession.