Bloomin’ marvellous
It was great to hear from Jane Allard today. Every year she grows plants to sell as a way of raising funds for the #SpArC here in Bishop’s Castle and in recent years we’ve helped start the process by giving her some bags of #sylvagrow. SylvaGrow® is an award-winning, RHS...(more)
When the sun shines….
Friday was a glorious day here in Bishop’s Castle so our solar panels were generating electricity at a cracking rate. This grab of one of the control panel screens shows us producing over 500kw. Double it up and you can see we’re at 1mw. We’re producing more than we use...(more)
Real progress at St. George’s School in Clun
You might recall that we helped St. George’s Church of England School in Clun by donating some timber recently to create a timber framed shelter so that pupils can observe the pond and work outdoors whenever possible. As you can see from the picture the dream is steadily becoming reality...(more)
A welcome visitor to the mill
It was great to see this SylvaGrow® liveried trailer picking up materials in the yard today: it’s a very large and physical representation of our determination not to waste any part of the logs we mill. SylvaGrow® is an award-winning, RHS endorsed peat-free compost which is used by gardeners throughout...(more)
Good progress being made on the new sawdust extraction plant
At Ransfords it’s important to us that every part of the trees we mill is used. The timber, of course, is the main part but the bark is graded and used for landcsape mulches and play areas, the chippings go on for processing as chip board and other products, and...(more)
Here’s a sight for sore sawmiller’s eyes!
Despite the fact that it’s a dreary day there are few finer sights for those who work in a sawmill than 8 fully loaded trailers waiting for the wagons to get the finished product on the way. There’s boards, posts, feather edge and fencing rails in there: treated and untreated,...(more)
There’s a new defibrillator in Bishop’s Castle
Thanks to a 50% grant from government and the balance from us there’s now a new public defibrillator on Station Street. It’s near the Public Hall and opposite the car park. Public defibrillators save lives: more than 25,000 people die from cardiac arrests outside of hospital annually. If a defibrillator...(more)
There’s a new defibrillator in Bishop’s Castle
Thanks to a 50% grant from government and the balance from us there’s now a new public defibrillator on Station Street. It’s near the Public Hall and opposite the car park. Public defibrillators save lives: more than 25,000 people die from cardiac arrests outside of hospital annually. If a defibrillator...(more)