
Articles by Cassandra Lishman
I am one half of the Plas Helyg family partnership. Job titles include: farm manager, animal wrangler, gardener, labourer, tree hugger, environmentalist, web developer, cob builder, chicken whisperer, artist, educator, and all round energetic menopausal crazy woman. I have my own site at www.cassandralishman.net so please go there to read my blog and all that sort of thing….
Articles by
Cassandra Lishman

Help our off-grid, timber, straw-bale and stone ‘eco-pod’ project happen, then come and stay in it!
Hi, my name is Cassie. My daughter is called Bea, she’s the bigger girls in the picture there. She absolutely loves horses! I also have a son called David, who is going to be an actor; my husband is called Nigel, and our eldest son is called Ted.

Wales’ unique ‘one-planet’ planning policy and the Lammas Ecovillage
Here at the Lammas Ecovillage we have recently celebrated our 7th birthday. The 9 households have collectively built around 15 different buildings, planted many thousands of trees, created hundreds of new habitats, and hosted thousands of volunteers and visitors.

Is ‘beekeeping’ actually ‘hive robbery’?
I harvested some honey from my hive recently, on an extremely hot day – a great day to visit the hive, as the bees were mostly out foraging so there are fewer of them in the hive.