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Cheese Plant - some good news from the dairy sector as , at Chwilog, near Pwllheli expands it's cheese plant facilities. Production has begun and the farmer's co-operative hopes to boost it's output from 9,500 tonnes to 12,000 tonnes each year

The Real Welsh Gold? Colostrum, the first milk produced by a cow after calving, was once widely celebrated as having health benefits for humans. A company in Pembrokeshire has been trialling it as a diet supplement and is now ready for production - and they've already got Olympic athletes among their customers. And if you're a dairy farmer with colostrum to spare, then there could be a golden opportunity to make some extra revenue. If so contact Colostrum UK on  0800 2425123

The North Wales Festival of Gardens - at the end of this month more than twenty of the "great gardens of north Wales" get together for the first time to host what promises to be an exciting We visit one of the participating gardens - Plas Tan y Bwlch, in the Vale of Ffestiniog　

Walking for wildlife - we meet a conservationist on a walking trip around the UK and Ireland to raise awareness of the plight of the Curlew

and Swifts in trouble - their population has halved in the UK over the last 20 years but help is at hand as the together with Swift Conservation try to reduce this decline by erecting next boxes. And if you'd like to get involved and become a "" contact alan.rosney@glamorganbirds.org.uk