Article: Blame serfs for the turf.(Features)

Byline: By JOHN HUMPPHRIES Western Mail

I had a dream - or was it a nightmare? It was the first day of spring and I was parked on a grass-covered road, stretching for as far as the eye could see. This could only mean one thing: the start of the lawn-mowing season was upon Plas Cwm Coed for another year.

What for many gardeners is the most wearisome part of gardening started in the 15th century when some misguided soul instructed his serfs to cut the flower meadow in front of the castle. And a large part of ...

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