Gweler
y logo trawiadol uchod. Dyfeiswyd y logo gan Tom Lew, un o Wladgarwyr
Glyndŵr
mwyaf gweithredol Blaenau Ffestiniog sydd wedi bod yn gweithio'n
ddygn iawn i sefydlu rhandir a Perllan Cymunedol yn y dref ar gyfer ddibenion y
gymuned. Gweler, yn ogystal, y post yn y ddolen isod sy'n esbonio'r
athroniaeth du ôl i'r hen chwedl Cymreig am Hu
Gadarn.
https://cymrueingwlad.blogspot.com/2020/05/gadarn-national-economic-movement-to.html
Bu
i chwedl Hu Gadarn ysbrydoli Tom i fynd ati
i sefydlu rhandir ynghyd a'r Perllan cymunedol, yn y
Blaenau a gellir gweld sut oedd y rhandir yn datblygu yn y
lluniau a osodwyd ar y blog uchod dros dwy mlynedd yn ôl bellach.
Erbyn hyn, mae trigolion ardaloedd y Blaenau yn elwa o
gynnyrch y rhandir ac yn gallu tyfu eu cynnyrch eu hunain os
ydynt am dorchi llewys i wneud hynny ac erbyn hyn yn ogystal, mae Cyngor y dref
wedi mabwysiadu logo Tom i'w ddefnyddio'n arwydd ar gyfer y Berllan.
Ardderchog Tom ac, ardderchog Cyngor Tref Blaenau
Ffestiniog! Dyma'r ffordd ymlaen i sicrhau Annibyniaeth! Petai pob un
Cymuned yng Nghymru yn torchi llewys yn yr un modd i ddarparu bwyd
iach ar gyfer poblogaeth eu cymunedau, byddai hyn yn gychwyn ar
gydweithrediad cymunedol annibynol cenedlaethol ac yna gellid adeiladu ar yr
annibyniaeth cymunedol hynny drwy sefydlu pob math o fentrau
annibynol a fyddai'n creu gwaith a hyfforddiant.
Trwy
blannu mes, tyfir deri cryfion ac, yn yr un modd, drwy gychwyn
mentrau, gellir tyfu hyder yn yr unigolyn, yn ogystal ac yn y gymuned
yn ei chyfanrwydd, i fod a'r gallu i lwyddo.
Mae
gan pob cymuned yng Nghymru adnoddau naturiol mwy na digon fel dŵr a
gwynt, ac fe ellir, yn ddigon rhwydd, greu pwer rhad allan o adnoddau
naturiol cymunedol pob cymuned ai werthu ar gost i drigolion y
cymunedau, ac, eto, gellid gwerthu ac allforddio'r pŵer sydd dros ben
am bris rhesymol a defnyddio'r elw er budd y gymuned.
A
thra mae'r nod yw i 'gymryd' ein hannibyniaeth yn ôl, dewch i ni
ddysgu gwers gwerthfawr gan y Gwyddelod. Mae gan Iwerddon
draddodiad o fod ac 'athrawon gwrychoedd' a fyddai'n dysgu hanes a
diwylliant allan yn y cymunedau, gellid
cychwyn traddodiad tebyg ymhob cymuned yng Nghymru i gynnal
dosbarthiadau hanes Cymru fel modd o sicrhau bod pob unigolyn yng
Nghymru yn dod yn ymwybodol o'u hanes brodorol, yn hytrach na derbyn,
yn slafaidd, fersiynau o hanes Cymru sy'n cael eu creu gan y
Prydeinwyr, a'i fwydo i'n plant drwy'r cwricwlwm Prydeinig.
Byddai gweithredu yn gymunedol ar
mentau o'r math led-led Cymru, ynghyd a gweithredu'n uniongyrchol fel
cwyd yr angen i wneud hynny, yn llawer mwy tebygol o ad-ennill
ein hannibyniath cenedlaethol nag yw gwastraffu amser yn mynd 'gap yn llaw' i mofyn cardod i
Lywodraeth Lloegr - sydd byth bythoedd 'ddim' yn mynd i 'roi' annibyniaeth i
ni a chwalu'r drefn Prydeinig yn y broses. Yr unig ffordd caiff Cymru
ei hannibyniaeth yn ôl yw drwy i ni ei 'gymryd' yn ôl. Fydda ni
byth mewn sefyllfa bellach i gymryd Cymru yn ôl drwy ryfela ac
arfau ond, fel mae Pobl Glyndŵr a Chyngor Blaenau Ffestiniog yn
dangos, gellir ad-ennill rheolaeth, yn economaidd, yn ein cymunedau
led -led Cymru os ydym yn barod i dorchi llewys i wneud hynny, a drwy
wneud hynny ochr yn ochr a gweithredu'n uniongyrchol pan cwyd achos
dros wneud, gellir profi'n anodd ac yn gostus iawn i reoli
Cymru o Lundain. Felly, dewch i ni gyd drwy Gymru benbaladr 'gloddio
ein ffordd i Fuddugoliaeth'.
Sylwer sut mae Tom wedi defnyddio lliwiau Glyndŵr ar gyfer ei gynllun felly, yn yr un ysbryd, cofiwch sicrhau bod baner Glyndŵr, yr unig faner a all sefyll dros ein hachos i adfer ein hannibyniaeth, yn chwifio uuchben mynediad i'ch Rhandiroedd bob amser.
CYMRU RYDD!
Y neges yn Saesneg isod. English version of message below the flag.
All take note of the striking logo above, produced by Glyndŵr patriot Tom Lew, who has been very busy over the last few years working on the establishment of a community allotment and orchard in Blaenau Ffestiniog for the benefit of the inhabitants of the community. Also, do click and browse the blog link above (in Cymrag version of this message) which explains the philosophy associated with the old Cymric tale of Hu Gadarn who "would eat nothing unless it was produced by his own labour" The old Hu Gadarn story enspired Tom to roll up his sleeves to establish the community allotment and orchard in the Blaenau Ffestiniog community, and pics of how the allotment were developing in their early stages of development was placed on this Cymru Ein Gwlad blog two yrs ago. At this stage in time, the inhabitants of Blaenau Ffestiniog are able to benefit from the produce of the allotment and, can grow their own produce on them should they be keen to roll up their sleeves to do so, and now, the Blaenau Ffestiniog Town Council, has adopted the logo designed by Tom, as the official logo for the Pont yr Ynn Blaenau Ffestiniog Community Orchard. Well done Tom and Blaenau Ffestiniog Town Council, You have all illustrated the 'practical way forward towards achieving Independence. If 'every' community in Cymru follows your lead and rolls up their sleeves to establish similar allotments to produce healthy food for their communities, there could be real potential to build on such with the initiating of other community initiatives that could lead to sustainable paid employment and ongoing training for such in each and every community.
From little acorns, great oaks can grow and such community ventures are about building and nourishing confidence in individuals to act independently in support of a community as well as in growing nourishing food for the community and, in time, such initiatives can grow to be a 'national' Cymric Cooperative initiative where surplus produce can be exported. Tinning factories could be opened in Cymru, providing further employment and training in both the factories and in marketing and exporting as well as in our collapsing steel Industries which need to be and should be nationalized anyway. Alongside this growth, all communities in Cymru have the necessary resources in wind and hydro power to produce their own power, sold at cost to residents and, again, surplus to community requirement can be sold and exported for a fair price.
Nurturing this new confidence in building our own national Independence has to include the nurturing and the strengthening of knowledge of our Cymric national identity and essential to this need is knowing and understanding our history as a people and nation. Ireland has a history of 'Hedge Teachers' teaching Irish history and culture out of schools and in the communities. Communities in Cymru need to establish such 'hedge schools' in each community for the purpose of teaching Cymric history, folklore and culture to all in the community and no longer stand by whilst our people are 'force fed' an 'Anglo devised' version of Cymric history in an 'Anglo devised' school curriculum, a system deliberately devised to alienate us from knowing our own unique history.
Activating and being totally committed to such community led ventures alongside activating and participating in community and national direct action when needs call for such action will be much more likely to restore our national Independence than the current constant 'cap in hand' begging to the Westminster Government who, will 'never' just 'give' us back our Independence and concede to the breaking up of their 'United Kingdom' by doing so. The Cymric politicians know this damn well and are totally dishonest in their "supposed" support for Cymric Independence.
So, time to concede to the reality that the 'only' way that Cymric Independence can be restored is for us to 'take it back' . We will, never again, be in a position in Cymru to take up arms against the British State to get our nation back and neither should we consider to do so, but, as the Glyndŵr patriots and Council of Blaenau Ffestiniog are illustrating very effectively, we 'can' take back economic control in every community throughout Cymru if the will is strong enough and we are prepared to roll up our sleeves, and by doing so, alongside initiating and carrying out direct action as necessary, it will prove very difficult and very costly to rule our nation from Westminster. So, I say, let's follow Blaenau Ffestiniog's lead let's 'dig our way to victory'.
Note how Tom has incorporated the Glyndŵr colours into his design so, do remember to ensure that you have a Glyndŵr flag (the only Cymric flag that can symbolize that we are still struggling for our Independence) flying on the entrance to all Cymric allotments at all times.
CYMRU RYDD !
Dal fynu gyda'r fenter yma...a catch up with this project. Chwefror/February 2026
Mi fydd hi'n dair mlynedd ers i Tom gychwyn ar y fenter yma ar dir a roddwyd i'r fenter gan Gyngor Tref Blaenau Ffestinion a cawsom gyfle i fynd i ymweld a'r rhandir a'r Berllan ar gychwyn mis Gorffennaf 2025, ac yn wir, gwelsom bod Tom wedi bod yn andros o brysur ac mae'r fenter, yn bendant, yn lwyddiant ysgubol a all fod o fudd mawr i drigolion yr ardal.
Doedd gen i ddim amser, ar y pryd hynny, i dynnu lluniau o'r rhandir yn ei holl ogoniant ond fe wnes i dynnu lluniau o'r berllan (gweler isod) ac, yn sicr byddaf yn dychwelyd yr haf yma i dynnu mwy o luniau o 'r rhandir yn ogystal a'r datblygiadau mwyaf diweddar parthed y berllan. Felly, cofiwch edrych ar y blog yma o dro i dro am ysbrydoliaeth ar sut i gychwyn mentrau o'r math yn eich cymuned chi ar gyfer y gymuned.
It will be 3 yrs this year 2026 since Tom started work on this project on land that was given to the project by Blaenau Town Council and at the beginning of July last year, we had the chance and privilege to visit bopth the community allotment garden and produce as well as the Pant yr Ynn orchard and was overwhelmed at seeing the amount of work that Tom had managed to put in to develop both sites to its present stage in such a short time and without doubt, the development is a very valuable asset that will benefit the people of the community of Blaenau Ffestiniog
Unfortunately, I was unable to take photos of the produce in the community allotment due to lack of time but, I took photos in the orchard (see below) and will most definately return this year to take photos of further developments in both the allotment and the orchard to update this blog post, so, please keep looking here for inspiration on how to develop similar in your own community for the benefit of the community and Cymru
Pics of the Community Orchard July 2025:
Gwelir bod y tulips uchod yn bod mewn lliwiau coch a melyn sef, lliwiau brenhinol Tywysog Owain Glyndwr, wrth gwrs, felly, ar wahan o fod yn gynhyrchiol ac yn liwgar, mae'r berllan yn addysgiadol mewn mwy nac un ffordd ac mewn amser bydd yna arwyddion yn enwi ac yn roi hanes y blodau yn ogystal a'r coed ffrwythau sy'n hannu o goed treftadol hynafol Cymreig.
It can be seen that the tulips above are in the red and yellow royal colours of Prince Owain Glyndwr so, not only is the community orchard productive and colourful, it is educational in a variation of ways and, in due course, each fruit tree, flower bed and herbal garden will have their names and origin on small plagues. The fruit trees, in particular have been sourced from rare heritage Cymric varieties from across the whole of Cymru.
Gyda thristwch, bu farw fy ngwr, Gethin Ap Gruffydd, awdur y blog yma yn ogystal a llwyth o flogiau gwlatgarol eraill, ar y 18fed o mis Medi llynedd, a gan ein bod wedi bod yn gweithio gyda Tom ar nifer o brosiectau gwlatgarol eraill ers blynyddoedd lawer, a gan fy mod i'n dod o Flaenau Ffestiniog, mae Tom yn ei garedigrwydd wedi prynu a gosod coeden afalau o'r enw 'Gwell na mil' yn y Berllan er cof am Gethin. Mae'n debyg bydd y ffrwyth o'r goeden yma yn dda i coginio ac i wneud seidr ac mae Tom wedi graftio'r goeden ei hunan. Diolch o waelod calon i ti Tom, edrychaf ymlaen i ymweld a'r berllan i weld y goeden yn tyfu ac, i deimlo'n agos i Gethin, bob tro fyddai yn y cyffiniau.
Yn flynyddol, byddai Gethin, bob amser, yn dathlu cychwyn y tymhorau Celtaidd sef Imbolc, Beltain, Lughnasadh a Samhain ac eleni, mewn da bryd ar gyfer y 1af o Chwefror - Imbolc, roedd y cylch isod o Eirlysau wedi blodeuo o amgylch coeden Gethin yn y Berllan! Arwydd gwych a cysur mawr i fi bod ysbryd Gethin yn fyw iawn ac yn dathlu Imbolc eto eleni.
Rwyf ar ddeall y bydd yna gylch o diwlips yn lliwiau coch a melyn Tywysog Owain Glyndwr yn ymddangos o gwmpas coeden Gethin yn Mis Mai mewn da bryd ar gyfer dydd penblwydd Owain Glyndwr ar Fai 28. Does dim angen o gwbl i fi atgoffa unrhyw un oedd yn adnabod Gethin faint mor fawr oedd ei ymrwymiad dros y chwe deg mlynedd diwethaf, i sicrhau nad oedd Tywysog Owain Glyndwr yn cael ei osod yn ol yn y bocs o'r golwg unwaith i ni ei ryddhau o'r bocs yn y 1960au. Felly, dwi'n sicr yn edrych ymlaen i ymddangosiad y tiwlips yn mis Mai ac mi fyddai'n gosod llun ar y blog yma wrth gwrs.
It is with sadness that I announce here that my husband and my soulmate, Gethin Ap Gruffydd passed away on the 18th September last year, he was the author of this blog along with numerous other patriotic blogs and as both myself and Gethin had worked alongside Tom on many other patriotic causes over many yrs and also as I am a native of Blaenau Ffestiniog, Tom, in his kindness, has bought and planted an apple tree entitled 'Better than a Thousand' in the orchard. This apple tree has descended from a rare heritage Cymric variety and, apparently, the fruit that it produces will be excellent for cooking and for the production of good cider and Tom has taken special care in grafting the tree himself.
Thank you Tom from the bottom of my heart, I look forward to visiting the orchard each time i'm in the loacality to see how the tree develops and to feel close to Gethin.
Gethin looked forward to celebrating the coming of each of the four Celtic seasons, Imbolc, Beltain,Luchnasadh and Samhain anuually and it lifted my spirit when Tom sent me this pic of the ring of snow drops that had blossomed around Gethin's tree just in time for Imbol on February the 1st. I saw it as a sign that Gethin is very much alive in spirit and continues to celebrate Imbolc, and it bought some comfort to me.
Apparently, tulips will blossom around the tree in May - in time for Tywysog Owain Glyndwr's birthday and I certainly do not have the need to tell anybody that knew Gethin, how much dedication he has given over the last 60 yrs to ensure that Tywysog Owain Glyndwr was not put back in his box, out of sight, once we had released him back in the 1960's. So, I shall look forward very much into seeing the red and yellow tulips blossoming around Gethin's tree in May and will, of course, be posting a pic of such event on this blog.
Dyma rhai o'r blanhigion sy'n barod gan Tom ar gyfer eu plannu yn y Rhandir a'r Berllan eleni, mae'r planhigion yma' angen gwres a golau, felly, effaith y golau lamp LED yw'r lliw piws.
Pwrpas mwyaf y Berllan yw i greu lle i fobol lleol i dyfu bwyd organic eu hunain a fydd yn fodd iddi nhw tuag at allu byw yn iach, ac mae Twm yn gweithio'n galed tuag at greu hynny ac, yn ogystal, mae'n creu mangre tawel ac ysbrydol o hyfryd i'r trigolion gallu dod am bicnic neu am baned a sgwrs a'u gilydd.
Os yn lleol, cysylltwch a Tom, i ddatgan eich diddordeb mewn tyfu cynnyrch organic yn y berllan..
Here are some of the plants that Tom has ready to plant in, both, the allotment and the Orchard this year, at present, cultivating these plants calls for heat and light so, the purple colour of the pic is due to the effect of the LED light.
The main purpose of the orchard is to enable individuals of the community the space to grow their own organic produce as a step in the right direction towards eating healthy and Tom is working very hard towards enabling that to happen so, if you live in Blaenau Ffestiniog and would be interested in producing you own organic produce in the Orchard, do contact Tom, he would love to hear from you.
The orchard is also developing to be a lovely place to go for a picnic or, just a cup of tea at the picnic tables. I feinately will be doing that when I visit in the summer so, contact Tom to check on what days he will be there.
