# Ep. 052: Three Years In: The Honest Truth About Rewilding 80 Acres

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Podcast: [Wilder Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/wilder-podcast-6446398)
Published: 2026-03-26T15:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://www.grangeproject.co.uk/wilder-podcast
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No guest this week. Just Tom and Chloe with a drink, a lot to catch up on, and roughly an hour to get through it all. It's been 18 months since the last proper project update and quite a lot has happened. 4,000 trees planted. A tiny forest that nearly died twice and is now over six feet tall. A market garden. A distillery in the barn. A charity. Four schools through the gate in one week. And an otter, which felt significant. This is the third update episode - episode 9 was the start, episode 29 was one year in. This one's the most honest of the three. What We Cover Restoring More Nature The trees, the dragon's nests, and what happens when you prepare the ground properly Why the tiny forest survived a drought, deer, and voles - and is now extraordinary The wood meadow: a rare habitat, hand-scythed by the community, and why it matters The pond that failed, then gave us house martins, a kestrel, and an otter The pig situation (it got complicated) The cow debate: October, says Chloe. Tom is less sure Breeding birds: double the species recorded between 2024 and 2025 Naturfa Pathway: one of four sites selected across Wales by the Welsh Government Producing More Food From silage grassland to 50-100+ varieties of fruit and veg - and why that matters for food security The cathedral polytunnel, the duck pond, the new orchard, and chickens planned for under the trees Courses launching this summer: market gardening, agroforestry, mushroom growing, seed saving and more What it actually means when the food you grew feeds the people who came to help grow it Contributing to the Local Economy From two tractor drivers twenty days a year to six people working on site Wilder Spirits: pre-orders open 2 April. The first spirit distilled on a rewilding site in Wales, in a paper bottle Platfo…

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