Thanks for Alison for the link to this heirloom seed supplier based in Oregon US but with UK website priced in sterling…. Vegetable Seeds – Roguelands Seed Company.
Heavy gardening counts as good exercise!
We knew this anyway… but you can cancel that gym membership and get digging… read the full article at: Middle age ‘key for exercising’.
Seed capital – The Irish Times – Sat, Jan 31, 2009
This year’s catalogues, with their shiny images of flawless plants, will keep you sowing and growing for another season WITH TWO CONSECUTIVE non-summers piled up in a sodden mess behind us, part of me feels like giving up gardening. But
Imbolc – beeswax candle
A beeswax candle we lit at Imbolc:
How an accident of geography could power wind project
In Ireland the wind blows stronger at night thanks to the weather systems blowing off the Atlantic ocean from the Gulf stream — just when demand for wind power is lowest. It means much of this potentially cheap and abundant
Payment for home-produced electricity given warm welcome
THERE was warm welcome for the announcement by Energy Minister Eamon Ryan that householders and farmers will be paid by the Electricity Supply Board for any surplus electricity that they generate from wind turbines, photovoltaic panels or other alternative energy
Global Issues on Global Financial Crisis
The excellent Global Issues website has a long article on the financial crisis. Here’s a summary: This update includes notes and a chart on how much the global financial crisis has cost, in context. For example, plummeting stock markets have
How to Plant Your Garden
A lovely email (in pictures) I received from Danny last year:
“A Farm for the Future” BBC Natural World essential viewing
Did anybody see this program on the BBC? It was absolutely excellent with interviews with many of my heroes including: Colin Campbell – the father of peak oil from Ballydehob! Richard Heinberg – peak oil guru Chris Dixon permaculture meister
Has the Organic Bubble Burst? Farming Today BBC Radio 4
An interesting discussion with Organic farmers and activists in the UK looking at how the recession is affecting organic sales. The take home points for me were: Organic meat producers being hit very hard by high (organic) feed costs Organic