Lots of gardening activity going on at the college… More posts to follow – for now, thanks to Carlene for the picture of the frog and frog spawn in the wildlife pond. Looking forward to a great growing season!
Winter Hyacinths For Sale!
“Lord the Roman Hyacinths are blooming in bowls and The Winter Sun creeps by the snow hills…” -T.S.Eliot Yes, it’s that time of year again and what better way to brighten up the shortening days than with our beautifully perfumed
Book Review: The Year Round Organic Garden
This book is a priceless aid to anyone involved in education at any level, or any parent planning to be outdoors with children. It’s a collaboration of “in the field” experiences from three organics graduates who know the Irish education
Minister Sargent Announces Outcome of Review of Organic Farming Scheme
DoA website Press release: Minister Sargent Announces Outcome of Review of Organic Farming Scheme. Trevor Sargent TD, Minister for Food and Horticulture at the Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food today announced the outcome of the review of the Organic
Basket Case: What's Happening to Ireland's Food? by Philip Boucher-Hayes and Suzanne Campbell
Looks like an interesting book – here’s a review: Basket Case: What’s Happening to Ireland’s Food? by Philip Boucher-Hayes and Suzanne Campbell – Bibliocook: All About Food.
Potato and Tomato breeding / seed saving workshop
There’s a fantastic workshop coming up at Brown Envelope seeds in West Cork on 17th and 18th October. It’s with Tom Wagner of Tater Mater in the US. Tom has been breeding potatoes and tomatoes for over 50 years. He
Traditional farming could propel millions out of poverty
Across the developing world, times are desperate for smallholders, caught between rising food and fuel prices and a credit crunch that sees orders falling and access to loans becoming harder than ever. Yet these smallholders, too often overlooked by companies
Imbolc – beeswax candle
A beeswax candle we lit at Imbolc:
How to Plant Your Garden
A lovely email (in pictures) I received from Danny last year:
Peter Ward on Late Late Show
You won’t see a more passionate exposition of local organic Irish food than this! Go Peter: Peter Ward on the Late Late Show