Thursday 15 April, 2010
by jacqueline
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Recently, I sent my partner on a course at Ballymaloe Cookery School, as a birthday gift. The course was called ‘How to Keep Chickens in your Garden’. Result? We now have three baby hens pottering around our back garden, soon to … Continue reading
Tuesday 16 March, 2010
by rercy
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I moved to the country three years ago and I have been growing my own vegetables and herbs each year. It is so satisfying and you don’t need to live in the country, have a big garden or even have … Continue reading
Wednesday 23 September, 2009
by rercy
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When I moved to the countryside a couple of years ago it was assumed that I would be baking tarts, making doilies, and hand-rearing lamb in the living room – or at the very least cultivating my own vegetable patch. … Continue reading
Wednesday 12 August, 2009
by peter
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We all know that blackberries grow freely throughout Ireland in late summer and early autumn, but some other foods also cost nothing. I got the LUAS to Kilmacud Road last week and walked up towards the Beacon Hotel in Sandyford … Continue reading
Friday 19 June, 2009
by peter
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Today, most of us are fed by large-scale industrial agriculture. I buy the bulk of my groceries in supermarkets, and so count myself among this number. But an interesting article in yesterday’s Irish Times, written by climatechange.ie‘s John Gibbons, introduced … Continue reading