Seed saving is a labour of love for botanist Madeline McKeever and her daughter Holly Cairns who send their Brown Envelope organic vegetable seeds all over the world from their farm on the remote Turk Head peninsula near Skibbereen. Without seed we have no food. With a Master of Science […]
Farm partnerships can help to improve your work-life balance and develop your farm business, as Kilbrittain farmer Lawrence Sexton has learned through firsthand experience. Lawrence is part of a three-way partnership ‘LJG Dairy’ with two neighbours, John Hallissey and Guy Scott, milking over 400 crossbred cows, and rearing their followers […]
Local Enterprise Week 2019, a national initiative led by the Local Enterprise Offices across Ireland, commences on March 4 and runs until March 8. Throughout the week Cork County Council’s Local Enterprise Offices (LEO Cork North and West and LEO Cork South) have organised a number of business and training […]
The Dunmanway Branch of Comhaltas will host Fleadh Cheoil Chorcaí 2019 from April 26-28. Over 250 competitions will be held over the weekend, in both Maria Immaculata Community College and the Parkway Hotel, with competitions in music, singing and story-telling and comhrá gaeilge. Competitions are divided into age categories, […]
There is a lovely stretch now both morning and evening. There are visible signs that the gardening season is kicking off – birds pairing up, buds on trees and shrubs, spring bulbs out in full force. This is the busiest month of the year so if I fall behind now, […]
While planting some fruit trees in my garden last week, I came across lots of big juicy worms. This got me thinking about one of the most productive workers of the soil food web and I decided to learn more…and it turns out there’s lots to learn about these amazing […]