Despite damp farming weather conditions, grazing is moving back on the agenda and fences are getting a once-over; although you could say grazing never stopped this winter. A group of younger cows was left out to take pressure off the shed and, while the plan was to house them before […]
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There probably isn’t a week goes by, where some history lecture is to be found in the towns of villages of Cork. It’s something that could be taken for granted but based on the crowded attendances of two recent lectures, history is becoming more popular than ever. Last month there […]
“I am persuaded that this is a righteous judgement of God on these barbarous wretches, who have imbrued their hands with so much innocent blood; and that it will tend to prevent the effusion of blood for the future, which are satisfactory grounds for such actions which cannot otherwise but […]
It’s been a long and drawn out January. Though the weather has been mild, it still felt twice as long it should be. It just kept dragging on. I know it’s not just me, as many of my friends have also been complaining… So, it was really welcome to wake […]
It feels good to be outside after the usual mid-winter overindulgence and I can find plenty to do on the rare fine day, but if I had the money and the room on my little patch, I would love a small greenhouse. A space to potter in not so fine […]
The potato is the third most important food crop in the world after rice and wheat in terms of human consumption. More than a billion people worldwide eat potato, and global total crop production exceeds 300 million metric tons! Here in Ireland we import over 70,000 tons each year, with […]
