The Clonakilty Waste Not, Want Not project has been in full gear this month working on its new ‘Stop the Sachets’ campaign with volunteers from the community college and Tidy Towns. You may have seen posters popping up around town, new notices in food establishments, as well as social media […]
As you carve that big roasted turkey on Christmas Day, I wonder how many will ask: why is a bird from America named after a country in Asia Minor? Turkeys belong to the family Phasianidae, along with pheasants, peacocks, chickens, partridges, grouse and quails. This family is part of a […]
Last month we covered the basics of insulating your home and the low hanging fruit that can be tackled relatively easily; insulating your attic, pumping cavity walls and draught-proofing. However, we are not all fortunate enough to live in homes that are that easy to upgrade. On my trips around […]
This month the Save Murragh Action Group – a community group opposed to a sand and gravel quarry planned adjacent to Bandon River in Murray, Enniskeane – gives us a glimpse of the wildlife supported by the Bandon River and outlines what we can do to help preserve and protect […]
It almost took until the final quarter of the year for the weather to come good and that was welcomed by farmers across the country. It took serious pressure off and allowed field work to be complete for tillage farmers and allowed livestock farmers graze later than usual to make […]
A non-profit initiative founded in 2018 under the auspices of the Burren Beo Trust, Farming for Nature’s mission is to support, encourage and inspire farmers who farm, or who wish to farm, in a in a way that will improve the natural health of our countryside. Publishing in December, the […]