As regular tofu eaters Méabh Mooney and Ronan Forde were disappointed that there seemed to be no Irish-made tofu available on the market, the most widely available brands being made in Germany and the UK. In the midst of a pandemic the couple experienced a moment of madness, or fate, […]
Magnolias are beautiful, glamourous plants, with their tulip-shaped, goblet-shaped or strap-petalled flowers. They are also very ancient; one of the first flowering plants on earth, they pre-date bees and their open flowers are pollinated by beetles. Mattie Keane from Future Forest shares how to choose and care for them. Some […]
It’s been four years since married couple Aimi Pinder and Lucy Smith landed their dream home on eight acres in the shape of a ‘crooked boot’ in Ballydehob. Since then they have created a thriving plant nursery business, supplying homegrown garden plants to local farmers’ markets and more recently Neighbourfood.ie. […]
According to Biodiversity Ireland there are over 100 separate bee species in Ireland: this includes the native Irish honeybee (Apis Mellifera Mellifera), 21 species of bumblebee and 78 separate species of solitary bee. The different bees are active at different times through the year but most bees emerge in February […]