Over the past few months, I have been involved with the Community Development Group here in my local village. The group was dormant for a number of years, but reinstated in February 2016 with new members and a renewed focus.
Author: mhucdubh
Aaand…, we’re back!
It has been a busy winter!
A total of 2,500 trees have been planted – mainly native oak, alder and birch. A section of over-stood hazel has been cleared in order to bring this area into a coppice rotation and new fences have been erected to protect all of this.
The Roots of Our Profit
Over these last few months, attending various events in the UK and Ireland, I kept hearing references to the Oxford Real Farming Conference, and in particular, a keynote talk given by Dr. Elaine Ingham of Soil Foodweb Inc.
An Caora Dubh [Pron: “An-Keera-Duv”, The Black Sheep] is a working sheep farm nestled in the Derryveagh Mountains in central Donegal, Ireland. The enterprise aims to build upon traditional farming practices and create a bio-diverse and productive system by working with nature rather than against it.
Rocking Nature at Carraig Dulra
Having discovered Permaculture a little over 3 years ago, & spurred on by my first “Intro to Permaculture” weekend with Kevin Mascarenhas of Natural Flow in London, completing a Permaculture Design Certificate was the natural progression for me. Continue reading
Seeds of Permaculture Set to Germinate in Donegal
From the 14th to 17th May, a group of like-minded people from across Ireland came together in the wilds of Donegal to explore the subject of Permaculture & Forest Gardening with one of the UK’s leading practitioners, Aranya.
