by Administrator | Nov 16, 2021 | Weeds, Pests & Diseases
SeameGro Trial (Airfield) Colm O’Driscoll, head gardener at Airfield, tells us about trialing a seaweed based plant biofertilizer. Farming conference season is upon us with BioFarm 2021 and Future Growers Conference both taking place this month. The...
by Administrator | Oct 13, 2021 | Other Organisations
A Fibreshed for Ireland by Malú Colorín “The soil that feeds us is also the soil that clothes us.” —Rebecca Burgess, founder & director of Fibershed As we know, people are becoming ever more aware about the kind of food they...
by Administrator | Aug 22, 2021 | Internship
A day in the life – Glasraí Farm by Maria McDonnell From Winter to Summer When I started the apprenticeship in March everyone on the farm (Glasraí) talked about how wonderful the place looked in summer. I guess it was hard to imagine back then when it was...
by Administrator | Jul 15, 2021 | Grower Feature
Starting from scratch by Jeremy Haworth We began with a jungle, a half-acre overrun by almost three decades of neglect. An invasive thicket of bamboo vied with aggressive regiments of thistle. Beside the half-dead orchard, gnarled with nettle and ivy, broken-down...
by Administrator | Jul 14, 2021 | Internship
A Day in the Life (Summer 2021) Continuing our series of blogs by our current interns we hear from Sally who tells us about her impressions of visiting two successful organic horticultural enterprises Castleruddery Organic Farm (Hilda & Dominic Quinn) and...
