Christmas 2021 – Letter from the Chairperson

Christmas 2021 – Letter from the Chairperson

Christmas 2021 – Letter from the Chairperson     As another year draws to a close, I would like to take this opportunity to thank all of our members for their continued support. Much like 2020 this year has once again been affected with the Covid...
SeameGro Trial at Airfield

SeameGro Trial at Airfield

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...
A Fibreshed for Ireland

A Fibreshed for Ireland

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...
A Day in the Life – Glasrai Farm

A Day in the Life – Glasrai Farm

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...
Our journey to organic growing…

Our journey to organic growing…

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...