Bill Hogan is one of Ireland’s most celebrated cheese makers. He and Sean Ferry started West Cork Natural Cheese in Schull in the mid 80s and produce two large hard cheeses in the Swiss style using summer milk – Gabriel
Folke Günther on ecological design,thermodynamics of living systems,ecological engineering, nutrient recycling and oil depletion
For anyone interested in sustainability Folke Gunther has a great site: Folke Günther on ecological design,thermodynamics of living systems,ecological engineering, nutrient recycling and oil depletion.
Square Foot Gardening on Alternative Kitchen Garden Podcast
Emma over at the Alternative Kitchen Garden has a great podcast on ‘square foot gardening’ – quite relevant for our small raised beds in the DL garden. We’ll do some planning an sowing / planting on these next week at
Brown Envelope Seeds: Cauliflower cheese season
This is Winter Roscoff cauliflower which produces curds at this time of year. Madeline McKeever has the details: read more at: Brown Envelope Seeds: Cauliflower cheese season.
'Stir Fry Greens' – Madeline's Cut and come again peas
Madeline at Brown Envelope Seeds has been trialling peas for ‘cut and come again’: read more on the Brown Envelope Seeds Blog.
Classic Book Review: How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible
Rob Hopkins has a nice review of this book… via Classic Book Review: How to Grow More Vegetables Than You Ever Thought Possible (etc. etc.) » Transition Culture.
Vegetable Seeds – Roguelands Seed Company
Thanks for Alison for the link to this heirloom seed supplier based in Oregon US but with UK website priced in sterling…. Vegetable Seeds – Roguelands Seed Company.
Heavy gardening counts as good exercise!
We knew this anyway… but you can cancel that gym membership and get digging… read the full article at: Middle age ‘key for exercising’.
Seed capital – The Irish Times – Sat, Jan 31, 2009
This year’s catalogues, with their shiny images of flawless plants, will keep you sowing and growing for another season WITH TWO CONSECUTIVE non-summers piled up in a sodden mess behind us, part of me feels like giving up gardening. But
Imbolc – beeswax candle
A beeswax candle we lit at Imbolc: