There’s a revival happening and countless people are coming home to and reclaiming their Christian faith. The world is a precarious place and people are meaning making beings. People are searching, seeking and are looking for the deeper truth behind life and many realise that the shallow, click bait society of instant gratification isn’t attending… Read more »
Category: Organic Stories
The Threshold of Samhain
Dia daoibh a chairde, As the Irish name Deireadh Fómhair (end of the harvest) suggests, the rich harvest is being collected, stored and eaten as October comes to a close. There is a distinctive chill in the air as the trees loose the last of their leaves. The darkness is enveloping our mornings and evenings,… Read more »
Eleven New Piglets
There are around 1.7 million pigs in Ireland, almost all reared intensively on factory farms, with no access to outdoors. We are so happy our piglets will experience something different and feel the sun on their backs! I’ve seen this birthing miracle countless times, but it never loses its wonder. It’s moments like these that… Read more »
Inspiration of Skylarks
If you see a skylark these days you are lucky. And if you hear a skylark, arguably, you are blessed. The skylark is the only lark that is native to Ireland. It’s sometimes confused with its close relative, the much more common meadow pipit. Both are beautiful and often inconspicuous birds with brown and speckled… Read more »
An Tairseach Classic Berry Jam Recipe
Notes! In general jam is made with equal parts fruit and sugar. Lemon juice or apples added may provide easier setting for fruits that have low pectin (setting ability). Commercial pectin is available online from Jars.ie (Apfelpektin) or in some supermarkets as ‘Certo’. Jam sugar available in supermarkets contains pectin and nothing further is needed…. Read more »
Organic Farming
In recent decades, organic farming has not been at the centre of international efforts to understand and achieve sustainability. But things have been changing. In fact, at the present moment things appear to be changing rapidly. Increased investment across EU member states in recent years, together with the creation of ambitious targets, are prompting a… Read more »