Birch Cottage has a new website of its own
Visit the Birch Cottage website to bookWelcome to Lackan Cottage Farm
We’re Steve and Claire Golemboski-Byrne, we live here off grid with our daughter, our dog, cats and horses. We make all our own energy using wind and solar, grow as much of our own food as we can (it varies widely) and have used permaculture design principles to help us create a great place to live.
Here on the website you’ll find stories about the projects we’ve undertaken – what works, what doesn’t. You can come stay in our guest cottage – Birch Cottage and we will show you round, or maybe you just want to find out how to do some of this stuff. Either way, welcome.
The truck-house is nearly finished!
The 'patio' - some tube frames hold the ramp up, and I chainsawed these steps from a fallen beech tree. Couldnt resist a few flags.. Here's the living room, cosy as anything! Looking into the kitchen/diner - the cab is through those curtains, you can almost see the...