Courtesy of Permaculture Ideas. “Straw bales (not hay bales) are a great place to plant vegetables. Here’s my start-to-finish results! The straw is an easy, loose place for the plants to spread out their roots. Also, up on the straw bale there is...
Many thanks to Steven, Belinda, Denise, Alexey, Jim and James for helping out today. It is great to see the inside ready for plastering – it looks fantastic, and to have got the cladding under way. Several people have asked what the roundhouse is for.. Well,...
Although I’m no longer a full time web developer, I’m still lucky enough to be able to work with a few organisations that I really like – one of which is the Heritage Crafts Association. Anyone who is involved with heritage craft should get along and...
Photo copyright Jorge Bacani Today we visited a tower that is plainly Isengard, but which locals insist on calling Scrabo Tower. It’s visible from everywhere around us here, and the view from the top is stunning. From away over here on the farm, it stands...
Every so often life overtakes us – the needs and wants and must-haves creep in and it is so easy to forget that simple is good, and that the days can pass faster than we realise. A terribly moving remembrance of Thomas, and the family he leaves behind, caused me...
One of the benefits of the whole living off grid, alternative homes, low impact lifestyle ‘thing’ is that it is generally seen as something different, (for good or bad) and interesting, by plenty of onlookers. People are often fascinated to see how we...
Earthship Biotecture Ireland are holding a lecture with Michael Reynolds in Dublin. Going to book my tickets today – Michael is an inspiring guy and has done some amazing work. Anyone who hasn’t seen Garbage Warrior – go and order a copy now. Go...
So nearly ours….Solicitors are doing whatever solicitors do, but not terribly quickly – with any luck it will be ours by the end of the month. (We said that last month). Anyhow, 6 acres and a couple of little cottages will hopefully soon be our home, and...
Last year was certainly an eventful one – living in the truck-house, working at Lammas, trips to Wales, our Wedding, roundhouse building, being off grid, and so many other amazing things that the list could go on forever. This year isn’t going to be any...
For a seemingly simple setup, the wind turbine certainly involves a lot more that I ever thought it would. A lot of folk with ‘big’ turbines certainly view the small, chinese made end of the market as very suspect, but my view has always been that at least...
If only Paul Gilding’s message that unlimited growth is totally unsustainable could be heard by more people, and that rather than putting their heads in the sand, they would act now to change the way we live.He sums up the reasons why I have chosen the lifestyle...
