Monthly Archives: August 2009

Permaculture Design at The Village, Cloughjordan

Posted on 28 August 2009 by Graham

The 10-Day Permaculture design Course at The Village, Cloughjordan, Tipperary is well underway and as I write this the 18 participants are out on the land working on their design projects, which will be presented to the group on Sunday … Continue reading →

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Oats Harvest

Posted on 26 August 2009 by Graham

Spent a lovely couple of hours yesterday helping with the oats harvest for the West Cork CSA. The continual heavy rain this summer has resulted in the smaller field lodging, which meant we had to harvest by hand and scythe. … Continue reading →

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Permaculture course a First For Cashel

Posted on 25 August 2009 by Graham

From the Tipperary Star: The news media is full of bad news stories about the environment, but rather than concentrating on problems what would happen if we put our energies into finding sustainable solutions. That is just what 14 student … Continue reading →

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Taming the Dreaded Knotweed

Posted on 14 August 2009 by Graham

A new biological control is being considered as a way of controlling one of Britain and Ireland’s most pernicious weeds, Japanese Knotweed, according to this story in The Guardian. a species of jumping plant lice, aphalara itadori, could bring down … Continue reading →

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Permaculture at Kerry Earth Education

Posted on 11 August 2009 by Graham

Kerry Earth Education Project (KEEP) hosted a 2-day Introduction to Permaculture and Forest gardening course which I led for 18 participants last weekend. The course was wonderfully hosted by Niamh and Ian and Cathy of KEEP at their centre at … Continue reading →

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The Real Dirt on Organic Food

Posted on 5 August 2009 by Graham

Update Aug 10th: Thanks to Robbie for sending me the link to Dominic Lawson’s piece on the FSA report and responses from the organic movement in the Times. Lawson quotes research suggesting farmers may have lower cancer rates possibly because … Continue reading →

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Permaculture Design Course in Cashel

Posted on 2 August 2009 by Graham

Just got back from saying goodbye to 14 new permaculture Design Course Certificate holders who completed a 9-day course in Cashel, Co. Tipperary. Above: Mayor of Cashel Cllr. Eddie Bennet (second from left) with course organiser Micheal of Aimsir Bia … Continue reading →

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Organics, Science and Corporations

Posted on 1 August 2009 by Graham

The Food Standards Agency published a scientific review last week  which found no evidence of organic food being more healthy than non-organic food. This is being widely denounced amongst the environmental movement, in particular the Soil Association, as being a … Continue reading →

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