January 2018. happy new year to you all. it seems like a pertinent month to go all Janus and look backwards over the past 6 months and forward over what stuff is to come in the new year we’ve had some wild weather here in ireland and by the looks of the news – there is unfortunately a lot of it about. myself and joe find it hard to believe that we only planted the little whips of hedging and trees 3 years ago this february. they are such strong, big, vigorous plants already with only those 3 years of growth in them… (click through to read more & see photos)
May 2017 in the Forest Garden
it’s always a struggle to sit and write about gardening…when theres always so much to get outside and actually do…on top of which we have actually seen the sun around these parts this past few weeks, so its harder again to sit at a desk and not be outside enjoying it..….however, the north easterlies are […]
where did that year go? a forest garden update.
where did that year go? i am starting to sound like my grandmother… the years really do fly by when you get older dont they? it was october of last year when i last wrote… this exercise of writing about our work and progress is, if nothing else, a great thing for me to look […]
the next steps in the forest garden
it would appear to be very autumnal out there…all of a sudden halloween is around the corner and whoosh – there went the summer… looking back at this forest garden project, and where i left it last time, It’s pretty amazing how its changed and what can be achieved in just a few short months. […]
new year : new progress in the diy forest garden
we are now into february. we have been busy and very lucky with the weather…. both myself and joe decided that we would try to do this forest garden without the use of any heavy machinery coming into the space which might wreck the good work that the pigs have done in turning over the […]
pigs in december – forest garden progress
so, its been a few months since i had the time to sit down and write about what is occurring here with our forest garden build. I’ve been away with singers various and seen all manner of different places in the last few months. always nice to get home though and have a decent cup […]
diy forest garden – introduction
My name is claire. I manage singers. I’m a blogger virgin, but I’m involved in a new project that seems like it might be a rather good thing to write about. I have recently taken on a new client to manage in the shape of landscape gardener Mary Reynolds….she sings pretty badly, but she certainly knows her onions, her earth and her trees…. Myself and Mary have skirted around each others lives for a goodly few years…….as someone who uses an outside space to switch off in (don’t do it enough mind) and having always had a fascination with the natural world (my life could have taken a very different path if i’d chosen the biology degree over the art…), I’ve always been intrigued with the ideas that I’ve heard mary talk about. Read More….