This is our Queen of the Herd – number 476. She was born in 2000 and had her first calf in 2002, our first calving season here in Garrendenny. She’s getting pretty old and to be honest, most cows of her age and condition would have been culled by now. However, farming isn’t just about making a profit, there will [...]
I always seem to be busy when the silage contractors come and they always need to be fed – dinner, tea and often supper too.? I usually make 3 chicken or beef casseroles and a big saucepan of mashed potatoes followed by either a rhubarb crumble, a rice pudding or if time is short, the fruit strudels from Aldi. Tea is usually a fry up with grilled bacon and sausage, baked beans, white pudding and fried eggs followed by scones [...]
Have you heard of cow hugging? It’s very popular in Holland and people pay good money to visit farms which have very quiet and tame cows who let them hug them, breathe in their cow breaths and relax under the aura.
When I received a phone call from Owen Fitzpatrick asking if he could use our cows [...]
We went to the Bruce Springsteen concert in Kilkenny on Sunday. I’d always regretted missing him in Slane back in 1985 when I wasn’t allowed to go and considering he was only 17 miles away, I definitely wasn’t going to miss this. I booked the tickets back in February when I was dying with the flu!
We brought the children with us, their first concert and our first for a long long time. The sun shone (apart from one quick shower [...]
Garrendenny Lane was once populated with cottages and one two-storey house. Serving as a shortcut between the townslands of Kilgorey and Mayo, many people walked along it on their way to Mass, children walked along it to and from school – the lane being 1.5 miles whereas the long way round by the main road is about 3 miles.
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