It’s 1st May on Wednesday – the beginning of summer allegedly! ?A load of hay from Kent arrived at our local Glanbia creamery today with 48 large bales. We didn’t need any but there were plenty of farmers arriving with small trailers, there are a lot of older suckler farmers around here who have been drawing silage to their stock for the last two months.
We had planned to let the cows out tonight for the first night but they’d still [...]
It’s amazing what twitter chats can lead to – I was chatting with @newfarmerette and @cattlenclydes and suggested that we meet up, especially as we haven’t met properly yet. That suggestion turned into getting other farmerettes involved and now our tweet / meet up has been organised.
It is happening in Kilkenny on May 12th, a Sunday Lunch. So far, in addition to the two above, @fimalone1, ?Caragh Nurseries, ?ZwartblesIE, [...]
A conversation about farmers wives and our uses on twitter led to a discussion about ‘IMAGE’ for farmer’s wives/farmerettes. ?By the way, a ‘farmerette’ is a girl or woman who works on the land and is even mentioned in Finnegan’s Wake by James Joyce. I know farmer is a non-gender specific term but I like ‘farmerette’.
Personally I think it is a [...]
I’d like to congratulate Lisa McGee on producing the second edition of Isle Magazine. It’s a new online magazine that showcases Ireland, not in the leprachaun way, but showcases Ireland as a savvy, fashionable, beautiful country with friendly and talented people – be they photographers, chefs, food producers, designers …. the list goes on, and the scenery is beautiful too.
I’m delighted to be a contributor to the magazine, [...]
