Farm Newsletter – Issue no. 4
Click here to download This month is now showing hints of Spring: hedges and trees are starting to sprout buds, even some daffodils are appearing….and whilst it is not our most productive sewing and planting month, our peppers and tomatoes have already gone into the tunnels and large amounts of onions have been sewn into trays. Other mainstay crops will follow soon and the next issue will go into more detail on crop planting. A new Polytunnel is going up, to increase propagation and provide more planting room- see Goi’s update on this tunnel on p.5 ; recipes to use up our root veg before we move onto lighter recipes for Spring appear on p.10 and an article on our Pigs follows this. Getting to the Root of it: some facts on our Farm Pigs By Raquel Dafouz Last week, while some of our neighbours from Cloughjordan watched and with…
EVS Community Farm Blog Page
EVS Raquel Dafouz For regular updates on the EVS activities and work at Cloughjordan Community Farm, visit Raquel Dafouz’s Blog page; EVS Updates here (http://evs-cloughjordancommunityfarm.blogspot.ie)
Féile na nÚll – Harvest Apple Festival, Saturday 8th October, a day filled with apple fest fun! Starts @ 11.00am
11.00 – Stalls & Food including; Award Winning BBQ & Pulled Pork by expert ecovillage resident Greg Whelan, James Liston’s baked potato trailer (meat and spuds from Cloughjordan Community Farm), Irish Seed Savers and products from Cloughjordan Community Farm, The Night Orchard, The Apple Farm, Wild Irish Foragers, High Bank and others. 11.30 – Opening of Apple Bake Off 11.45 – Apple Mashing and Pressing Demo with Cloughjordan’s Night Orchard 12.00 – Orchard Tour 13.30 – Seed Saving and Farm Walk with Kevin Dudley (Cloughjordan Community Farm formerly with Irish Seed Savers) 14.45 – Ecovillage Tour with Ollie Moore 15.30 – Workshops & Talks – Open Space Con Traas – The Apple Farm of Tipperary Orchard, predators and low intervention methods of pest management for orchards. 16.00 – The Apple Bake Off – judging in private with Imen McDonnell 16.10 – Forage Walk with Sharon Greene 16.30 – Kids Music Workshop with Chris T-T (Brighton) 16.30…
SpeakEATsy 8th October 2016 – Celebrating Harvest and Community
SpeakEATsy! – A convivial evening celebrating harvest and community! FOOD | MUSIC | CONVERSATION | SPOKEN WORD Saturday 8th October from 19.00hrs to 22.00hrs | 20e/10e @ WE CREATE CLOUGHJORDAN ECOVILLAGE Conversation with Paul Kingsnorth(Dark Mountain) Music from Chris TT (Brighton) Poetry from Mel White and Niall Cahir A simple meal with Cloughjordan Community Farm Produce & Riot Rye Bread Bring a dish to share with a story relevant for the evening and pay only 10e!
Irish Food Writers Guild visit the Eco Village
The Irish Food Writers Guild visited Cloughjordan today. Lunch in the Middle Country Co-op Cafe with a menu featuring over 11 local producers and beers from White Gypsy, a tour of the ecovillage, a visit to the Cloughjordan Community Farm, foraging with Wild Irish Foragers & Preservers, a trip to RiotRye bakehouse and bread school, a walk through the community apery, allotments and orchards, as well as an introduction to the research in the RED Gardens. Find out more about The Irish Food Writers Guild
All Ireland Permaculture Gathering, 19th – 22nd August
Book your tickets online for this years All Ireland Permaculture Gathering which will be taking place in Cloughjordan Eco-Village. Time is flying by and we’re almost there now so do book your place as spaces are limited. Book your tickets here:www.permaculture.ie … See More
New Piglets!
The amazing Georgina and her 9 piglets! The perfect DIY pig she did it all herself no human interference! Well Samson the boar had a part in it as well!! These are pigs expressing their piggieness!!
Harvest this week!
Just some of the harvest this Spring / Summer: Salad Greens, mild and spicy Arugula/Rocket Scallions Tomatoes Kale – 3 varieties Baby chard Broccoli Courgettes Cucumbers and Gherkins – The pale cucumbers are a variety that are very easy to digest. Potatoes Garlic Herbs Mint Dill Parsley Basil Green Coriander seeds
Our farm tribe from July 2016!
Our farm tribe from July 2016! Great young people many from France but also from Spain, Basque, Boston, New York and Lucus king of Quebec! Thanks lads for all the great work!
Green Coriander Seeds recipe
Green Coriander seeds – http://www.food.com/recipe/green-coriander-rice-381356