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!!
Green Coriander Seeds recipe
Green Coriander seeds – http://www.food.com/recipe/green-coriander-rice-381356
Courgette and basil soup
This fresh summer soup is a lovely way of polishing off extra courgettes. It’s a good light lunch with bread and salad, and is especially excellent if you serve it with a generous dollop of tomato chutney in the middle of the bowl. Use Pecorino or any other substitute hard cheese in place of Parmesan if you are a vegetarian. Ingredients 3 tbsp olive oil 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped 6 or 7 courgettes, diced a handful of basil leaves 600ml hot chicken or vegetable stock 50ml cream, double or single parsley, chopped (optional) 50g Parmesan, grated salt & pepper Method Heat the oil in a large saucepan, then fry the garlic, courgettes and basil with a pinch of salt for about 10 minutes, until softened. Add the stock, then simmer for another 10 minutes. Blitz the mixture in blender or food processor, reserving some of the courgette if…
Farm Newsletters – Issue no. 3
Find out all the latest farm news; Issue no. 3 June 2016 – Click here to read or download Peppa grazing happily in her field, early June morning 2016 Photo: EB June: The heat and dry weather these past weeks has left us in no doubt that summer is definitely here and the kids, newly released from the confines of school, are looking forward to even more sun for their summer holidays… but on the Farm we hope for rain between the rays and moderately warm temperatures. After an unseasonably cold April/start of May where frost threatened plants very late in the season (we had them snuggling under fleeces even in the tunnels!) we headed straight into spectacularly hot weather and drought, where four times daily watering was necessary to keep the plants alive…we even had to water some field crops. Read more….