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In and out of Ireland
"I once had a farm in... Ireland"
Cead Mile Failte !
A 'hundred thousand welcomes' to friends of all things Irish, organic, and environmentally friendly. I hope you enjoy my anecdotes and little vignettes. I appreciate comments. If you like it, why not become a follower?
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Bray Head, Co. Wicklow
by PAZ
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She Writes
Too cute
Time to write about our pigs!
Waiting on Shore
taken by Paz
Lisdoonvarna: matchmaking festival
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDmMnLAUzcA
Websites I like:
Websites I like:
A new one I just found http://www.worldirish.com/
http://www.thewrightscoop.com/
www.irelandinpicture.net/
by Paz
www.scribd.com
www.10daybookclub.blogspot.com
Contributors
Siggy Buckley
The Ex Farmer's Wife
My other websites
www.Intrepidhomeswappers.blogspot.com
which was turned into an eBook:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B005N0N3CO
www.Nexttimelucky.com
My novel about Dating: Confessions of a Dating Guru
www.Ioncehadafarminireland.blogspot.com
In and out of Ireland
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Taking care of a rabbit and
pet guinea pig
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Elderberries are ripe
Another year without making wine! Yippie!
Yummy Raspberriesd
Curtesy of Flickr
Curtesy of Sewer Doc
Flickrr Thanks!
Curtesy of balaands
Flickrr! Thanks
Now something different:My new book out!
Book Trailer
" Next Time Lucky" Now out as paperback! Amazon
Our new Home
The Mayak Diaster 50 years ago- another one nobody knows about
http://archive.greenpeace.org/mayak/mayakstory/index.html
Happy St. Patrick's Day!
Compost awareness week
http://www.care2.com/causes/environment/blog/got-soil-celebrate-compost/
Fledgling zucchinis
professional poly tunnel
with beans & zucchinis
self-blanching celery
This blog is Part of the Irish Blog Directory
Ice on Lough Dergh
Christmas 2010
coal bucket
curtesy of carinafiligno's Flickr
flagship of British cookers
ca.$18,000 today
Walking on Water
to Holy Island
Killaloe in the snow
The Cathedral (Church of Ireland)
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Our advent wreath
snowbound
January 91
January 91
antique farm machinery
Typical view of a German
Christmas market
carrots coated in chlorine
http://www.snopes.com/food/tainted/carrots.asp
Going Green
http://www.americanchr
onicle.com/articles/view/60809
http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/51217
For more detailed info: Composting 101 -Serious
http://www.composting101.com
Curtesy of Jes Ril on Flickr
AI = Artificial Insemination (not intelligence)
clean eggs
Cleaned by chlorine solution?
Elderflowers in Bloom
No champagne this year
Curtesy of Flickr:
Ferdi's
Our Flock of Geese
Facebook Badge
Ursula Siebert
Create Your Badge
Hoew they make hay on Farmville
Saving Hay the old fashioned way
Trams
Round Bales
"Cakes"
Our first pony Sparky
Our horsebox was the shnazziest in the whole county
Farmville and the real world
My articles on Opednews.com
The Dirty Dozen Cheat Sheet
A handy portable guide
Bob Marley in Dortmund, Germany: Stand up for your Rights
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7iXcKKpdx0
Petition to stop US farm bill
http://www.opednews.com/articles/This-bill-will-kill-small-by-Mark-Crispin-Mille-100423-327.html
Stop hexane in organic burgers
http://www.care2.com/causes/health-policy/blog/dont-let-this-toxin-invade-your-barbeque-this-summer/
Benny Bunny
Ladybird
a lovely caterpillar
For the full list of 47 Fruits and veggies click here
http://www.foodnews.org/fulllist.php
Flame torch
Called flamer in US
Watch the demo of Flame torch
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EMBsEgE7ldc
Hilarious video on American Pie made in China
American Pie
Picked elderflower blossoms
pic from wikipedia
The new virtual Ex Farmer's wife
on Farmville
Irish Organic Farmers' and Growers' Assoc.
Label
Organic label
The Supernatural Foodmarket Dublin
Organic labels
Chicken house in late autumn
approching slaughtering time
Hard at work
Building a hut for broilers
yellow furballs:broilers
From OPtic-Flickr
Appalling treatment of cows: Warning! Viewer discretion advised!
Video shown on ABC News.com
Happy cattle
Brown laying hens
Free ranging of course
Free range eggs
The ARK
Mr. Seymour's Hen Hut Design
Pictures of recent weather: Ireland in the snow
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0108/snow%20_gallery.html
Jan '91 had similar weather
Palm and hen house in the snow
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A Hurley
Photo from Wikipedia
Orchard
before the lawnmowers arrived
Lough Derg
Berries
Our 4 starter sheep
Sheltered
Wuschel
Only in Ireland
Flaggers
In our swampy field by the river
Interactive Map of Lough Derg
For boaters, fishermen & others
Brandy, the first dog
more black than brown actually
Bottle feeding
Donatello
Leonardo & the gang
The Motley Crew
Simple spuds
Make for a delicious meal
Potato Planter
One after another...
growing potatoes
Peppers in a planter
They even grow in a tub on a porch in FL
Open air tractor
Rolling fields
Ghosts
Ireland from out of space
Typical farmsteads