Ballyteige Farm
Adventures of a city girl who gave it all up to live the good life on a smallholding in rural Ireland.
Composting
In Dublin I had invested in a Bokashi composting system. This is a Japanese method of composting which differs from normal composting in that it ferments the waste rather than decomposing it. You need two Bokashi bins. They have an airtight lid and a raised shelf off...
Planning the Vegetable Garden
All gardening books tell you that January is the time for sitting by the fire, browsing through the seed catalogues and planning what you're going to grow this year. So like a good girl, that's exactly what I did. Biodiversity is an important value for me. I joined...
Intruders
Not long after moving in I realised we were not alone. There was definite evidence of mice - little droppings everywhere, as well as unused mouse-traps hidden under the sink and in the hot-press (which is in the living room). At night I could hear scratching in the...