Discover the wide range of edible & medicinal herbs growing all around you. by Vivienne Campbell The fields, woods, hedgerows and gardens are bursting with plants that are edible and medicinal. Starting to notice these wild herbs growing around you can really enrich your life, and if you’re confident at correctly identifying these plants …
by Kristen Butler So, I know its winter, not the foremost time to be thinking about gardening—but a good time to start thinking about hauling that seaweed to compost it in preparation for your spring garden beds! Last year I moved to a caravan site and there is unused land to the back and the …
James O’Donovan looks at ways we could reduce our energy consumption at home, at work and in our lifestyle The Irish per capita energy use in kiloWatt hours per person per day (kWh/p/d) comes to: 34 (electricity) + 26 (transport) + 30 (heating) + 4 (flights) = 94 kWh/p/d (This excludes the energy embedded …
There is a huge growing trend in people wanting to become more self-sufficient, where living off your own garden can provide enormous health and environmental benefits. The following is a beginner’s guide, with information on how to get started, and a few tips and tricks to make growing your own food easy! Deciding Where …
Steer clear of the high street this Christmas by making your own gifts or giving people an alternative or sustainable gift. Here are just a few ideas.. Food Do you enjoy cooking or baking? Friends and family will really appreciate your gifts of home made food such as Christmas cakes, puddings, cookies, truffles, mulled …
Vegans are being invited to come together to form a self-sufficient, off-grid community in Portugal’s beautiful Algarve By Kati Anton It all started in October last year with not much of a concept but a very clear desire: to allow vegans to live together in a community where people help each other, where creativity …
After working on a variety of building sites in my career as a carpenter I wanted something radically different when it came to my own home. I didn’t know what it would be, all I knew was that I was unwilling to use the materials which had for me come to represent everything that was …