Organic College Garden Diary

See what our students have been up to in their gardens and read about local food in Ireland
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We are a small college in Dromcollogher, County Limerick, Ireland.

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Preparing new beds and beetroot from the tunnel

It's been lovely weather here in west cork for the last few days so I've been preparing a couple of new beds - a bit late but better late than never! They've been double dug to remove stones and from...

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Posted 19 days ago by Tom Atkins 

Next year's firewood

A friend down the road has just cleared lots of eucalyptus so I took the opportunity to get in next year's firewood. It should burn pretty well with a year's seasoning. It's drying in the polytunnel...

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Posted 1 month ago by Tom Atkins 

Welcome to group blogs!

Hi Everyone - I hope this works out OK - looking forward to reading what you all have to say!Tom

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DL Welcome day 2009

Thanks to everyone who made the journey to the college for the Distance Learning welcome day.  It was great to meet you all.Here are some photos of us planting onions and garlic in the raised beds of...

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Posted 4 months ago by Tom Atkins 

West Cork Food Festival - Skibbereen

Today we went to the West Cork Food Festival in Skibbereen.  It's a great event that gets better every year.All sorts of stalls showed the growing interest in local food.  Attached are pictures of the...

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Posted 5 months ago by Tom Atkins 

Threshing the CSA Oats

Here are some photos of the Bantry CSA oats being threshed.  You can read more about this on the CSA blog.      

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Posted 5 months ago by Tom Atkins