Carraig Dulra and OOOOBY Store

It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is. And when you've got it, you want - oh, you don't quite know what it is you do want, but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!

Mark Twain

Just a brief note to let you know that our new stock of organic seed potatoes, garlic bulbs, onion sets and shallots are now in.  If you've pre-ordered these, you can collect them Wed-Sat 10-3 (or other times by arrangement).  We also have seed trays, seaweed & organic potting compost in stock, and a new shipment of organic seed compost is due in next week.

Celebrating New Year's started in Babylon around 2000 BC, and with it began the custom of making a New Year's Resolution.
Babylon's most common resolution was "to return borrowed farm tools" !!  The most common resolutions in the 21st century are about personal health.  

I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December

A magical thing
And sweet to remember.

'We are nearer to Spring
Than we were in September,'

I heard a bird sing
In the dark of December."

--Oliver Herford, I Heard a Bird Sing

Winter Solstice Celebration & Christmas Fair

This Saturday and every Saturday until Christmas, OOOOBY has brought together local food, crafts, books, fairtrade & ecological gifts, all chosen to allow you to get something special for a very reasonable cost.  

There are a large variety of gifts on display, with more than 30 items priced less than €5, making it easier to give gifts on a tight budget.  

First meeting of Crafts Circle - THIS SATURDAY 14th November 2-4pm

Lusi & Orlaith write:

We thought it would be a great idea to gather like minded people together, to share our creativity and skills, rather than sitting home alone!!  We see this group providing the opportunity to meet other crafts people, whether they are professional or just creating for a hobby - and being able to share skills and swap ideas somewhere where the kettle is always on and delicious cakes and biscuits are always available! 

We are indeed much more than what we eat, but what we eat can nevertheless help us to be much more than what we are.
-Adelle Davis

The farther along we go with Carraig Dulra, community gardens, Powerdown, permaculture, beekeeping and OOOOBY, the more we realise that we are engaged in community food development, reconnecting ourselves with the abundant resources in nature and in our community.

Hi everyone, here we are with a special edition of our (normally biweekly) newsletter.

Why a special edition?  Because we want to share with you all two great upcoming events in the Co Wicklow community:

My apologies for the multiple mails, but I need to made a quick correction:  you do NOT need to pre-register for the Heritage Day, you can just show up.  And there's a free shuttle bus from Glenealy opposite the pub.

Also, my apologies to those of you that just now received two newsletters, the correct one and one that was intended to go out last week.

Mike

In the last couple of weeks our latest Garden Complete, Beginners Food Growing and Beginners Beekeeping courses have run.  We've been busy preparing for an exciting free Heritage event at the farm this weekend (more below), and have also been making improvements to the store venue.