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.
GIY Meeting this Saturday 16th January
Whether or not you have returned all your borrowed tools, this is the time to start planning your garden, window box or allotment. GIY (Grow It Yourself) meets at the OOOOBY Store this Saturday from 1-2pm. Meet other gardeners or learners and swap tips and seeds (bring a few spare envelopes). Open to beginners through experienced, meetings are free of charge.
Seed & Garden Supplies for 2010
We are now taking orders for organic seed potatoes, garlic, onion sets, compost, seed trays, calcified seaweed, liquid seaweed, fleece, lime, sand, chicken feed, etc. If you are attending the GIY meeting tomorrow (see above), you can order then, otherwise please contact us by Monday the 18th to be sure we order in what you need.
Until the OOOOBY website has all these items listed, you can refer to the Fruit Hill Farm online catalogue (we are their local agents) for most of these items -if you order & collect from OOOOBY, you will pay the same price as on Fruithill farm's website, but you won't have to pay any shipping costs (with the exception of a few heavy/bulky products).
Upcoming courses
We are running a one day Survival course & Two day Primitive Living course at Carraig Dulra organic farm in 2010. Dates have not been set but you can book by contacting us. Cost is €95 for the one day course and €180 for the two day course.
30 Jan - Fruit Growing
24 Feb - Complete Organic Garden (Day 1)
24 Mar - Complete Organic Garden (Day 2)
Looking for something for your garden or home?
We'll be adding new items and improving the website in the next few months, so if you have any suggestions for healthy food, gardening or eco friendly products you are looking for, or ideas for the website, please let us know.
Mike & Suzie Cahn
Carraig Dulra
www.dulra.org
info@dulra.org
(0404) 69570
