A Practical Wishlist

Everyone adds something to Carraig Dúlra and the small community around it, whatever your skills or experience.

People and some potential sponsors have donated money and very useful items to our project over the years and people still ask us if there are particular tangible items that would be useful. So here's a list of capital projects and other items that would be a practical benefit to Carraig Dúlra's on going development and research into permaculture and for the people who come here to visit:

Carraig Dúlra farm

  • Our high priority project this year is a purpose built ecologically friendly barn building for storage and in which we can also shelter on open days, and tours! We are well underway with this community build, with many volunteers and some outside green building expertise.  We still need materials for internal fitting and are looking for cash donations towards materials and hiring in Green Building consultants where needed.  A donation of €100, €50, €30 or whatever you can afford would be VERY welcome! Get in touch if you think you have actually materials we could use. Nice timbers, hardware etc

Other projects that we'd like to develop include:

  • Signage to explain the permaculture principles at work and other unusual features of the farm
  • A beekeeping demonstration and honey processing room, including an area to allow visitors to watch live bee demonstration safely behind glass
  • We have planted a native woodland of 1850 trees which needs constant mulching with straw and cardboard both welcome, organic or rotting straw preferred.
  • Small scale Solar photovoltaic / wind turbine energy systems and a solar pump for the spring in summer when flow is too low for the ram pump- other energy needs are for lighting at night, tools use etc and to feed back to the grid if the feed in tariffs return, now that the farm is on mains electricity
  • Improved irrigation and drinking water system, including pump, pipes, storage tank, filters & taps 
  • Wheelchair-accessible paths and tracks through the farm and growing areas

Some equipment that is needed at the farm:

  • Tools: garden forks, spades, also hand tools small forks and spades, secateurs, dock digger
  • A large wheelbarrow with 2 wheels, ie, the type that can carry heavier, larger loads than a traditional wheelbarrow [approx €300]
  • Standard wheelbarrows plastic or metal;
  • garden benches and tables for seating areas
  • for outside campfire use metal fire grates

OOOOBY Local Food project

  • Commercial Freezer - so that we can stock and sell local organic meat, ice cream, cheese etc. 
  • A wood-fired old fashioned stove with or without oven for use for processing jams etc
  • large hard drives for managing photographs and video to help promote the project on social media
  • An environmentally sound electric delivery car/van for moving people and goods between the farm, Shop and for deliveries

We're sure you'll have other ideas too, so if you have something else in mind (whether new or used), let us know!

Thank you!