Category: FOOD
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A stinker of a problem turned into a new opportunity
Anyone of you that have been ingesting my ramblings for any length of time will know that my time in second level education was as choppy and turbulent as the waters brave fishermen like my friend Seamus McHugh face up around Killybegs on an all too regular basis. Apart from the obvious and well documented…
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Going for the ‘big story’ when there is no story is just pure badness
Take our own case as a starting point, small though it may be in scale. Strip away the whole debacle that is Covid-19 and the fact that both dad and Paul have been struck by illness and injury respectively at various stages during the year. More fundamentally, the fact simply was that the prices weanling…
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The full farming cycle in a day
As the title suggests, we have both harvesting and sowing on the menu. Our second lot of spuds, and first crop of carrots get dug, washed and bagged for delivery to our first customer – my mother! No profits there but hopefully it could be the start of something big. Speaking of which, the veg…
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On The Nightshift…
Unfortunately, unlike the wonderful song by The Commodores, our attempts at the above title were far from an instant success. However, in having a closer look at the floodlight loosely referenced in yesterday’s video, we discover that a couple more of them could solve all our lighting problems in and outside the shed and around…
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Ramblings From The Shed
Tonight’s video is a real mixtape with a little bit of everything thrown in – from crop talk to a few beers by an open air fire over the weekend and finally a visit from the CEO of our Security Department. AN SB PARTNERSHIP FILM VIDEOGRAPHY AND EDITING BY: SUSAN M KIERNAN
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Boylan Talks Garden – 16
The day we’ve been waiting for since circumstances first planted the seed to embrace farm diversification – the workbench has finally been put in place in the shed. Opening up endless possibilities and, hopefully, business opportunities. With a special guest appearance by Buddy the dog on sound effects!
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Boylan Talks Garden – 15
Operation Re-Instate Greenhouse is a go, and the crops that were lodging in the shed get some life-support treatment. Meanwhile, we seek the assistance of you, our viewers, in dealing with some rust-damaged tools.
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Boylan Talks Garden – 14
A jam-packed episode for you this evening. Firstly, we try out our new tripod which will hopefully improve video variety and quality before beginning to re-assemble the troublesome greenhouse and, finally, install some additional lighting.
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Boylan Talks Garden – 13
Today we had our design and construction crew in with us and, let’s just say, by the end of the day, the job was considerably bigger than it was this morning. But in a very positive. We also got a very unexpected but wonderfully unexpected gift. Elsewhere, we’ve had another bit of weather damage to…
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Boylan Talks Garden – 12
Expansion and ambition. Great problems to have, but, the crops we have sown have flourished to the extent that further infrastructure will be required. Specifically, a second greenhouse is now in place to cater for quickly burgeoning tomato plants. There’s also a hint as to the next forthcoming developments