Tag: FARMING
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Upcycling A Calf Trough
To my utmost heartache, farming is off the agenda for the minute because I’m waiting on an upgrade to my wheelchair so can’t really venture too far. But with the weather half decent I want and need to be at something outdoors. Here’s step one. Power washing one of our calf feeding troughs as it…
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Fields of Gold – Previously posted in 2006
FOGRA: The below was the first non-GAA related piece I ever sent to the late Liam Cahill for his much loved and sadly missed website http://www.anfearrua.com Never for a minute thinking he would print it. But he did, and not only did it open up a whole new avenue of writing for me, it stands as a…
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200,000 Thank Yous
June 9th past marked three years since the Boylan Talks Sport website was re-launched and around that time we passed the slightly surreal landmark of having had 200,000 views. That is the exact amount of thanks I offer to each and every one of you and many, many more, because without the support and encouragement…
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John was at the heart of everything good about Dunboyne
Where do nicknames originate? Every town, village and city in the country has them to identify characters of note in the locality. If the individual or their kinfolk are long enough established or well enough known in an area, it becomes the case that they become more recognisable by their ‘other’ title than their Christian…
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The unseen cost of Putin’s war relights my fire
What way do you view war? I don’t mean as in is it good or bad. Rather, what catches your attention first and/or holds onto it the longest. Not being old enough to remember the ins and outs of the original Gulf War in 1991, it was obvious oil was at the heart thereof. Aside…
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Snow ploughs at the ready…
There was a time, thankfully many moons ago now, that yours truly gave considerable consideration to seeing what the darker side of the tracks had to offer. No doubt a large cohort of people will be horrified by the mere thought. Now read on… Wheelchair or not, the desire to fit in with my peers…
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Sowing Early Crop Spuds
The first proper bit of outdoor work of 2022, two lots of early crop spuds gone in this week so far. Hopefully the first of a bagful of hands-on projects to come to fruition. Will they all happen? Who knows, but the day I can’t dream close the door and knock off the light on…
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March Madness!
Seeing a combine at any time is never bad news but in March is highly unusual! A case of out with the old to make room for the new as the New Holland CX 8060 leaves Tara Farms, Dunboyne, for its new home in the hills of Donegal. A massive word of thanks to David…
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Blocks, logs, stock-cars and generosity of spirit
Have you ever been mistaken for someone famous? Not likely to be an issue in my case, bar the odd Stephen Hawking jibe. My uncle Pat, or “Uncle Zeb” as he will always be to us, was different. He could easily and justifiably be confused with Santa Claus, Ronnie Drew, John Sheahan or one of…
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Chip in for a great local day out
What was the first price you can remember for a packet of Tayto Cheese And Onion? For me, it was an old 10p. Back then, they were considered a major treat – usually during or after a Meath match or if some of the clan happened to be in the local watering hole it was…