sustainability

A bounty of fresh ideas and innovative ways to enhance the way we live in and with our magnificent North West region will be showcased at the 2nd annual The Future is Local week-end, Oct. 26 & 27, 2008, at the Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon.

Launch of the Future is Local — a Showcase of Sustainable Living for Leitrim and the North West Region

Where: Sligo Farmers’ Market (carpark, Sligo IT)

When: Saturday, 30 Aug. 12 noon

What: Music, poetry, stories

When the sun shines here in Ireland - and particulary Ballinamore - it's like heaven on a stick.

Within 2 days we've had Beltaine and a full moon so I hope everyone had a chance to make some great wishes about abundance and just great times.

Thanks to the people who have been sending me information on other self build and sustainable courses. It's going to be a busy summer as I'm going to try a few and see what I can learn.As always, I'll be happy to share what I learn.

I'm a plant growing neophyte and having lived in apartments for the last 14 years in Ireland, I'm really pleased now to have a few square feet of backyard to start learning. Bought some herbs and salad leaves from our 2 lovely garden shops in town. Some of the local kids dropped in and we had a great time patting plants out of their containers and into new containers with organic compost. I've told them to pick two tin cans (I'm recycling and reusing) and we'll paint them and write their names. Then we're off to the garden shops and they'll pick the plants they want to grow. We'll learn together and I'm sure I'll be posting questions that you'll be able to help me with.