jalex on July 28th, 2009

One of the subjects that frequently comes up on this blog site is ‘clearfell forestry’. I wouldn’t be such an ‘anti’ if it was kind of 50/50 permanent forest/clearfell plantations, or at least a bit more balanced. It’s just that in the Cavan/Leitrim area where I live, there isn’t anything else. (Well, apart from two [...]

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jalex on June 17th, 2009

Two friends of friends are visiting Ireland from Australia and they’ve been staying with me for a couple of days.  We spent Sunday together and I brought them for a visit to the Organic Centre in North Leitrim.  Three reasons: – 1) It’s a great place.  Against all the odds, the Organic Centre was started [...]

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