About Me
You may have read the recent article in the Irish times by Fionnuala Fallon about our natural swimming pool or listened to Ray Darcy on RTE Radio 1. As the article and radio play stated, it really did just begin with a small hollow in the garden that the children, when they were younger, used to play in when filled with rainwater. This eventually grew to much bigger proportions, leading to the pool that we have now. You can also have your very own, nature enriching pool but without the usual staggering costs associated with such a project and accompanying destruction of habitats in the process. You just have to think outside of the box, be brave with your ideas and understand it could be one of the most rewarding things you may ever do in your lifetime.
Marc
Marc
Our Pool
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When Annie returned at the end of the day, she likened the excavated hole to that of a meteor that had landed in our garden...it does look disorientating at first but nature very soon reclaims the surrounds...
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What is permaculture?
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Permaculture is at its essence, a holistic, living-in-harmony-with-nature worldview, as well as embracing a technical knowledge of how to do so. So for instance if you have unused building materials nearby or know someone who has materials to sell which have already been manufactured, then it makes much more sense to adopt these into your build and in the process reduce the road miles normally entailed in the delivery process. Whilst this is not always possible, it is worth trying your hardest to reduce newly manufactured materials wherever possible.
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