An Irish Farmers Diary Thanks to everyone who called to us and picked their pumpkin over the last two weeks. Opening our farm up to children and their parents at this time of year is great fun for us. One question we get asked, is what to do with your left over carved pumpkin? Our…
An Irish Farmers Diary Bring on the wolves! Said no one ever. Hopefully the climate change challenge and the realization that farmers can help work towards its reversal does not get side tracked by daft suggestions like the reintroduction of wolves and car pooling in rural Ireland. But these suggestions would make one wonder. Do…
An Irish Farmers Diary Pumpkins & Our Broken Love Affair Oh social media you were so good to our farm but alas we have fallen out of love with each other. Without you how would we have shared our story over the last decade. Our love affair has come to an end, not immediately but…
After a busy summer its soon time to open up the fields of our farm again. Harvest time is upon us and our Pumpkin Patch is bursting with lovely Pumpkins. We will be open from the 1st weekend of October. We will be busy preparing the patch between now and then and of course looking…
Christmas 2018 is over. I polished off the last chocolate today. That makes it official in our house. On behalf of myself and our family can I wish you all a Happy New Year and a Big thank you to all our customers for supporting our farm. We hope that what we do here has…
Farming & food on our two islands are so interlinked. A hard Brexit could lead to the untangling of years of cooperation and trading. Our farm is an example of this. Our Bronze Turkey chicks start off life in the UK. All our chicks are hatched in the UK from Bronze Turkey eggs produced from…
https://vimeo.com/241524220 The Friendly Farmer Bronze Turkeys do not need long cooking times. Remove the bird from the fridge, leave it to stand at room temperature for 2 hours before cooking. Place the turkey, breast down, in a roasting tin and season the back of the bird with salt and pepper. Most of the fat deposits are…
Bronze Turkey is simply the best in Ireland for Christmas dinner. Our Irish Bronze Turkeys range and graze outside from dawn to dusk. If you are looking to buy an Irish turkey, our order books are open for Christmas Turkeys. Bronze Turkey is becoming increasing popular in Ireland due to their superior taste and tenderness.…
Whats the most question we are asked when customers visit our farm? What type of a Dog is that? The dog in the photo is Max, the king of our farm. He is a Pyrenean Mountain Dog. A Livestock Guardian Dog (LGD). LGD’s have been used for centuries to keep predators away from sheep, goats…
Now that the dust has settled on the US midterms elections, our American friends can start to focus on the Thanksgiving holidays. Every year we rear Turkeys for the Thanksgiving celebrations in Ireland. We deliver all over Ireland and open our farm shop on the day before Thanksgiving for customers to come to the farm…