Halloween excitement is starting to build on the farm as we get ready for the first weekend of pumpkin picking. The long term weather forecast is for crisp clear autumn weather. Ideal for a trip to our pumpkin patch. Opening from Saturday 20th of October, the first time slot is 11.30 am. Its an Irish…
This weekend we left the farm and the Fields of Athenry and we headed two and a half hours west to Inishbofin, above all to experience the delicious food of the island. What a weekend we had! The drive from Galway city to Cleggan gave us time to switch off. As you head out past…
Picking your pumpkin in the Fields of Athenry is thirsty work. Therefore as Halloween creeps in we are delighted that our friends at The Town Cafe in Athenry will bring their Trailer of Hot & Happy treats to our farm for the Halloween build up. Visitors can warm themselves with coffee, tea and hand crafted treats. …
A massive congrats to Brownes Restaurant & Gather Restaurant in Tuam. Both recently winning prestigious awards. Brownes have been awarded a Michelin Bib Gourmand and Gather were awarded Best Casual Dining Restaurant in Connaught at The Irish Restaurant Association awards. We drop Friendly Farmer Chickens to them ever Thursday, both have supported our farm since the first day they opened.…
Pick Your Own Pumpkin Hello From The Friendly Farm, We are having great fun with our new website, Rome wasn’t built in a day, so taking a decade to launch a website is not bad going! Its pumpkin picking time! We grew our first ever crop and are we excited or what! Visit us for…
We got a lovely phone call from Cait of Deasy’s of Clonakilty yesterday. We are delighted that some of these boys and girls will be ‘winging’ their way to them next week.
One of our www.larder360.comcustomers Cathal McBride has worked his magic to come up with this beautiful recipe. Check out Glass of Red Wine for details. Having had buttermilk southern fried chicken before I can testify it’s easy to make and savage tasty.
So what happens now? How will an official from the Food Stands Agency of the UK be looked upon Monday morning when they enter a food business? All food legislation stems from the EU. I repeat ALL food legislation stems from the EU. How do you unwind that clock? I can understand the sense of freedom that those with…
One of the main feedbacks we are getting from customers..’When can I buy my veg on Larder360?’ So we spoke to Kenneth of Greenearth Organics and they have agreed to come on board. Greenearth Organicshave a decade experience of operating one of the most successful box schemes in Ireland. Their involvement and experience will be a great help to Larder360 as…
JP ‘I thought all Massey Fergusons were green?’ You cant beat a roast chicken, probably one of the handiest meals you can cook. As mentioned in todays Irish Timesour Friendly Farmer chicken does the job as handy meal at home for Michellen Star Chef JP Mc Mahon ‘The strange thing about being a well-recognised chef is that people…