The River Field

Sunday, March 13, 2011

Posted by Hannah at Sunday, March 13, 2011

Making herbal medicines from the hedgerows

It's amazing what can happen when you drown a few common meadow flowers in half a bottle of vodka...
Rescuing an injured sparrowhawk

On Wednesday evening, I got a call from my neighbour Michael. He'd picked up an injured sparrowhawk on the side of the road in Co. Carl...
Poppies in the cornfield

Summer at home. So, so beautiful...
DIY compost toilet

We're having a party in the River Field this weekend. The need for 'facilities' is a practical challenge: no running water, no ...
Make your own Coracle boat! 24th August @ The River Field

Learn to make your own coracle boat at our 1-day workshop here at The River Field in north Kilkenny, from 10am to 4pm on Saturday 24th Aug...
Thatching!!

By the second week in January 2011, the last of the winter snow was finally gone and work commenced in earnest on the thatch roof. In the f...
Gloopy frogspawn!!

When Monica, John, Oisin and Eoghan came down for a visit, we all got a bit of a surprise when Eoghan found a huge splat of frogspawn in t...
Riverside furniture - a sitter's guide

We like to renew, reuse and recycle where possible here at the River Field. These little log seats were cut with a chainsaw from an old s...
More Nature Day photos!

Thanks to Jane for these photos from the day - if you took any you'd like to share, please send them over! Tas and Dan on the h...
Rainbow-maker butterfly

I channelled my inner Pollyanna with this homemade garden decor...

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