Cutting the trial plots of organic wheat as part of the "Irish Organic Seed Network" project.
Interesting to see the performance of different heritage varieties in organics under difficult conditions this year.

#organic #heritage #geneticdiversity #irishorganicseednetwork
#aprilbeardedwheat

"Brewing the Past in the Present"

How using a Quern to grind the heritage malt will affect the filtration and flavour for this recreation of a 16th century recipe from Dublin Castle.

I will give a talk, 7pm on Saturday 21st Feb

#canvasbrewery #1574 #craftbeer #history #dublincastle

🌻Not all things are about the bottom line, sometimes you do things for beauty or nature

🌻 sunflower in a cover crop, there are plenty of out cheaper cover crop seeds around but this was worth it!

#covercrops #sunflower #baseireland #farmingfornature
@base.ireland @farmingfornature

Malting Season underway, which means brewing will be around the corner soon also!
This is some special organic heritage oats spread on the germination floor.
#malting #craftbeer #farmhouse #saisonbrewery #heritagegrain #oats #1574

Having a look at Galway Land Wheat and winter beans intercrop being grown in collaboration with Ailbhe Gerrard at Brookfield Farm. Here is hoping the tall straw rises above the meadow again
#galwaylandwheat #intercrop #beans #organicfarm #brookfieldfarm #flour #heritagegrain

Biochar Demo: I'll be sharing my experiences with biochar, produced on farm & commercial production. There will be samples there for people to get a feel for biochar

#soildependance #biochar #baseireland

Plenty of diversity amongst the organic heritage wheat at brookfield farm

Was this what fields looked like when these grains were grown?

Bumblebee was happy with the poppies anyway!

#galwaylandwheat #heritagewheat #farmingfornature #baseireland #canvasbrewery

Intercrop of beans & wheat was all a buzz today with both honey bees and bumblebees.

The wheat will get a constant supply of biologically fixed nitrogen from the beans, hopefully making milling quality

#intercrop #beans #wheat #bread #farmlife #pulses #farmingfornature #baseireland

Cuckoo calling in a bit of native woodland while the haulage is being turned in the field beside. Land Sharing in action! #farmingfornature #cuckoo #farmlife

Lapwing chasing crows away from the field of Peas and Beans intercrop. Suspect his mate is sitting on a nest...

#farming #farmingfornature

Biochar made on farm from brash getting mixed with Organic Manure for composting over the summer!

#biochar #compost #manure

Sowing the spuds with the vintage machinery.
That's the sowing drawing to a close

#harvest2025 #spuds #garden #farmlife

Bere Barley for a May-June harvest to close the hunger gap of olden times?

This is a volunteer from last year's crop but remarkably advanced compared to the winter barley behind it
#bere #barley #heritagegrains