Seven Acres
@sevenacres.bsky.social
A smallholding in the midlands of Ireland, specialising in naturally grown vegetables. No GMOs; no synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilisers.
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There's a bill to ban hunting foxes with packs of dogs coming before the dail on Dec 17th.
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Fuck 'rural pursuits' sign and share and contact your FF, FG, and SF TDs and tell them to support the ban my.uplift.ie/petitions/pe...
Petition to Ban Fox Hunting in Ireland
Can you support this campaign to bring in legislation banning the hunting of foxes using packs of dogs and horses?
my.uplift.ie
December 9, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Please sign and share
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If anyone wants to get drunk quickly and inexpensively I highly recommend being quite old.
December 9, 2025 at 9:33 AM
If anyone wants to get drunk quickly and inexpensively I highly recommend being quite old.
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"There is a serious problem … with all the crows destroying the cars."
Saw the outcome of this today, a load of trees hacked to nubs, a thriving, vivacious rookery destroyed, its inhabitants made homeless as winter arrives. But yeah, cars🤬 #ecocide #LaoisCoCo
www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/rathdow...
Saw the outcome of this today, a load of trees hacked to nubs, a thriving, vivacious rookery destroyed, its inhabitants made homeless as winter arrives. But yeah, cars🤬 #ecocide #LaoisCoCo
www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/rathdow...
Council seeks tree pruning quotes to curtail 'bird droppings' on cars in Laois
Rathdowney Cllr calls for action
www.leinsterexpress.ie
December 5, 2025 at 6:25 PM
"There is a serious problem … with all the crows destroying the cars."
Saw the outcome of this today, a load of trees hacked to nubs, a thriving, vivacious rookery destroyed, its inhabitants made homeless as winter arrives. But yeah, cars🤬 #ecocide #LaoisCoCo
www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/rathdow...
Saw the outcome of this today, a load of trees hacked to nubs, a thriving, vivacious rookery destroyed, its inhabitants made homeless as winter arrives. But yeah, cars🤬 #ecocide #LaoisCoCo
www.leinsterexpress.ie/news/rathdow...
TFW you realise your families know you all too well: we threw a lunch yesterday to celebrate 10 years of smallholding & received gifts of (inter alia) wine, whiskey, gin, cake, sweets, book tokens, & a gift voucher for the local hardware store. Lovely day, lovely people. Still doing the washing-up!
July 7, 2025 at 10:43 AM
TFW you realise your families know you all too well: we threw a lunch yesterday to celebrate 10 years of smallholding & received gifts of (inter alia) wine, whiskey, gin, cake, sweets, book tokens, & a gift voucher for the local hardware store. Lovely day, lovely people. Still doing the washing-up!
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This is about so much more than just Dartmoor. Join us on the 26th of May to take the next steps towards better access rights across all of England.
Book your free ticket here to let us know if you are coming:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dartmoor-r...
Coach tickets are also available through this link.
Book your free ticket here to let us know if you are coming:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dartmoor-r...
Coach tickets are also available through this link.
May 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This is about so much more than just Dartmoor. Join us on the 26th of May to take the next steps towards better access rights across all of England.
Book your free ticket here to let us know if you are coming:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dartmoor-r...
Coach tickets are also available through this link.
Book your free ticket here to let us know if you are coming:
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/dartmoor-r...
Coach tickets are also available through this link.
Our feathered f(r)iends never tire of extending their home invasion skills, do they? 😮
May 23, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Our feathered f(r)iends never tire of extending their home invasion skills, do they? 😮
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Greenhouse packed I think we can finally start planting out as the cold spring comes to an end. My tomatoes are still stupidly small this year but I hope they will grow in the ground. Not shown but brassicas looking great this year.
May 19, 2025 at 6:21 AM
Greenhouse packed I think we can finally start planting out as the cold spring comes to an end. My tomatoes are still stupidly small this year but I hope they will grow in the ground. Not shown but brassicas looking great this year.
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Not on social media recently (🌞🌞= busy👩🌾); today's the 10th anniversary of my last day at OPCW. 10 years of the occasionally hair-raising plunge into horticulture that followed is compressed, for your entertainment, into about three minutes. (Not the day job. You know what a desk looks like..)
10th Anniversary
YouTube video by Bibliothèque des Refusés
www.youtube.com
May 22, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Not on social media recently (🌞🌞= busy👩🌾); today's the 10th anniversary of my last day at OPCW. 10 years of the occasionally hair-raising plunge into horticulture that followed is compressed, for your entertainment, into about three minutes. (Not the day job. You know what a desk looks like..)
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I spent the half-year working on this investigation. Extraordinary influence of UPF lobby behind the scenes.
'UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms' 👇
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
'UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms' 👇
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms
Exclusive: Guardian investigation reveals guidance for retailers in England changed after campaign by global food firms
www.theguardian.com
May 17, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I spent the half-year working on this investigation. Extraordinary influence of UPF lobby behind the scenes.
'UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms' 👇
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
'UK government dropped health push after lobbying by ultra-processed food firms' 👇
www.theguardian.com/society/ng-i...
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Shame, shame, *shame* on you, voting to kill Mac Tire (Son of the Land): the wolf, @fiannafailparty.bsky.social and @finegael.bsky.social
www.thejournal.ie/wolves-vote-...
www.thejournal.ie/wolves-vote-...
Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael MEPs vote to allow wolf culling and hunting in Europe
The European Parliament voted to weaken wolves’ protected status.
www.thejournal.ie
May 9, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Shame, shame, *shame* on you, voting to kill Mac Tire (Son of the Land): the wolf, @fiannafailparty.bsky.social and @finegael.bsky.social
www.thejournal.ie/wolves-vote-...
www.thejournal.ie/wolves-vote-...
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1776: Showers all day, with hail, & wind. The ground is pretty well moistened.
May 5, 2025 at 6:00 AM
1776: Showers all day, with hail, & wind. The ground is pretty well moistened.
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Lovely looking onion and shallot transplants going in #gardening
April 27, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Lovely looking onion and shallot transplants going in #gardening
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"We carry death out of the village.
We carry summer into the village"
Happy #MayDay #Beltane #WickerManDay all!
We carry summer into the village"
Happy #MayDay #Beltane #WickerManDay all!
May 1, 2025 at 7:05 AM
"We carry death out of the village.
We carry summer into the village"
Happy #MayDay #Beltane #WickerManDay all!
We carry summer into the village"
Happy #MayDay #Beltane #WickerManDay all!
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Delighted to host the launch of the 2025 Gordon Bennett Classic which will be running as usual over the June Bank Holiday weekend. Some lovely old cars in the old farmyard this afternoon.
#Ballykilcavan #Laois #IrelandsAncientEast #GordonBennettClassic #LoveLaois
#Ballykilcavan #Laois #IrelandsAncientEast #GordonBennettClassic #LoveLaois
April 24, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Delighted to host the launch of the 2025 Gordon Bennett Classic which will be running as usual over the June Bank Holiday weekend. Some lovely old cars in the old farmyard this afternoon.
#Ballykilcavan #Laois #IrelandsAncientEast #GordonBennettClassic #LoveLaois
#Ballykilcavan #Laois #IrelandsAncientEast #GordonBennettClassic #LoveLaois
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In the last few weeks traveling around the country I recorded a lot of wildlife and livestock enjoying spring. I put them all together in one place. The radio audience loved it, you might find it a bit of a refuge too.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Spring is here!
A montage of spring sounds recorded in the last few weeks.
www.rte.ie
April 17, 2025 at 3:51 PM
In the last few weeks traveling around the country I recorded a lot of wildlife and livestock enjoying spring. I put them all together in one place. The radio audience loved it, you might find it a bit of a refuge too.
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
Listen: 👉 www.rte.ie/radio/radio1...
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1. Reintroduce missing predators
2. Shooting
3. Deer fencing (2m high)
2. Shooting
3. Deer fencing (2m high)
Hi, which solution do you recommend to protect young trees from deers ? They easily jump above a fence and move the protection sheaths
April 17, 2025 at 5:49 AM
1. Reintroduce missing predators
2. Shooting
3. Deer fencing (2m high)
2. Shooting
3. Deer fencing (2m high)
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Today is the launch date of ByLandAndSea.ie ! A guide to travel to and from Ireland without flying. Please share and follow!
April 15, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today is the launch date of ByLandAndSea.ie ! A guide to travel to and from Ireland without flying. Please share and follow!
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It doesn't get much attention but the EU energy efficiency directive obliges Ireland to reduce absolute energy demand by 2030 by 12.6% (vs 2022).
Instead Government is doubling down on data centres, driving electricity and gas demand and calling it 'green growth'.
Instead Government is doubling down on data centres, driving electricity and gas demand and calling it 'green growth'.
The demand for electricity in Ireland is expected to rise by 45% in the next decade, according to EirGrid.
Data centres and and any other new technology-related energy drains are forecast to account for 31% of electricity demand by 2034.
http://jrnl.ie/6658382
Data centres and and any other new technology-related energy drains are forecast to account for 31% of electricity demand by 2034.
http://jrnl.ie/6658382
Data centres to account for almost one-third of Ireland's electricity demand by 2034
Over the next few years, there is a “potentially challenging outlook” in Ireland, EirGrid says.
jrnl.ie
March 25, 2025 at 12:07 PM
It doesn't get much attention but the EU energy efficiency directive obliges Ireland to reduce absolute energy demand by 2030 by 12.6% (vs 2022).
Instead Government is doubling down on data centres, driving electricity and gas demand and calling it 'green growth'.
Instead Government is doubling down on data centres, driving electricity and gas demand and calling it 'green growth'.
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Inspired by the image compression on our solar-powered website, we squeezed the article catalog of our three-volume book series into just one book. Come to our book launch event in Barcelona. Register via this link: www.meetup.com/akashabarcel...
How to make books more sustainable?, Fri, Mar 28, 2025, 7:00 PM | Meetup
**How to make books more sustainable?**
How to make books more sustainable? Inspired by the image compression on its solar-powered website, Low-tech Magazine squeezed the a
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March 14, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Inspired by the image compression on our solar-powered website, we squeezed the article catalog of our three-volume book series into just one book. Come to our book launch event in Barcelona. Register via this link: www.meetup.com/akashabarcel...
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Good weekend so far: 1200 more words in my novella during a @britfantasysoc.bsky.social writing sprint yesterday, and 10 li'l tomato seedlings have germinated. Only 52 more to go. (Tomatoes. 52 more tomato plants. Quite a lot more words). Tomato pics from about 3 yrs ago.
#AmWriting #Horticulture
#AmWriting #Horticulture
March 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Good weekend so far: 1200 more words in my novella during a @britfantasysoc.bsky.social writing sprint yesterday, and 10 li'l tomato seedlings have germinated. Only 52 more to go. (Tomatoes. 52 more tomato plants. Quite a lot more words). Tomato pics from about 3 yrs ago.
#AmWriting #Horticulture
#AmWriting #Horticulture
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Rachel Reeves holds newts in contempt, it seems.
So I thought I'd post this glorious painting of a "lion of the duckweed" by Jackie Morris + my paean to these "kings of the pond", both from The Lost Words.
Newt-lovers, unite!
So I thought I'd post this glorious painting of a "lion of the duckweed" by Jackie Morris + my paean to these "kings of the pond", both from The Lost Words.
Newt-lovers, unite!
January 30, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Rachel Reeves holds newts in contempt, it seems.
So I thought I'd post this glorious painting of a "lion of the duckweed" by Jackie Morris + my paean to these "kings of the pond", both from The Lost Words.
Newt-lovers, unite!
So I thought I'd post this glorious painting of a "lion of the duckweed" by Jackie Morris + my paean to these "kings of the pond", both from The Lost Words.
Newt-lovers, unite!
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Reminder for Irish readers. Oleg owns Aughinish Alumina near Foynes; an environmental time-bomb also, as it happens.
Oleg Deripaska was named in Senate Intelligence report as working with Russian intelligence to subvert elections across the world. Aka Lord Mandelson’s friend.
The fact that Starmer is so indebted to him that he gave him this gig is honestly alarming
www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/fre...
The fact that Starmer is so indebted to him that he gave him this gig is honestly alarming
www.standard.co.uk/hp/front/fre...
Fresh evidence links Mandelson to oligarch
Peter Mandelson faced new questions today over his relationship with Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska. The newly-appointed Business Secretary is at the centre of a row over a potential conflict of i...
www.standard.co.uk
January 30, 2025 at 8:54 AM
Reminder for Irish readers. Oleg owns Aughinish Alumina near Foynes; an environmental time-bomb also, as it happens.
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www.newscientist.com/article/2464...
This kills land use worries for solar across wide swaths of the planet.
This kills land use worries for solar across wide swaths of the planet.
Farms can install vertical solar panels without reducing crop yields
Adding rows of upright panels on farmland generates green power in the morning and evening while acting as a windbreak for crops
www.newscientist.com
January 25, 2025 at 2:07 PM
www.newscientist.com/article/2464...
This kills land use worries for solar across wide swaths of the planet.
This kills land use worries for solar across wide swaths of the planet.
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#Ireland should be doing far more to speak up for #GaiaDelap
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... - she's Irish, has an Irish passport and a great niece of the famous Kerry marine scientist Maud Delap
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... - she's Irish, has an Irish passport and a great niece of the famous Kerry marine scientist Maud Delap
Just Stop Oil protester, 78, has jail term extended after no suitable tag found
Exclusive: Gaie Delap told she will have to serve 20 more days that correspond to period of time at home after recall
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 4:13 PM
#Ireland should be doing far more to speak up for #GaiaDelap
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... - she's Irish, has an Irish passport and a great niece of the famous Kerry marine scientist Maud Delap
www.theguardian.com/society/2025... - she's Irish, has an Irish passport and a great niece of the famous Kerry marine scientist Maud Delap
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....aaaaand we're back to snow. With more storm tomorrow....First picture kinda crooked but I was trying to get the crescent waning moon.
January 25, 2025 at 8:11 AM
....aaaaand we're back to snow. With more storm tomorrow....First picture kinda crooked but I was trying to get the crescent waning moon.