Article by Emma Hart for the Farmers Journal on farm-scale water measures: https://www.farmersjournal.ie/farm-programmes/footprint-farmers/wading-into-wetland-solutions-on-footprint-farms-784838
Category: Agriculture
Proxies in Rewilding – Win-Win Land Management
First published on December 12, 2024 in Horticulture Connected. Link below. In a changing world that urgently needs both local food and space for nature, Féidhlim Harty finds ways to combine these needs by using proxies in small-scale rewilding initiatives. Rewilding is a term that excites as much reticence as enthusiasm, depending on your perspective….
Do’s and don’ts of ponds – youtube
Ponds for farms and communities, step by step – video with Green Foundation Ireland
Posted on 24 Apr 2023 by Green Foundation Ireland, in this talk Feidhlim Harty gives an overview of pond design and construction to help landowners and local communities create new ponds. Ponds provide valuable habitat for wildlife as well as beautiful areas to walk near and watch nature. We explore siting, sizing, shape, edge slope,…
Pond design and construction for The Hare’s Corner – youtube
Posted by Burrenbeo Trust on 18 Nov 2021 for the participants on the Hare’s Corner project (https://burrenbeo.com/thc/).
What the experts want from GE2020
Published in greennews.ie February 3, 2020 (link below). Over the past three weeks, as in all election cycles, we have become accustomed to the knock at the door from canvassers or candidates themselves are they vie for our number one at the ballot box. We have asked leading climate and biodiversity experts to tell us…
The edible landscape
In the first of a series of environmentally-focused landscape articles, environmental consultant, Féidhlim Harty explores how edible species can be incorporated into designed landscapes. As the coordinator of Garden of Eden Projects Ireland, he has a particular emphasis on community projects, but the same plants, pointers and principles can be applied to any garden or…
Closed loop agriculture for environmental enhancement: returning biomass nutrients from humanure and urine to agriculture
First published for Feasta on April 26th, 2016, reproduced here in full. Link to original article below. Introduction Closed loop agriculture is farming practice that recycles all nutrients and organic matter material back to the soil that it grew in. This forms part of an agricultural practice that preserves the nutrient and carbon levels within…