Lyric fm: The art and the business of bees
We eat a lot of honey at the cottage. The Husband is a particular fan of it on toast for breakfast and Little Missy always loves to get her fingers sticky with a corner...
Author: Caroline
Almost baked
She’s growing up fast. Not so long ago Little Missy was taking her first adventures into food, relishing an early taste of wild blackberries; now she’s getting stuck into baking and, as you can...
Lyric fm: Cloud Festival
When I travelled to the first Irish Cloud Festival which took place in Skibbereen at the end of June, I was wearing two hats. The car was loaded up with cases of Sunburnt Irish...
New kitchen taking shape
It might feel like a long time but thanks to my wonderful builder (on time, on budget, fantastic to deal with), the cottage is finished – all, bar the painting. And the flooring but,...
Sausage and Potato Bake
No matter what the weather – even if it’s a grey and gloomy July day – you can’t go wrong with a dinner that you toss together, plonk into a couple of large baking...
Lyric fm: Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh at Mitchelstown Cave
If you haven’t been able to get your hands on tickets for the sell-out Cork Opera House Cave concerts in Mitchelstown Cave, you can get a feel for the event from this piece I...
Howling Gale in the news
Saturday was a red letter day for the Eight Degrees Brewing boys. Bright and early I got a Very Excited phone call from the Husband who had just arrived at the cottage – we’re...