there are loads of new photos up on my picasa space. mainly of interest to family and friends - but also to tree lovers as there are several of the first Growing Awareness farm walks of the year.  West Cork is certainly a great place to live.

I’m not going to be selling any valuable things on eBay for a while thanks to this info from the Guardian.

james butler on his excellent “good life” blog has been doing some experiments with a wood gas stove. looks very interesting.