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Lackan Cottage Farm Lackan Cottage Farm is a permaculture smallholding near the beautiful Mourne Mountains in Co. Down.

We live as lightly as possible on the land and offer the opportunity for visitors from all over the world to volunteer and learn with us. Our aim is to substantially meet our energy, food, water and waste requirements from our smallholding. Furthermore, to provide a healthy and ecologically sound environment in which visitors can learn from our experiences. We show how it is possible to live in a

more sustainable manner without compromising their standard of living. We offer our self catering cottage and off grid horse box alongside short practical courses. These are based on a variety of ecological themes, as well as offering an ‘off grid experience’ to those seeking to live more self reliantly. Furthermore, rising food and energy prices along with recent revelations about the complexity of the modern food chain mean that interest in home food production, and living ‘The Good Life’ are at an all time high. We realise that for many people, taking this to the level that we have is not practical, however there are many aspects that they will be able to take away and adapt to fit into their lifestyles.

It's this time of year when almost overnight, everything becomes green. It's a wonderful place to be in this weather (or...
30/04/2025

It's this time of year when almost overnight, everything becomes green. It's a wonderful place to be in this weather (or any weather).

A week of garden time has made all the difference. Today Clem and I were giving the ponds some TLC. The big pond is alre...
28/07/2024

A week of garden time has made all the difference. Today Clem and I were giving the ponds some TLC. The big pond is already happier than it was a week ago, today it was teeming with bright blue damsel flies.

This year we are running to keep up with the gardens, so it was a relief to fight my way back into the big tunnel, clear...
26/07/2024

This year we are running to keep up with the gardens, so it was a relief to fight my way back into the big tunnel, clear the paths of all the rocket (you can only eat so much), and make some room for the things that will need planted out soon. Everything is pretty late, but its growing, albeit at wierd times.

We have just updated our WWOOF profile and reopened our calendar for volunteers.
19/05/2024

We have just updated our WWOOF profile and reopened our calendar for volunteers.

WWOOF Ireland is the national organization helping to create local WWOOFing opportunities in Ireland and to promote sustainable farming as a lifestyle.

Today's, job. Dig a trench around the tunnel frame, cover the tunnel, and move all the wood out of the field under cover...
24/04/2024

Today's, job. Dig a trench around the tunnel frame, cover the tunnel, and move all the wood out of the field under cover. Phew. We are wrecked.

Not sure if this is a Thrush or a Blackbird, I've only just spotted her living in the grapevine in the big tunnel
21/04/2024

Not sure if this is a Thrush or a Blackbird, I've only just spotted her living in the grapevine in the big tunnel

Today is polytunnel clearing day, which is very satisfying. Also surveying the storm damage to our oldest tunnel, which ...
21/04/2024

Today is polytunnel clearing day, which is very satisfying. Also surveying the storm damage to our oldest tunnel, which shouldn't take long to sort out.

After weeks of clearing the yard, we finally got started on this tunnel, using the last old leftover hoops, sunk into bi...
13/04/2024

After weeks of clearing the yard, we finally got started on this tunnel, using the last old leftover hoops, sunk into bits of scaffolding tube. It will be an open ended tunnel for drying firewood.

Bloody hell, this is just the big obvious junk.
20/03/2024

Bloody hell, this is just the big obvious junk.

This is after an hour of dragging stuff out....
20/03/2024

This is after an hour of dragging stuff out....

Today I finally cut up the huge old wind turbine mast and took it, along with a load of other scrap metal and batteries ...
19/03/2024

Today I finally cut up the huge old wind turbine mast and took it, along with a load of other scrap metal and batteries to seaforde scrap for recycling. Very satisfying to say goodbye to yet more stuff. Tomorrow I will tackle the horror that is my old workshop..

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