Outdoor Living

NATURE John Shelley has watched on with increasing alarm as the lake bed of lough Carra grows more and more unstable

NATURE Pat Fahy on how a new free booklet, ‘Gardening for Biodiversity’, offers easy step-by-step actions for wildlife-friendly gardens

OUTDOOR LIVING John Shelley finds himself tempted by the tantalising sight of trout feasting before his eyes

NATURE Pat Fahy on the important role we can all play by recording the different butterflies  we spot on a walk

GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal shares some tips and tricks for eco-friendly fertiliser, composting and weeding

NATURE John Shelley’s clock has stopped, but nature supplies a much nicer rhythm by which to measure the passing of the day

NATURE Pat Fahy on the importance of looking after all our pollinators, from bees to butterflies, hoverflies to moths

NATURE John Shelley discovers a population of newts in a bed of decomposing leaves at the bottom of his drained pond

NATURE Pat Fahy on the importance of listing to and working with small farmers to secure a better future

NATURE John Shelley paddles out to a lake island where herons nest and remembers an encounter with an urban bird