Permaculture Photos from an Irish Smallholding. Bealtaine Cottage, West of Ireland.

In Violation!

Over the past few thousand years, humankind has regarded Nature as property.

This concept is rooted in biblical text and has spawned generations who have regarded themselves as having dominion over the Earth.

The feudal system was based on dominion and continues today as a land-grab mentality, based on the principles of ownership and extraction.

Where we are at this point in time is the evolution of that concept, that biblical teaching, where we are now forced to try to manage degradation of the environment rather than prevent it.

We blow the tops off mountains to extract minerals.

Hundreds of chemicals are injected into the Earth to extract gas.

The filth of Tar Sands is hailed as our energy saviour!

Seed is wrenched from us to be “owned” by corporations like Monsanto.

Presidents enact laws to protect these creatures of destruction from the very courts that are there to protect you!

Nine days ago I started a petition.

http://www.avaaz.org/en/petition/We_Will_Not_Comply/?cCgoWbb

Nine days ago I drew my line in the sand, deciding to refuse to comply with laws that violate Mother Earth and the abundance she so generously bestows upon us.

My own line in the sand has been confirmed this morning as the decision to refuse to comply with all laws that violate Mother Earth has been made.

The days of fence sitting are over.

The gloves are off

Bealtaine Cottage is also on YouTube…with over 102 videos about Permaculture, planting, growing and living.

Over 535 blogs from Bealtaine Cottage in the archives here.

Donations are always welcome.

Thank you!

Thank you for supporting this blog

April Snow, Bees and Butterflies

April weather is always unpredictable. Snow fell this morning…in between rain and brilliant sunshine! It was like a convergence of all the seasons in one morning! This time last year we were swimming in the Atlantic Ocean down by Mullaghmore Pier. Legs and arms, uncovered for the first time in months, looked a sickly white […]

The Drama Unfolds…

The rain has fallen for 48 hours. Heavy, relentless rain, that has washed down the hill behind the cottage and into the ditches, I constructed for such a deluge. The water is carried around the ditches and into the stream bed that flows down through the Fairy Wood and on, into the ponds. This is […]

Ivy, Euphorbia, Angelica and more Orchids at Bealtaine Permaculture Smallholding, Ireland.

The Ivy hangs in 3-4 metre tendrils on a tree in the Fairy Dell…Quite Magical!Euphorbia…this wonderful perennial comes up more lush every year and transplants easily…I started with a stolen cutting and now it dominates the April/May/June garden and beyond!Angelica, now at least 7 feet tall and with a massive spread. Medieval herbalists called it […]

Ecosystems, Stability, Wild Orchids and Cuckoos @ Bealtaine Permaculture Smallholding, Ireland

Working in the tunnel this morning I heard the first Cuckoo of the year calling from the hill behind Bealtaine. This is extraordinarily early to hear the Cuckoo…usually in May, or at the earliest, very late April…the seasons are coming earlier here in Ireland. The flowers on the first Wild Orchid of the year are […]

From Monoculture to Permaculture…Beyond Organic in Ireland!

From monoculture grass and cows to Pear blossom on an April evening…Permaculture. Where once was a field covered in grass and rushes, there is now an orchard and…permaculture. Blackthorn blossom through the arch… The barbed wire that once bordered this area by the cottage is gone, replaced with a new border…of plants and trees…permaculture! And […]