During a particularly nice Sunday two weeks ago, we planted all of our spuds, up by the garden of the Eco Cabins. These varieties should be ready in abour 10 weeks, which means pretty soon we’ll be lucky enough to enjoy delicious homegrown potatoes right from our own garden. And, of course, these are free [...]

We’ve our first ever Iyengar retreat scheduled for June 11th – 13th 2010. Sue Ennis, from the Iyengar Yoga Centre in Dublin. The weekend will include all of the usual offerings – accommodation in our Eco Cabins, beautiful organic vegetarian food from Jo, a session in the outdoor sauna/hot tub area, a guided walk and [...]

Here’s a recipe for one of our favourite Detox meals – the bean crock. Enjoy! Bean Crock 2 cups of beans (eg butter beans, chickpeas, kidney beans, aduki beans) either soaked overnight and boiled in fresh water for one hour, or 2 tins 1 tablespoon olive oil 1 onion, peeled and diced 2 large cloves [...]

This fantastic retreat is one of the first of it’s kind in Ireland, and specially designed to completely cleanse the body, whilst leaving you with life skills to help you to lead a healthier and happier lifestyle. With a complete two day juice fast included, as well as the usual detox package of daily yoga, [...]

Merry Christmas! The festive season is here again, and we have a variety of perfect gift vouchers for that special someone. We’ve plenty of day spa packages for people who are living in the Leitrim and Sligo area, but also overnight breaks for people further afield. We also have all of our wonderful retreats available [...]

The Whoopers are back! Loch Nahoo is filling up, and, regular as clockwork, the Whooper Swans have begun their migration back to our neck of the woods. We can hear them calling in the night (what exactly they’re calling about we can’t tell you) and just this morning, two of them flew right over our [...]

Because it’s been too long. In honour of the change of the seasons, and to force myself to be positive about the freezing weather, this week’s Friday Five is celebrating the five best things about Winter. 1. Fires It’s almost worth freezing your fingers off outside, knowing that you can come in to a blazing [...]

Our good friend Judith Hoad is running a series of weekend workshops in 2010, at her home in Donegal. The workshops are designed to enable the householder to care for themselves and family member, or as a basis for further professional studies. Each weekend will include what to use, how to use and how to [...]

Apologies for the lack of Friday Fives recently; Friday’s always seem to be busy here, with plenty of guests arriving in time for the weekend! To make up for it, I thought I’d share our recent foray into the world of Raw Chocolate, which started in time for our Detox Retreat. We’d both heard of [...]

Our 3 Day Detox went exceptionally well, with everyone leaving happy and healthy on Sunday afternoon, after our final delicious meal and a sprouting demonstration with Noeleen. More recipes to follow, but in the meantime, here are some photos of the delicious raw, living, sprouting and superfooding meals and juices everyone enjoyed so much! Carrot [...]