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Commenced:
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01/01/1995 |
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Submitted:
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24/05/2012 |
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Last updated:
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15/10/2021 |
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Location:
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Clogher, Kilfenora, Co. Clare, IE |
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Climate zone:
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Cool Temperate |
(projects i'm involved in)
Project: Sailchearnach
Posted by Ute Bohnsack over 8 years ago
This place, this little piece of the earth's crust has seen the flow of the ebb and tide of life for eons. People have lived, hunted, gathered and farmed here for thousands of years. Many people have occupied this little cottage that was built almost 200 years ago. We only arrived here a little over 20 years ago and put our own stamp on these 2.5 acres.
Every life has a beginning and an end, and sadly my partner's life - on this Earth, in this realm at least - ended on April 25th, 2015. We had shared 25 years together - half of my life, almost half of his.
I am still here and don't see that changing in the foreseeable future. It is my home after all. In many ways this little farm kept me alive through the inevitable shock at suddenly loosing Michael, through this period of profound and overwhelming psycho-social change and adjustment (and I'm far from having come out the other end, if that is even possible). It kept me alive because it continued to breath when I thought I couldn't, it blossomed and flowed and fruited and grew. The animals needed to be tended, fed, milked, and moved. New ones were born, others died and returned to the soil. The garden had been started and, unsure of my future economic circumstances, I reckoned it would be wise to keep it going even when I had the urge to give up or run away. It fed and nourished me in more than just the physical sense, as did the chickens and the goats and the fruit trees.
With full title to the property and no mortgage, I did not have to worry about the roof over my head or about food security. I do have to work harder in my day-job to pay the bills and that does have an impact on being able to manage the land. Much has been left undone. It has also become a lot harder to get away. New solutions need to be found, changes may need to be made when the time is right. Moreover, with no children, and family living far away I will need to consider succession.
Permaculture Principle #12: Creatively use and respond to change. I hope I will be able to conjur up the necessary creativity. It gives me hope and confidence to be connected to this incredible community of people with shared ethics and for that I am most grateful.
Is mise le meas, Ute.
Michael Patrick Miller 1958-2015
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