(3 comments) SHARE        Sunday, March 27, 2011
Japan Nuclear Crisis-- Eerily Familiar Japan's nuclear disaster is all eerily familiar to the Ex Farmer's Wife who emigrated to Ireland after the nuclear fall out of Chernobyl in 1986. Will the world forget quickly like they forgot Mayak 1960? Will anything change after import bans are lifted again?

(4 comments) SHARE        Friday, February 4, 2011
Soon Coming to a Neighborhood near You Shari'ah Law has been applied for a couple of years in Great Britain now in spite of 96% of the British population being against it. The Archbishop Canterbury introduced the idea to harmonize the two cultures of England and Islam. US citizens are widely unaware of this fact. How would they react if this were considered here seriously?

SHARE        Monday, November 22, 2010
Out of Ireland : Blackberry Wine Local organic shops offer organic wine and beer tastings. Ever made your own yummy wines with what hedgerows and garden has to offer? Here is a trusted and tried recipe that brought a lot of work and merriment.

(2 comments) SHARE        Sunday, July 4, 2010
( Out of Ireland) Green Germany vs. Green Isle- A Culture Clash: In her series Out of Ireland, The Ex Farmer's Wife describes the environmental differences she encountered when emigrating to the Green Isles. Now living in Florida, she faces a similar challenge (if on a bigger scale): a lack of awareness in US politics and consumer habits. Is it inertia? Because the facts of what needs to be improved and changed to save the environment have been out there for a long time.

(1 comments) SHARE        Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Organic Eggs washed in Chlorine Solution What do you know about organic eggs? What means organic in this case? Who guarantees they are organic? Are they being treated with "unorganic" stuff? Like chlorine solutions and Sodium hypochlorite and Potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide etc. The answer might surprise you.

(1 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Farmville and the Real World Farmville, a popular game and networking site that has 60 million players. More than real farmers. The Ex Farmer's wife- who is not into video games- can't help but wonder. Is it because you don't get your hands dirty anymore, have no risks like unpredictable weather, or because people deplore that they are so far removed from reality as it used to be? Or merely instant gratification. Ah, the allure of the Internet!

(4 comments) SHARE        Sunday, April 4, 2010
Pest control Like death and taxes, there is something utterly certain about organic farming: the arrival of bugs. Together they may impact your joy in organic farming. As the weather will, particularly in Ireland. In her new piece in the series Out of Ireland, The Ex Farmer's Wife gives her experience with bug control.

(7 comments) SHARE        Saturday, March 27, 2010
History is Written by the Victors--not by the ones in Power The conservative, anti- evolution and anti- science Texas board of education have surpassed themselves by making textbook decisions for the whole nation.A case of Humpty- Dumptying where one person gets to decide that a word means what she decrees and just that.

(5 comments) SHARE        Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Farmville and the Real World Farmville, a popular game and networking site that has 60 million players. More than real farmers. The Ex Farmer's wife- who is not into video games- can't help but wonder. Is it because you don't get your hands dirty anymore, have no risks like unpredictable weather, or because people deplore that they are so far removed from reality as it used to be? Or merely instant gratification. Ah, the allure of the Internet!