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Margaret Leahy

@margaretleahy.bsky.social

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Food tour guide on the west coast of Ireland. Love great food, foraging,gardening, baking and making. Trying to live a more sustainable life Columnist in Irish Country Living. www.fabletours.com email [email protected]

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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Aug 5

I agree. It's getting as bad as the other place

Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Aug 5

There is so much to pick in the hedgerows and shores. Rowan berries for schnapps, apples, and blackberries for a cake and sugar kelp for crisps. It's a great time of the year for wild food

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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Aug 4

As I'm picking from the hedges around my garden tis only the dog who gets to eat the lower berries, and boy does she love them

Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Aug 4

This is my annual reminder to pick blackberries above the P Line
What is the P Line I hear you ask?
Well, think about the height of the average dog, his hind leg .... .. and pick above that 😉

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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Jul 8

The Connemara Bog to Bay Food Tour is 24th-28th August. Join me as we meet oyster farmers, learn how to smoke salmon, walk castle grounds, enjoy sheep dog trials,taste grest local produce,and enjoy chats and the craic. Staying in Renvyle House Hotel, there is no single supplement for solo travellers

Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Jul 5

I've started a weekly reel on insta - Green Bites - tiny tales of plants and plates, where I share interesting stories about the plants I grow or forage and different dishes I cook and enjoy. Courgette or zucchini is this week's topic
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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Jun 26

It's so good

Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Jun 26

Had a few ripe lemons in the glasshouse and lots of lovely lemon verbena, so I dug out Mary Berrys drizzle cake recipe. It never disappoints. Using organic lemons ensures the zest is just that rather than the chemical coating on conventional lemons

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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Jun 23

It's the karst landscape of The Burren - a UNESCO world geopark

Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Jun 20

Really enjoyed spending the day with these wonderful women on a food and culture tour of the Burren

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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Jun 19

They are quite tart so they taste better when cooked. Didn't know they're not a thing over there

Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Jun 19

It's gooseberry season. Picked one bush clean yesterday, and I found the last few elderflower heads to make compot. The flavour is amazing

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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Apr 30

It's the eve of Mayday, so gather a few flowers and leave them on your doorstep. In Irish folklore, the fairies are active tonight, but they won't cross the sweet flowers, so your home will have good luck

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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Apr 24

The birdsong on this wee video is fabulous. It's a magical time of year, and I am so grateful to have beautiful old woods that I can enjoy walks with Willow in and gather wild food

Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Apr 23

Todays salad is entirely from the garden. Lettuce, spinach, dandelions, pea shoots, viola flowers, swede flowers and chives. #growyourownfood

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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Apr 22

It's so warm and exotic along a Connemara boreen

Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Apr 22

Blue skies, the smell of gorse fills the air and quiet boreens to walk Willow. Life is good

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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Apr 21

It's wonderful to see the variety of pollinators on the apple blossoms. Without pollinators we'd have no apples or other fruits.
They may fly on to other flowers like dandelions. If these are sprayed with glyphosate the pollinator will die.
No pollinators=no fruit for us

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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Apr 20

The best Easter eggs.
Beannachtaí na Cásca ort. Happy Easter #speirgorm

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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Apr 20

I could listen to Olivia O'Leary all day. Great voice, writer, and a fellow hat wearer. As always,there was a great musical choice to follow

Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Apr 13

First spinach harvest of the season.

Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Apr 6

These four ladies are enjoying semi retirement with me now their time at the organic egg farm is over.They will no longer lay enough eggs to be commercially viable but are perfect for me. Willow is still sizing them up

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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Apr 5

I do! I run Fable tours - farm to table tours and tales in the west of Ireland
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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Apr 5

What a lovely day I had with this family. On our food tour, they went foraging, tasted amazing food, met a local grower, and watched cheese being made. The blue skies were a bonus #foodtours

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Margaret Leahy @margaretleahy.bsky.social · Mar 28

Ewe got it in one!

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