New Courses

The Self Sufficiency weekend coming up in Belvedere, Mullingar, Co Westmeath has concentrated my mind, and so I have had to plan my courses for the months ahead. Here's what I'm planning:

•Soapmaking and Natural cosmetics – Sunday May 23rd 10:00am-5:00pm €75
•Sourdough Bread Making - starting Tue April 27th 7:30pm – 10:00pm 4 evening sessions, €90
•Making Elderflower and other natural beverages starting Thur June 10th. 7:30-10:00pm cost €60 3 evening sessions.

There will be another allotment gardening course on Saturday afternoons - starting mid May - don't have full details yet.

If you're interested in any of these email me at annambrowne@gmail.com or phone me at 087 2222562.

I'm also looking forward to speaking at the show both on Saturday and Sunday, and doing some demonstrations. More to follow on that.

Self Sufficiency at Belvedere

It's all over - and what a whirlwind it was! Seems like the exhibitors and presenters were well recieved, and the visitors seems interested and engaged. In our little Freecycle/Artisan Breadmaking Sheebeen, we talked to loads of people, baked countless 'Rubbish' flatbreads with the help of lots of volunteers, young and old. I woudl have loved to have seen more of what was going on, but we were flat out the whole time.

Lots of interest in all of my courses, and in freecycle. So now we need to put dates and locations to the proposed courses, and make them happen. This should be a lot easier for me now, as I got laid off last week. Great timing - it would have been difficult to pull off the Belvedere show, while working :-)

Readers of this blog will know that my passions lie in these (gardening, breadmaking, teaching) areas, and while I loved my IT work, it will be no harm to have a little break from it. I was in that job for nearly nine years, which is a lifetime in the software business.

Anyhow, expect to see a lot more frequent posts!

Self sufficiency show

I have been invited to demonstrate breadmaking at a self sufficiency show in Belvedere.

I'm at a bit of a loss as to how to demonstrate something which takes hours in today's world of short attention spans. I'm thinking about making flatbreads on a pan, as it's a very quick process, but would love to hear any other ideas or suggestions.