About Us
Mission
To enable people to grow their own food.
History
The
First Brown Envelope Seed Catalogue was produced in 2004, and contained
25 varieties. It was clear then that traditional farming would not
support a family and something imaginative would need to be done to
avoid getting a real job. The decision to produce seeds was also
inspired by the need to increase foood security in Ireland. Apart from
the Irish Seed Savers Association
no vegetable seeds were being produced in the country. Since then the
number of varieties produced by Brown Envelope Seeds and the volume of
seed has increased every year. Most of our customers order from a hard
copy of the catalogue posted out around Christmas but orders from the
WWW are increasing all the time.
The Farm
The farm was a dairy farm
when we move here in 1988. We carried on milking 12 Jersey cows until
1999 when we changed to beef. In spring 2005 about half of the farm
was planted with broad leaf trees, mostly Oak, Alder and Ash but with
small amounts of other species. After two seasons these are doing quite
well especially where there is good shelter. Now, Brown Envelope Seeds
is the most time consuming activity on the farm.
The Team
- Ruth Bullough Office Manager
- Madeline McKeever Everything Else Manager
- Zuppy Bird control
- Pushkin Rodent control
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| Ruth Bullough | Madeline McKeever |
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| Zuppy | Pushkin |
Sometimes we have beef for sale
Where We Are
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