Margaret Leahy
@margaretleahy.bsky.social
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 info@fabletours.com
Love great food, foraging,gardening, baking and making.
Trying to live a more sustainable life
Columnist in Irish Country Living.
www.fabletours.com
email info@fabletours.com
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
August 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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
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 😉
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 😉
August 4, 2025 at 7:53 AM
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 😉
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 😉
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
July 8, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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
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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July 5, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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
www.instagram.com/reel/DLur5aM...
www.instagram.com/reel/DLur5aM...
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
June 26, 2025 at 7:25 AM
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
Really enjoyed spending the day with these wonderful women on a food and culture tour of the Burren
June 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Really enjoyed spending the day with these wonderful women on a food and culture tour of the Burren
It's gooseberry season. Picked one bush clean yesterday, and I found the last few elderflower heads to make compot. The flavour is amazing
June 19, 2025 at 7:51 PM
It's gooseberry season. Picked one bush clean yesterday, and I found the last few elderflower heads to make compot. The flavour is amazing
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
April 30, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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
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
April 24, 2025 at 6:47 AM
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
Todays salad is entirely from the garden. Lettuce, spinach, dandelions, pea shoots, viola flowers, swede flowers and chives. #growyourownfood
April 23, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Todays salad is entirely from the garden. Lettuce, spinach, dandelions, pea shoots, viola flowers, swede flowers and chives. #growyourownfood
Blue skies, the smell of gorse fills the air and quiet boreens to walk Willow. Life is good
April 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Blue skies, the smell of gorse fills the air and quiet boreens to walk Willow. Life is good
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
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
April 21, 2025 at 9:04 AM
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
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
The best Easter eggs.
Beannachtaí na Cásca ort. Happy Easter #speirgorm
Beannachtaí na Cásca ort. Happy Easter #speirgorm
April 20, 2025 at 8:59 AM
The best Easter eggs.
Beannachtaí na Cásca ort. Happy Easter #speirgorm
Beannachtaí na Cásca ort. Happy Easter #speirgorm
First spinach harvest of the season.
April 13, 2025 at 8:15 AM
First spinach harvest of the season.
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
April 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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
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
April 5, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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
I love my life! I was speaking to guests on a food tour yesterday about sheep farming when we had to stop to let these ewes pass. Timing is everything #ireland
March 28, 2025 at 9:35 AM
I love my life! I was speaking to guests on a food tour yesterday about sheep farming when we had to stop to let these ewes pass. Timing is everything #ireland
You can see the outline of the lazy beds that would have grown the potatoes and vegetables for families. We were practising no dig over a hundred years ago #Ireland
March 27, 2025 at 7:10 PM
You can see the outline of the lazy beds that would have grown the potatoes and vegetables for families. We were practising no dig over a hundred years ago #Ireland
Stumbled into a lovely traditional pub in Connemara recently. The toasted sandwich in a bag took me back twenty years. Coupled with a pot of strong tea and an open fire, we had a grand afternoon #retro
March 23, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Stumbled into a lovely traditional pub in Connemara recently. The toasted sandwich in a bag took me back twenty years. Coupled with a pot of strong tea and an open fire, we had a grand afternoon #retro
Pollinators are enjoying dandelions as an early food source. The entire plant is edible, but I only pick the leaves for guests on my foraging walks as I don't want to take such a vital food source away from the pollinators #foraging
March 20, 2025 at 12:51 PM
Pollinators are enjoying dandelions as an early food source. The entire plant is edible, but I only pick the leaves for guests on my foraging walks as I don't want to take such a vital food source away from the pollinators #foraging
Another round of wild garlic pesto made and bottled. I'm wondering if the influx of invitations to visit friends has more to do with these jars than my sparkling personality 😄
March 19, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Another round of wild garlic pesto made and bottled. I'm wondering if the influx of invitations to visit friends has more to do with these jars than my sparkling personality 😄
The garden continues to feed us. ##growyourownfood
March 18, 2025 at 8:31 AM
The garden continues to feed us. ##growyourownfood
Full Irish breakfast for St Patricks Day
Every element from the ingredients for the homemade brown bread to the Irish cheese in the wild garlic pesto is Irish. #loveirishfood
Every element from the ingredients for the homemade brown bread to the Irish cheese in the wild garlic pesto is Irish. #loveirishfood
March 17, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Full Irish breakfast for St Patricks Day
Every element from the ingredients for the homemade brown bread to the Irish cheese in the wild garlic pesto is Irish. #loveirishfood
Every element from the ingredients for the homemade brown bread to the Irish cheese in the wild garlic pesto is Irish. #loveirishfood
Growing up, St. Patrick's Day was all about my Ma. It was her birthday. I'll remember her today by doing two of her favourite activities - gardening and enjoying dessert!
Lá Fhéile Phádraig sona daoibh go léir. 🇮🇪
Happy St Patrick's Day to all
Lá Fhéile Phádraig sona daoibh go léir. 🇮🇪
Happy St Patrick's Day to all
March 17, 2025 at 8:44 AM
Growing up, St. Patrick's Day was all about my Ma. It was her birthday. I'll remember her today by doing two of her favourite activities - gardening and enjoying dessert!
Lá Fhéile Phádraig sona daoibh go léir. 🇮🇪
Happy St Patrick's Day to all
Lá Fhéile Phádraig sona daoibh go léir. 🇮🇪
Happy St Patrick's Day to all