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It Works Because.... - 29th Sept 2010

Posted by Barry Shelby on Saturday, October 16, 2010, In : Crofting 

....it stinks. Any natural fertilisers I have ever made stunk to the proverbial high heavens, whether from rotting nettles or comfrey. Seaweed is no different.

 

I first experimented with seaweed in Glasgow. After a campervan trip to the northern edge of the Scottish mainland, we returned the hired vehicle to Gourock, coincidentally after a good southwesterly storm. Lots of lovely, fine leafy seaweed had washed up on the nearby beach, so while Elizabeth dealt with formalities (busted wing ...


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If you're around next weekend - 24th August 2010

Posted by Barry Shelby on Tuesday, August 24, 2010, In : Crofting 

First Horticulture and Local Produce Weekend on Lewis and Harris Events to highlight wholesome, seasonal food


The first Horticulture and Local Produce Weekend will be inaugurated next Friday and Saturday, 27-28 August. Organised by the Lewis & Harris Horticultural Producers [LHHP] –– in association with NHS Western Isles/Fas Fallain and An Lanntair –– several events are planned to highlight food that is sown, grown, reared, and harvested locally.

Various exhibits at the 3rd annual...


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White Settlers / Settling Down - 2nd August 2010

Posted by Barry Shelby on Monday, August 2, 2010, In : Crofting 

I meant to say in that earlier blog that our Nice New Neighbour(s) [NNN] are  incomers just as we are. They’ve been on Lewis longer; presumably are a bit wiser.

In some instances, incomers onto the island are called “white settlers”. I have never been certain whether this is a reference to many who arrive with grey hair or whether it is because they behave like colonialists. Or both? Whatever the case, incomers are forever incomers in the eyes of a Lewisian, Leohasach.

I heard from...


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Gathering The Sheep - 4th April 2010

Posted by John McKenna on Monday, April 5, 2010, In : Crofting 
A couple of weeks earlier than normal, the crofters of Tir Mor, Bernera, brought sheep in from the moors Saturday 27 March. Meeting at 8 am, about 10 of us headed south with crooks, quads, and waterproofs from the cattle grid at the Lundal pens. Destination: a set of disused pens along the old Uig road, about half way between the Bernera road junction and the turnoff to Scaliscro House.

A bad bearing on one trailer with a quad slowed progress slightly as the wheel would lock up at the least op...
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 Colin Macleod - Local Lad + Landscapes:

Again in the music-videologue-of-Lewis-vein: this one features the rather frightfully handsome lad, Colin Macleod. Pal of Dotjr, apparently. New CD (on Geffen) due out soon.

 

 

About Me


Barry Shelby Barry Shelby, American-gone-native-Scotsperson, Journalist , Photographer, Author and....Crofter located now at Earshader on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland. Barry, based for years in Glasgow, is now with his wife Elizabeth on the Islands off the North-West Coast of Scotland.

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Lewis (Scottish Gaelic: Leòdhas,  also Isle of Lewis) is the northern part of Lewis and Harris, the largest island of the Western Isles or Outer Hebrides (an archipelago) of Scotland. The total area of Lewis is 683 square miles (1,770 km2).

Lewis is, in general, the lower lying part of Lewis and Harris, with the other part, Harris, being more mountainous. The flatter, more fertile land means Lewis contains the only town, Stornoway and three-quarters of the population of the Western Isles. Beyond human habitation, the island's diverse habitats are home to an assortment of flora and fauna, such as the golden eagle, red deer and seals and are recognised in a number of conservation areas.

Lewis is of Presbyterian tradition with a rich history, having once been part of the Norse Kingdom of Mann and the Isles. Today, life is very different to elsewhere in Scotland with Sabbath observance, the Gaelic language and peat cutting retaining more importance than elsewhere. Lewis has a rich cultural heritage as can be seen from its myths and legends as well as the local literary and musical traditions.

 

(source Wikipedia)

So where is Earshader?

 

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