The Acorn Project Podcast by Monica Hayes : Episode 2 : Meitheal

Over the the last year, as part of theD epartment of Agriculture Forest Support  Fund, Monica Hayes has been the story curator  of the Acorn Project. She  has been tracking and trailing  through  the woods of the Nore region,  meeting the communities and organisations that we collaborate with  as she documents her experiences of the Acorn Project.Listen to 'Meitheal' Episode 1 in a Podcast Series by Monica Hayes.'Meitheal' is an old Irish term that describes how neighbours would come together collectively to work  in the saving of crops or other work on the land. In a series of workshops over the coming season we seek to rekindle the tradition of Meitheal in a series of Meitheal days in North Kilkenny over the coming months  exploring traditional land management skills and their role in managing land for biodiversity including: Scything, Seedsaving ,Leaf mould , Coppicing, Tree planting and Hedge Laying.These days will be an opportunity to share skills and also gather as a community and support our neighbours with work on the land together.The music included in this podcast is composed and produced by Jane Pearson and Leo Pearson. The piece was inspired by the Oak trees of Grennan woods, Thomastown.