With the changing weather we can already see an increase in the number of bugs going around – the last week in August brought a sharp rise in the numbers of people looking for Echinacea and Ivy Thyme (a good cough remedy), as well as Vitamin C and Garlic. But a home remedy I am very fond of (and have...

We are very excited to have been invited to offer an evening course with Bantry Adult Education. We have put together a proposal that covers 4 fun and healthy cookery classes with Rachel Dare; 3 Natural Healthcare classes with Organico Staff members Elizabeth Ewing, Christine Meadows and Fleur Hindley; and a final class with Rachel and Hannah on delicious Christmas...

It's really easy to make a nourishing soothing drink from Carrageen Moss. It makes a jelly-like thick drink which, when you add lots of honey and lemon juice, tastes pretty OK and really feels like its doing you good. I personally use the dried seaweed you buy in most healthfood shops - but if you are very keen you can...

Last Orders 6.45 (approx!) • Baked Feta Muffin with Pecans served with fennel and orange salad €9.95 • Roasted Onion, mushroom and feta Filo Pastry €9.95 Both served with a garden salad and rosemary roast potatoes • Light Mezze Plate €8.00 • Lemon Tart and cream €4.75 • Summer Fruit Trifle €4.75 Glass of organic wine €4.25 San Pelegrino €2.75...

We just received this email from a happy customer and thought it might be useful to others with pet-related problems. Thanks Maria for your happy story! For Fleur, i bought some Colloidal silver from you by mail order last week. I wanted it for an old pet sheep with severe footrot on one foot. I have spent a fortune on...

We are delighted to have Christopher Minhall offering Osteopathy in Bantry every second Friday starting April 2011. Chris has been practicing in Kieran English's practice in Killcoe for the last few years and also in Clonakilty. If you are interested in visiting Chris in Organico please call him directly for an appointment on 086 8861007. Osteopathy is a system of...

I hope you are enjoying the amazing spring we are having this year! Sunshine, blue skies and bird-song – we couldn’t be luckier. However, for some of us the spring is the start of a miserable time of constant sniffling, itchy eyes and more sneezing than anyone should ever have to put up with. Every year we have people pouring...

One day I was sauntering along the main shopping street in Bantry, enjoying the sunny day and the agreeable buzz of the shoppers, when a car drew up sharply on the opposite side of the road and a harassed faced woman, yelled out across the noise of the traffic “are you the menopause woman?” well that took me by surprise...

The time of year between the spring equinox and mid-summer is for me the most wonderful. I begin to spend more and more time outside, while the days are lengthening and the sun is starting to feel stronger the layers of clothes that I happily swaddled myself in through the harshness of winter are being shed. It’s almost a surprise...

Anyone who would like to start their own garden should come along to a free Open Evening in Organico Cafe on Friday the 15th of April at 7.30. Get Growing, a local Charity run by vollunteers who are experienced and passionate gardeners, is starting a serise of hands-on classes which will help you to plan and start to grow vegetables...