Roy Thompson on vegetable gardens, and post-coronavirus Ireland

The coronavirus situation offers society the option to re-boot to an earlier and arguably better way of life, according to Kilcullen's Roy Thompson, writes Brian Byrne. But only if we are willing to take that opportunity.

A conservation officer in the National Parks and Wildlife Service by profession, a very talented singer-songwriter for the love of it, Roy has been confined to his own home for three weeks. First by a chest infection, then by the current coronavirus restrictions which require people to work from home if they can.

Roy has always loved nature, and used the good weather opportunity this past weekend to finally get stuck into a gardening project on the three-quarters of an acre where he and his wife Siobhan live. He posted regular pictures on Facebook as he went, which attracted a lot of attention.

I spoke this morning to Roy at length on the phone, and the link here is to an edited version of his side of that conversation, where he first talks about the garden project, and then where coronavirus might take us.



It's well worth a listen, because as well as his other talents and interests, Roy makes real sense in times that often seem to be without it.

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