How To Water Seeds

To some how does one water seeds may seems like a silly question…. but to others it is the very simple things that most often are not explained due to assumption… more so on the horticulturists part. Try find any gardening book with how to water in the title….?
But, for years as a nipper I [...]

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The Guardian Newspaper – The New Carbon Hypocrites…?

Today I got a message noting the guardians coverage of a nice story

World’s coral reefs could disintegrate by 2100
Researchers at Carnegie Institution say corals are being overwhelmed by rising carbon dioxide in the atmosphere

This is the original post for The Guardian by Ian Sample, science correspondent, in San Diego…. It even has some lovely photos [...]

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Dublin Bike Scheme

I live in a small farming town called called Ballyboughal. There’s no bus service here and very little else
Last week I had a meeting in Dublin City Centre. So I got a lift into Dublin City.
What happens when at about 5pm, peak traffic one hits near Sherriff Street and tries to get to [...]

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So You Wish To Sow Seeds

Of course I have written pieces on this before but…. now is the time to get grooving in the seedling department….
It is one of the simplest things one can do. The beauty about these wieghtless flecks of dust is that one doesn’t need a vast area of space. One simply needs an area anything greater [...]

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Maximum Minimum Thermometer

I have to admit I’m a big fan of the old style paraphernalia when it comes to gardens.
As you may also know I like nothing else than to browse the aisles of the garden centres and hardware stores on my weekends off….
When I was in B & Q this weekend… yes B & [...]

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The Ladybird

Coccinellidae or ladybirds as we know them are members of the beetle family, generally red with black spots head and antennae and can be anything up to almost half an inch in size. But with over 5,000 species they can also be any colour from yellow to black. The less prettier and often referred to [...]

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The Real Pumpkin Farm…

I had written an article last year on growing pumpkins from seed [check out the comments for ] and it seems many of you are on the hunt for pumpkins…. particularly pumpkin farms.
I did try and I did put the S.O.S out there for you. But there was very little response. If you know of anyone - leave a [...]

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golf courses to become allotments…?

I was just going to give a link to this story but being really honest it is just too good to be true… in the unusual sense of the word. Honestly, I think golf like allotment gardening is one of those that will have huge demand but also go through that craze where demand will [...]

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irish basketmakers association

Basket making on a landscaping weblog…? You better believe it!
It is an amazing craft and brilliant to watch…really it is. But more I like the fact that ‘most work with natural materials such as willow, rush, straw and hedgerow materials’ – says the leaflet that IBA secretary Kathleen Mc Cormick gave to me.
I had met [...]

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introducing urban strawberry lunch….?

have you ever met a band whos instruments are all ‘recycled’….?
more one might say – found in a skip….?
I was at the smithfield festival where I suppose you could say, apart from the plants – we both collected our ‘bits & pieces’ from similar suppliers.
possibly the most interesting story I have ever heard….

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