Grow Your Own Garden Class
course title: grow your own garden class where: ballyboughal [just outside Swords, north Dublin] when: saturday 21st August 2010 time: 9.30am – 3.30pm cost: €75 – including morning tea, lunch and all materials numbers limit: minimum of 8 and 12 people max Who is it for: If you don’t wish to farm your entire garden [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { 2 comments }A Sound Weekend
More a weekend of sound…. see what you think ? Friday evening – pitch and putt club annual outing Ended up in playing guitar in the resulting trad session Saturday, I met Ger who was checking the mosture in barley After I dropped into Philip who makes elder flower champagne Sunday morning, listening to the [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 3 comments }10 Green Questions With Comedian Eric Lalor
Well thanks God for laughter. I’d be on my knees [or sold them] right now if I really listened to everything I hear. Regarding Eric Lalor, I could not have met a finer gentleman nor a funnier man. Meet one of Dublins hardest working comics and his thoughts on gardening amongst many other topics…. pure [...]
{ all posts, smile...? } { 0 comments }Down On The Farm
Thursday evening I got a text from a friend of mine and fellow Ballyboughal local Michael…. Calf just born if your around The one above is just 30 minutes old. Straight into the jeep and down I went. It is absolutely amazing when one sees those new borns, the size of the mothers and how [...]
{ all posts, grow your own } { 0 comments }November In The Garden
It is that time of year… some say it’s bloody depressing. But I like it. I don’t know why particularly… maybe it’s that I get home [a little] earlier… maybe it’s that I get to burn the timber that I have mamaged to amalgamate over the last eight months or so… I don’t know. To [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 5 comments }Bring On The Conker Championships
…. After a different week of sorts last week [and today ] Last Friday saw Ballybougals first poker classic take place in the old school hall. With very special thanks to the people I share this small village with €827 was raised on the night for the Niall Mellon Township Trust. I really am so appreciative, sincerely for [...]
{ all posts, thinking of others } { 4 comments }nice people who deserve a mention….
First up….. I asked a while ago if your product was amazing and Irish… In Ireland it seems we still operate [to an extent...] by the ‘do you know someone who does…..‘ rule. Sometimes I come across these poeple. Some have no websites. Some just don’t pop up too well when searching in google…. some [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 2 comments }Harvest Time…
After so much rain… the sun finally came out. And when it did farmers worked literally round the clock to get done what was needed. Opposite my home Barry was harvesting wheat. I popped across to have a bit of a chat with him…. If you have never seen it before… it is amazing to [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 0 comments }garden time on dublin city radio 103.2fm
Tomorrow, Tuesday March 24th I will return to the studios of Dublin City 103.2fm – the 10am – 11am show. It’s been a while since I was in with the lads so I’m looking forward to it. And the guys are particularly nice so making it all worthwhile If you are hoping to tune in [...]
{ all posts, media } { 0 comments }top posts for december
the top posts for November were getting back to a more horticultural nature and December a little moreso again – but – I still don’t understand why a post on taxi ranks has rated in the top 10 since it was written….? Maybe someone can tell me? That said, I still have to publish the [...]
{ all posts, office } { 0 comments }even more waste at fingal county council
To encourage home composting Fingal County Council sell home compost bins at a reduced rate and deliver them free of charge to residents living in Fingal. So why then two weeks ago did I get a brown bin delivered… One may say that’s good, right? not really. Another boo boo by Fingal County Council then [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 2 comments }top posts for november
the results for octobers top 10 posts as read by you were a little more appropriate to the season – ish… And it seems apart from the odd curveball, trends are becoming as trendy as they should be. And so from 1-10 here are the top 10 posts that you liked to read the most [...]
{ all posts, office } { 0 comments }top posts for october
the results for septembers top 10 were surprising… October however, brought trends back to that of what one would consider a little more appropriate to the season – ish… And so from 1-10 here are the top 10 posts that you liked to read the most, enjoy! and thank you for visiting and reading. Of [...]
{ all posts, office } { 0 comments }the big tidy…
some call it ‘garden hygiene’ but, it is simply, really, a good darned clean up combined with a close up inspection to leave you in good stead for next year. It is what my Mother used to do before Christmas in the house – the big winter/ spring clean – so to speak. It is [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 0 comments }Hedgerow Walks anyone?
This is brilliant. The gas thing is when people say to me will that grow here – I usually suggest to take a look around you first. The only way to appreciate what is growing on your doorstep. Slí = way, road, path & Sceach = thornbush, hawthorn, briar Slí na sceacha = hedgerow walk/ [...]
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