Robinia Pseudoacacia Frisia
I had an email in today reminding me that October was just around the corner…. And it is. With that comes tree planing season. That said, this photo was taken last week and there is great potential for me to end on an entirely different subject-ish My idea here is just to get you thinking of [...]
{ all posts, plants } { One comment }Water Conservation
Today I discovered some of plant collection had been, put simply, close on fried. It’s rare for me to complain about the weather…. but here’s my situation. For gardens that are new, or newly planted [Hi Julie and Terry ],for best results and knowing that the hose must be used…. try water at night time. [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { One comment }the umberella plant…?
My oldest brother came home from college one day with one of the little arrangements you get at Christmas time. My oldest sister bought it one day with her friend. anyhoo onto the plant…. I would have been about 9 years old I’d guess. Anyhow, the wee thing grew too large for the wee pot [...]
{ all posts, plants } { 2 comments }Profile Pictures
I had gone in search of some feedback for the website recently. I felt it needed a few tweeks here and there. Although not via comments, the answers came back in very I didn’t wish to sound like I was insulting you sort of a format. Outside of the sites text it seemed I was [...]
{ all posts, media } { 7 comments }A Gardening Course …?
update 13th March 2010: One space has become available… pop your name down below, email or text me if your interested Over the last weeks I’ve been researching chatting with some friends about gardening and the usual how to bits of outdoor advice. From those conversations came the suggestion that I should do a crash [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { 27 comments }Trade Associations for Garden Related Firms
There is no particular reason for this poll as such. It is however a real way to find out an overall public perception in relation to ‘garden’ related trade associations and just how aware people are of them or not. I would ask [very politely... ] those involved in the trade if you could refrain [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { 4 comments }Peter Donegan Landscaping Ltd Website
It’s kind of unusual when about 9 years ago I first wrote the wording for the first pages of my website. There were pages within pages with links off to one side… Maybe it’s how websites were built at the time…? In hindsight the writing, for mine, read like some sort of corporate clap trap [...]
{ all posts, techie } { One comment }Sligo County Council Close Lissadell House
I remember hearing about this last year in one of the trade magazines and going straight past the headline…. mainly because I thought to myself No County Council would be stupid enough to do so…. I was extremely wrong. A major catastrophe has developed and thanks to an extremely well written piece by Rosita Boland [...]
{ all posts, parks & places } { 13 comments }101 Amazing Peter Donegan Facts
I had written some time ago a list of ten things you did not know about me. But recently I was reading the weblog of Eolai Gan Fheile and found he had done 101 which I found so much more interesting…. I realised I should do something a little more indepth. I have 4 sisters [...]
{ all posts, smile...? } { 8 comments }Quizical Christmas Times For An Irish Gardener
It’s a funny situation when as a ‘gardener’ [?] for a living – the Summer Christmas holidays come around…. It’s the one day of the year when I try and rest my brain, horticulturally I buy the Irish Times. It sits there…. I pick it up… I put it back down and like a child [...]
{ all posts, smile...? } { 0 comments }Tuesday Garden Talk On Dublin City Fm
Been a while since I was on the wireless [another name for the radio you crazy kids ] Anyhow, gotta balcony, an apartment or a billion acres you wish to get a ittle free advice for…? When: Tuesday 24th November Time: between 10 – 11am Station: Dublin City Fm To Listen: click this Dublin City Radio Link & click listen [...]
{ all posts, media } { 3 comments }niall mellon township building blitz 2009
update: table quiz dec 3rd malahide…? 950 Volunteers – 1 Week – 200 New Houses Wallacedene, Cape Town, South Africa. My third year to travel with The Garden of Hope Team, this year was always going to be yet another amazing project. As most of you know by now, I travel not to build houses [...]
{ all posts, thinking of others } { 17 comments }self made
this article was written by freelance writer and really nice girl [ ] Jane Ruffino some time ago now. Autumn 2008 to be exact. It was geat fun meeting Jane and kind of funny somewhat seeing anothers view of myself in writing… take a read and see what you think. re-made Pink Planter Real gardens [...]
{ all posts, media } { 0 comments }october in the garden…
The Sepember in the garden post seemed to go down quite well so… here’s your monthly bit for October. And a little music to read with… Now that your bedding plants have just about gone to pot and the garden [in some cases] maybe lacking a little inspiration… it’s time to take down those hanging [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { One comment }niall mellon township trust gardeners weekend
and what a weekend it turned out to be…. It was amazing. To say I was blown away by peoples generosity is an understatement. Whether it was time, money or simply calling to wish only the very best – thank you all so much. You really did and will make such a difference. From my [...]
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