The Sodcast – Episode 5
Listen to The Sodcast in MP3 – or – as always you can subscribe or/ and listen to the podcast via iTunes. Alternatively you can subscribe to the blog and listen to them right here. Missed Episode 4 of the garden podcast ? First Up: thanks for listening…. On The Blog This Week: boyle, co. roscommon Boyle Pleasure [...]
{ Podcast, all posts } { 0 comments }The Sodcast – Episode 3
Listen to The Sodcast in MP3 – or – as always you can subscribe or/ and listen to the podcast via iTunes. Alternatively you can subscribe to the blog and listen to them right here. Missed Episode 2 of the garden podcast ? On The Garden Blog This Week: The [Un]usual planter Bird Boxes Strawberry Plant Babies [...]
{ Podcast, all posts } { One comment }I Need A Something… ?
what do you think….? Call. Coffee. Email. Or Comment…. Peter Donegan: award winning Irish gardener. Horticulturalist. Blogger. Writer. Talker. Human. Makes gardens. Either or. Will always be happy and happy gardening
{ all posts, office } { 3 comments }The Great Gardeners Weekend Podcast
As always you can rss the podcasts via iTunes or direct via audioboo or you can subscribe to the blog and listen to them right here. Missed last weeks garden podcast ? This week on the blog: The Rose [less] festival – nice festival. Found more info on fuchsia’s and geraniums though…. The dot conf Green and outdoors stuff [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { One comment }The Gardeners Podcast Show
As always you can rss the podcasts via iTunes or direct via audioboo or yousubscribe to the blog and listen to them right here. Missed last weeks garden podcast ? Links For The podcast: The garden Group Battle Of The Boyne Site visit Fertilising lawns Organic super markets Roseanne’s Crop Swap Irish food prices 2nd highest in Europe [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { 4 comments }The Song of a Wandering Mind….
I was going to drop this in somewhere else…. but I think it fits here. On its own. This picture was taken by my good friend John in The Iveagh Gardens. Suits the poem I feel.
{ all posts, ireland } { 2 comments }Garden Radio: Gardening Advice Podcast #5
I shoud get someone to me one of those radio dj intro jingles….. hence the donegan garden radio bit above…. did you just hum a jingle in your head ? To the garden, as always you can rss the podcasts via iTunes or direct via audioboo or you subscribe to the blog and listen to [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { One comment }Irish Mail On Sunday 23rd May 2010
Yesterday, Eugene Higgins of The Irish Mail On Sunday did a great Piece on The Garden Group with the tagline How a Bloom maverick is taking bloggers on tours of our ‘secret’ gardens and titled it A www.walk on the wild side The main picture is of Dena [@curlydena], Mom Vena [@VenaW] and Dad Andrew [...]
{ all posts, media } { 4 comments }Basil – Ocimum basilicum
The Ocimum [labiatae/ lamiaceae] are a genus of about 365 species of aromatic annuals and evergreen herbs. But – this is not lavender we are discussing. This is the herb we know as basil. With that in mind I am only interested in one type. There are other varieties, but I have chose what I [...]
{ all posts, grow your own } { 5 comments }A New Brand…?
A friend of mine Dave had decided he should refresh my image somewhat… I had these pics done by John and that’s when Dave stepped in. This is not the artwork, just a visual for now. Dave blogs over at DavyMac What d’you think…? Stretched the photo, added a (new-ish) version of your logo – blue [...]
{ all posts, techie } { 3 comments }Irish Independent March 3rd 2010
Wednesday 3rd March was a nice day. I’d had a really great chat with Susan Daly over the phone last week and awoke to a clatter of texts and messages all singing Carly Simon on the answering machine Great to have humorous friends… I must say it is a great article. Extremely well written by [...]
{ all posts, media } { 5 comments }Landscaping In Ireland ….?
I saw this yesterday courtesy of Grandad…. I saw this today courtesy of Philip…. I’m beginning to wonder…. but, as I have said many times before, [my journey in] horticulture was never for the quick buck and as we sun tanned Paddy’s are well aware…. the weather has always been something to rely upon in [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { 0 comments }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 [...]
{ all posts, grow your own } { 0 comments }The Garden Group Guide
Some months ago I popped out a wee blog post to get an idea of who may be interested in [lets call it...] the great outdoors. You see, I was a bit peeved off with [the perception] of some groups. From what I’m told/ can gather some feel that once one is degree in horticulture-less [...]
{ all posts, garden group } { 4 comments }How To Stake And Strap A Tree
Following the pictures above….. tree stake at the ready… place the stake [generally] 3 fingers width from the base of the tree and 2 fingers width from the top. Once you have your position correct… push it in slightly. A tree stake pounder [the yellow object in the photographs] is preferable although you can use [...]
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