An Interview with Green Party Senator Dan Boyle

I’ve had my run ins with the Green Party. No secret there… [a quick search in the blog will help you there if you're interested ]
But when I reviewed the latest Irish budget… I asked would any politician like to meet and have a chat… credit where it’s due… Dan responded and answered [...]

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supporting trees…

you might be wondering why the Seamús Ennis centre is in a gardening  article?
Apart from is being an amazing place… It is the tree support in the background of this photograph that it is here.
Rather than chop the arms off a fine and well represented  tree in the beautiful village of the Naul… someone, I [...]

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the farmers market, portmarnock

On Sunday[17th May '09] I took a trip out to my folks home town. I had heard about this new one… but I was unsure. I have this image in my head that there’s a lady who goes out on a Friday, takes a few turnips from the garden, pops ‘em into a tweed satchel [...]

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i’m a gardener get me out of here….

In 2008  I and a group of over 100 people [2,000 in total] on a gardening team went to south africa with the niall mellon township trust to build gardens. My 2008 story is here [click it.... go on... click it]!!
This year I need to raise some dosh. money. spondulas… go on stuff some [...]

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ardgillan demesne

I went to see Ardgillan Demesne; It is a park, a castle [but not a true castle...], a playground, a gardens…  the second Sunday in March. It is by far the finest example of a park I have seen in Ireland to date.
Unlike Malahide Castle – all parts of the ‘demesne’ were open. It is [...]

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