Hanging The Hanging Baskets Alternate
There’s an odd little spot in my garden, right beside my washing line area and at the back of my shed/ chicken house. I felt it needed something a little…. to brighten the place up. Hanging baskets seemed like a good idea, but then they may pose problems with wet compost and such dripping on [...]
{ all posts, make and do } { 2 comments }The Sodcast – Episode 1
Listen to The Sodcast in MP3 – or – as always you can subscribe to the podcast via iTunes, or else you can simply subscribe to the blog and listen to them right here. Missed last weeks garden podcast ? Thank You: Remember Luke Donegan. No relation. Seriously! He did the Garden Group Weblog Logo ? Luke made [...]
{ Podcast, all posts } { 3 comments }Promoting The Horticultural Industry ?
Your thoughts…..? Email, call or call by and I’ll make you a cuppa
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { One comment }The Weekend Garden Outdoors 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 ? On The Blog This Week: Scotts Weedol – they own shamrock [irish] moss peat I need a something…? wonder of I’ll ever find it Greenpeace are a [...]
{ all posts, horticulture in ireland } { One comment }Audioboo Deep Dive @ The Dot Conf
image courtesy brian greene For those who don’t know what the dotconf was – this post on the dot conf may explain better. But, it is not until after the hindsight has kicked in that one really realises just how and what audioboo has helped. This was kicked off by Bernie, via podcast of course. I [...]
{ all posts, techie } { 0 comments }The Battle Of The Boyne Site
The Battle Of The Boyne Site was visited by The Garden Group yesterday Sunday 27th June. For a group that is entirely run free gratis yesterday would not have been possible without the help of Aisling Mc Mahon of the OPW and her team who gave us a personal guided tour of the grounds and [...]
{ all posts, garden group, parks & places } { One comment }Battle of The Boyne Site Visit & The Garden Group
To those attending there is of course the original garden group guide post to this trip to the battle of the boyne site. A note of thanks and deserved applause to Nick Reilly and Aisling Mc Mahon [OPW] and also to you who decided to make this your Sunday day out. Really looking forward to [...]
{ all posts, garden group } { 4 comments }Cutting Hedge
To an extent, this is a difficult one to write…. To cut a hedge properly is like putting in writing how to kick a football. Anyone can do it, but how many can do it right or more to the point how many have ever done a seriously bad job on attempting to do good [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 3 comments }Hens: Diana Missing
For those that don’t know. I have had 4 hens called The Supremes. Diana obviously [pictured above], Jean, Cindy and Mary. I was intending to put a post out about Diana. She’d been brooding for some while on an estimated 20 eggs and would not get off them. 3-5 days later I had to make [...]
{ all posts, grow your own } { 5 comments }12 New Plants To The Market – From Ireland
I have interviewed my good friend Pat Fitzgerald before. Twice actually. But when a Kilkenny man brings 12 new plants to the market, already employs 35 people and exports [some as far as Japan] over 85% of all of his plants grown…. I think it’s more than news worthy. An Irish man selling Japanese style [...]
{ all posts, plants } { 7 comments }The Gardeners Weekend Podcast #4
As always you can rss the podcasts via iTunes or direct via audioboo or you subscribe to the blog and listen to them right here. Missed last weeks garden podcast? Links from the podcast: Yesterdays rediscover fashion show Bloom 2010 – who, what, where and pocast. Download and listen with your headphones in. Gardening in [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { One comment }Writing
My writing began with a weekly piece for the Irish Farmers Journal in 2004. Over my 4 years there I also reported freelance for The IFJ on various events that took place. Shortly after finishing with the Journal I started writing for Self Build Ireland Magazine, a quarterly publication. I wrote on more specialist subjects [...]
{ all posts, services } { 0 comments }Chives – Allium schoenoprasum
A bit like the sorrel plant, in the sense that this is another one of those just plant it and your pretty much sorted for life in this department. A member of the Allium or Onion [alliaceae/ lillaceae] family – the same family that gave you wild garlic, the supermarket garlic bulb and these really [...]
{ all posts, grow your own } { One comment }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 }Grow Your Own Course
course title: grow your own kitchen garden where: ballyboughal [just outside Swords, north Dublin] when: saturday 22nd May 2010 time: 10am – 2pm cost: €60 numbers limit: 8/9 people max Details: After my talk with the GIY group and then after the last course was covered recently in the Irish Independent by Susan Daly….I don’t [...]
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