The thoughts and ramblings of a landscape gardener…
Posted in every post to date, living the good life on Oct 31st, 2008
I’m a huge fan of the eco shop in Wicklow and recently I got an email from Bryonny letting me know of their new centre and the really cool events.
They have moved to a beautiful premises at the Meridian Centre in Greystones. With that in mind a series of free Saturday seminars [informal and will [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Oct 21st, 2008
Each tonne of paper recycled saves 15 average-sized trees, as well as their surrounding habitat and wildlife. (Source: World Wildlife Fund)
over at Damien Mulleys site I found this green conference for IT people conference. It’s being run by the guys at IT@Cork and they’ve even gone as far as too let people know how they’re [...]
Posted in every post to date, living the good life on Oct 9th, 2008
i tried the ‘going green’ with the veggie grow gig, the herbs and all the other green stuff. It takes time. I needed something to impress the in or out-laws and fast! I’m Peter Pumpkin eater… the walls of the house and my car are supposed to be green… I’ll be ready for them all [...]
Posted in every post to date, show gardens & shows on Sep 24th, 2008
I was searching through some old emails and stumbled across this.
With special thanks to Paddy for what was one day to get this done… at the time [and still] it was so much appreciated. A great song and tells the No rubber Soul story story so well. Read the full story here.
[**this is take 2 [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Sep 18th, 2008
NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: before one reads this article, please understand - this is intended as satire/ humour or any other jargon that may make you smile!!
‘Tranquil settings, the finest of surrounds within the peaceful and serene grounds complete with parklands and golf course.’ This all sounds absolutely superb but what the small print on [...]
Posted in every post to date, the pink boat story - bloom 2008 on Sep 17th, 2008
I got this in the post yesterday from Green Party Mininster of State Trevor Sargent. It was a little bit of a surprise to be very honest, but a most appreciated and very welcome one.
After Bloom I sent out a postcard to [the so very many who deserved a massive] say thank you. Trevor received [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Aug 13th, 2008
This isn’t Ireland, it’s Maderia! I know we can’t grow bananas in Ireland. I’m not suggesting we go bananas - but how about pretty[er] taxi ranks?
Most Irish taxi ranks look **** [you say it]! Generally not pretty. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a pretty one. I hear *The* Taxi Union President Tommy Gorman. [...]
Posted in every post to date, my books - my reviews on Aug 11th, 2008
There are so many ‘organic’ books on the market at the moment. Most of them in my opinion perfectly ripe for the compost heap. This one however is an exception and Sheherazade Goldsmith does a great job here.
Its not very indepth which has its pros [and cons]; But it is aptly titled as ‘a slice’ [...]
Posted in every post to date, my ireland on Jul 23rd, 2008
put simply… can we not have an initiative where one tree is planted for every person in the country to say thank you… because it would be nice? I’d like that.
Can you imagine people in traffic then? I left South of Dublin City Centre at about 4.45pm knowing I would hit solid traffic. This is [...]
Posted in every post to date, living the good life on Jul 21st, 2008
I always reuse the grey water from my house & throw it over the veggie plot. Butt [!] it’s time to go a stage further. I wanted a water butt. It took a little research and I go two from… fingal county council.
Made from recycled plastic, Dublin City Council [their page is a little more [...]
