Strawberry Plant Babies
It can really get on my goat when the grow your own and save yourself money marketing brigade continue to thrust their [not so] ideal[s] upon the ordinary Joe punter gardener. Let me put this in context, when a bag of compost costs €6 and the strawberry plants cost €3 and you or I may [...]
{ all posts, grow your own } { 2 comments }Bird Boxes
The bird box has always been something I’ve queried. I don’t know why. I just feel/ felt that they would always be better off making their own. Is that fair to say….? Either or, I wanted two in the garden just for the craic of it. You know, to see would they come. These two [...]
{ all posts, make and do } { One comment }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 }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 }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 }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 }For Everything Else There’s Mastercard…
garden furniture, all shapes and sizes all costs and types. I’ve seen them all. But if you are landscaping on a budget… or not and you want that seat that will fit right in to the ‘au natural’ look then I’ve got 2 that will save you a few shillings… I have built these before [...]
{ all posts, make and do } { 2 comments }Get Your Garden [Group] Boots On….?
UPDATE: 15th Jan ’09 names are now officially being taken for the first garden group gig.The list below was as an expression of interest…. please go to the post below and get yer name on http://blog.doneganlandscaping.com/2010/01/15/the-garden-groups-first-adventure/ So it was sometime last year that the suggestion came in to set a garden group up…. and I [...]
{ all posts, garden group } { 19 comments }How one ‘should’ deal with [online] criticism [?]
Recently, I did a review of The Rothe House Gardens in Kilkenny. It is recommended to read it and the comments for this post to make sense. Read it and pop back here after….. I’ve done many reviews. Some of the places I’ve seen were a disgrace. Some amazing. But the intention is not to [...]
{ all posts, parks & places } { 7 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 }garden design bible [book]
I bought this book last year… and to be very honest…. it has sat on the shelf for most of that time. No offence Tim Newbury. Sincerely. That said, it only cost €17.55 [only?!!] in hughes and hughes and I suppose that should [again, sincerely] be taken into consideration. But I’m still puzzled on this [...]
{ all posts, recommended reading } { 0 comments }The Weather Effect… [poll]
With the nights closing in and December 1st only days away…. in Ireland we have very recently been subjected to gale force winds, floods of rainfall and pretty much a climate that, being honest, could only take at the least a little from that glowing smile that usually adorns your already beautiful face Yet with not that long [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 0 comments }building repak recycle week 09
Its a little of a crazy one when given a one day build time for any garden… everything must go perfectly according to plan… Unknows to most preparation for this garden started about 7 weeks ago. ‘The greenhouse effect’ was intended to be a full and proper garden but as things do change… the ‘fail to prepare’ cliché definitely lent [...]
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