Boyle Pleasure Grounds, Boyle, Co. Roscommon
Without any doubt, this is one of the finest public parks I have ever visited in Ireland. It’s not massive. It’s not received too much notoriety, at least that I know of anyway. But for me it was an absolute gem as I searched for a quite spot to picnic. In the park lies a [...]
{ all posts, parks & places } { One comment }Lough Key Forest
This actually comes under the [web] title of Lough Key Forest and Activity Park. Which includes a lot under its banner. I chose to go camping there for 4 days and try and experience as much as possible within the beautiful town of Boyle in Co. Roscommon. That’ll come later on the weblog. Lough Key [...]
{ all posts, parks & places } { 2 comments }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 }10 Green Questions With Comedian Paddy Courtney
I met with Paddy Courtney in Portmarnock recently. Anything for the great outdoors is always my attitude and when I realised I could ask Paddy my 10 new green questions and also have a giggle at the same time I was all for it. The other reality is that I really like what 7up are [...]
{ all posts, smile...? } { 2 comments }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 }Hanging The Hanging Basket Brackets
It may well be a little late in the year for this one but, you may just thank me for it at a later date. The reality is I know of more than 3 who still have them brackets sitting in the shed, the plastic bag [still] and one who hid them in the boot [...]
{ all posts, make and do } { 3 comments }Grow Your Own Garden Class
course title: grow your own garden class where: ballyboughal [just outside Swords, north Dublin] when: saturday 21st August 2010 time: 9.30am – 3.30pm cost: €75 – including morning tea, lunch and all materials numbers limit: minimum of 8 and 12 people max Who is it for: If you don’t wish to farm your entire garden [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { 2 comments }A Sound Weekend
More a weekend of sound…. see what you think ? Friday evening – pitch and putt club annual outing Ended up in playing guitar in the resulting trad session Saturday, I met Ger who was checking the mosture in barley After I dropped into Philip who makes elder flower champagne Sunday morning, listening to the [...]
{ all posts, ireland } { 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 }Garden Gallery
There are many gardens I have created and designed over the last, almost 10 years now. These are just some of the images that may help in giving you and idea of just what kind of possibilities exist with your great outdoors. NB: As a by the way…. if you wish to enlarge the images [...]
{ all posts, services } { 4 comments }The Great Outdoors 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 ? Got a note from bernie over the weekend: That’s our boy @donegangardens easily cresting above yer man Ray Foley. Seems the podcast hit number 2 in the [...]
{ 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 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 [...]
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