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 }Coriander – Coriandrum
Some say it is used as an aphrodisiac. Others know it as chinese parsley or the parsley substitute. But whilst it maybe most used in abundance in cooking… it maybe a lesser known fact to some that the seeds are that used to make curry powder. Amn’t I just a mind full of trivial information. [...]
{ all posts, grow your own } { One comment }December In The Garden
And what an end to November and a start to the month it has been… Firstly to those affected in any way by the adverse weather conditions…. my sincerest best wishes to you all, I hope it sorts itself out as soon as possible. To those who chose to stand up to the Green Party politicos [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 3 comments }the NMTT gardeners family weekend line up
related posts worth reading: A who’s who of whats on – click here How to get to the Garden Exhibition Centre – click here Make a donation online to the Fundraiser- click here Any further information – to contact peter – click here
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events, thinking of others } { 0 comments }fingal support for the NMTT gardeners w/e
A most welcome story in this weeks Fingal Independent in support of my trip to South Africa [click here for more info] included this beautiful picture of my delightfully tanned legs in it…. how I let myself down sometimes Thanks lads really appreciated. Donations can be made here
{ all posts, thinking of others } { 0 comments }getting to the NMTT family gardeners weekend
Have you read all about the event thats taking place this weekend at The National Garden Exhibition Centre. The one you have been donating to so kindly so you can have some peace and quiet in Ireland for a little Here’s how you get there By DART get the DART to bray and then Dublin [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { 4 comments }Garden Group Gets Grooving…
I put out a post 9 days ago to see if people would be interested in a garden group…. ? The response was great – but most replies came in via email. Which is still cool. But like all of you… theres that whole thing called work and more important – I’d also like this [...]
{ all posts, garden group } { 3 comments }how green is…. joerg steegmueller
Introduced to me through my good friend Darragh Doyle, recently I had the privelige to meet with Joerg Steegmueller of The Dublin Event Guide. Apart from being one of the most interesting people I have ever met, Joerg is also one of lifes genuine nice guys… plus he has a sense of humour Have a [...]
{ all posts, smile...? } { One comment }dis – assembling a garden shed…?
I don’t need help asking for directions… I don’t need you to help me… and I’ll take that shed down with one swift blow of a sledge hammer…. Want to do ‘man things‘ this weekend? But you ‘have to‘ do it ‘nice and neatly‘ …? ….and don’t forget to ‘tidy those tools away when you’re [...]
{ all posts, make and do } { 0 comments }small gardens [more] ideas
I had a root through the statistics on the web-blog recently and it seems that for the most part one of the greatest interests is in that of small gardens and getting some ideas…. With that in mind I rumaged through the archives to find some images that may help you a little better along [...]
{ all posts, design } { 0 comments }the war memorial park
I don’t think I’ve been to this park since I was about 18 years old. For no apparent reason. [It is where I was once employed.] But it has to be said, if there is a park comparable to poetry…. This *is* it! I’ve missed it… The history, the story, the layout, in it’s entirety… [...]
{ all posts, parks & places } { 10 comments }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 [...]
{ all posts, courses/ gigs/ events } { 0 comments }a struggling tree…?
In a garden recently, this tree caught my attention. It looks fine..? It isn’t really… somewhere in the middle of all those bare leafed branches a problem exists. The suckers were coming up from the base, being that it’s a grafted tree and they were really starting to compete with the tree. Outside of that [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 4 comments }small gardens, ideas, designs & what to do
there has been a massive wave in search for ideas all to do with small gardens. here are the top 10 or so that you have read in the last 12 months. You chose them.Just click on the highlighted word in each line to go to that article. If it’s not on this list. You [...]
{ all posts, garden advice } { 5 comments }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 [...]
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