Crop rotation is one of those essential tasks when it comes to growing fruit and vegetablexs. It is important not to grow the same family of crops in the same beds year after year as this can lead to a build up of pests that attack that particular family of plants. The best way to […]
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This week, I finally hauled ass to the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, having threatened to do it for months. I hadn’t been to the gardens in a number of years, in fact, I think last time I was there was on a school visit and long before I developed a serious interest in plants
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I’ve decided to start a weekly feature on my blog every Tuesday, called “How TOuesdays” (see what I did there?). I’m hoping to help spread what little gardening knowledge I have for the benefit of my readers and share some ideas for projects for your garden. I’ll try to keep them simple and practical, if
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“Spring has sprung, and the daffodils are daffodillying” Yes, in those embarrassing words of my second year school principal, Springtime has finally arrived. The garden is just about to go into overdrive, with only four weeks until March is upon us, which is the craziest month of the gardening calendar really. So, to get you
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This week was a very exciting one on the allotment. In what is probably the biggest development since I built my beds, I finally caved and invested in a polytunnel. At 6ft by 13ft, it’s a good size for my plot, narrow, long and tall (kind of like myself, we’re a perfect match). Having being
It’s dark, it’s cold, there are only a few hours of light a day, it’s wet, it’s barren, the plot is a mess. Sound familiar? It may be late into winter but it is a new year and the garden season is just about to kick off. Despite the cold and dull weather, there’s a
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Eating fresh honeycomb straight from a hive. And people wonder why I love bees so much….
I may have overdone it….. This is based solely on the hopes of getting a polytunnel on the plot this year, if not, the whole thing is moot.
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And just like that, It’s a new year. Fresh start, new plans. Last year, I had many plans. So many plans. Some came to fruition, some not. Mostly not. I had a list of resolutions a mile long and a spate of good intentions. But, you know what they say about the best laid plans
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