Grow Your Own Food with Seed Potatoes February 20, 2020The potato has been a mainstay of Irish cuisine for centuries and today this much-loved root vegetable is making a comeback in home gardens. It'e easy to grow your own...
Raised Beds - What's all the Fuss About? February 17, 2020Over the last few years there has been a huge increase in people growing their own food. People who before may well have thought that potatoes did actually grow on...
It's All About the Bees February 9, 2020We need to rethink our perception of beauty. We should love the wildflowers growing on our roadside verges and not accept tightly mown, or even worse, sprayed with Glyphosate, areas...
The Regal Lily - A Right Royal Treat January 16, 2020One of the true beauties of the summer garden for me must be the Regal Lily. Lilium regale is aptly named for it is like a royal visitor in the...
Irish Heathers, On Trend Again October 21, 2019I think, in my short time as a gardener, of such plants as Dahlias which I have seen go from being grown everywhere (remember front gardens full of nothing but)...
Autumn Colour A Magical Annual Display October 6, 2019There are few sights as spectacular as a building covered with the fiery red of Parthenocissus quinquefolia or Virginia Creeper. Roadsides all over the country will be ablaze with colour...
