Gardens for Life is 2 years old now! It has been an epic journey with many gardening experiments, videos and harvests. A big thanks to all of our followers for of your encouragement. We always enjoy hearing that we’ve helped others to start their own gardens and turned to more natural approaches resulting in a […]
A week ago we ran our first in-official plant nursery and propagation workshop. As promised here is a video review and the results. Volunteers learnt the basics on starting plants from seed, potting them and how to root cuttings to turn them into plants. The aim is to enable those interested to grow their own […]
We have published a summer update video on our living willow structures featuring some of the willow arches in our gardens and the willow tunnel in front of our house. Lots of tips and tricks, as well as many of the key benefits included. Enjoy! More videos to come next week on our first in-official […]
We ran a no dig lasagne gardening workshop for PJ and Co in Ferbane Co. Offaly, Ireland. It was only a small patch for demonstrational purpose, left open to expand to the whole front garden. We got lucky, just when the rain started, the second half the day we looked at pictures, presentations and videos […]
Earthworms are the gardeners best friend and they are the primary decomposers in our temperate climate. Worms are efficient at breaking down organic matter into a plant available form resulting in the most rich and nutrient dense compost called worm castings. You can add worms to a newly established lasagne garden bed and kick start […]
Never water your garden again! In this video we’ll show the moisture held below the surface of our No-Dig mulch garden after 2 weeks of no rain. We’re also planting sweet corn the easy way.
Here is a video tour of our front garden 1 year after putting down mulch. We’re only midway in the second growing season after mulching and what a transformation it has been. We’ve done almost no maintenance to keep the garden in good shape, productive and beautiful. The mulch is increasing fertility and biodiversity steadily […]
Gardening can be highly productive with near zero maintenance by working with nature and creating beautiful spaces in your garden. Combining methods such as ‘no dig’, mulching, insectary and polyculture planting mimicking forest systems helps to restore long term fertility and biodiversity. This new garden is to produce vegetables, fruit, herbs, plants and tubers year […]
Hi All! Last week we planted out a batch of Oca tubers. In this video we want to show you how easy it is to start Oca tubers in pots and plant them out into a mulched garden. To make it all the more fun, we are going to make a harvest video weighing them […]
At the moment we’re clearing out the greenhouse and getting ready to start the second wave of seeds in trays. These will be repotted or planted out directly in about 6-8 weeks. In the mean time we’ll get a chance to do a bit of well overdue landscaping around the place whilst keeping the greenhouse […]