June 24, 2018February 2, 2019Useful Plants Series, What's New Useful Plants Series – Mashua Tropaeolum tuberosum Available in our SHOP. Mashua is a vegetable that has been used by humans for 8000 years and has been […]
June 9, 2018August 17, 2018Videos, What's New Repotting Plants and Mulching Potted Plants – Video (Scroll down for video) The importance of repotting plants: Give plants room to expand their roots and grow Prevent them from becoming […]
June 6, 2018June 9, 2018Interesting 'facts', What's New 30% of the worlds soil mass (biological carbon) is fungal, living and dead – Paul Stamets
June 1, 2018June 30, 2018Mini Projects, Videos, What's New The famous anti slug table – Video This spring we’ve built an anti slug table in our nursery. The idea is to keep moving young plants out of the […]
May 21, 2018July 30, 2018Useful Plants Series, What's New Useful Plants Series – Marigold / Calendula Calendula officinalis Calendula, also known as common Marigold are a welcome ornamental addition to the garden. Besides being nice to look at, […]
May 13, 2018June 20, 2023Events Old Gardening Workshop Success Our first gardening workshop was fully booked out and it was a great success. We got to share how a garden can […]
May 9, 2018June 20, 2023Events Old Free Gardening Workshop coming up! We are having a free workshop about the basics on productive and near zero maintenance gardening on Saturday in Roscommon, Ireland. Email […]
May 5, 2018May 5, 2018Birdland Cottage, What's New Pallet up-cycling entries We’re entering this years pallet up-cycling challenge at the Roscommon lamp festival. We have two entries – an insect hotel and a […]
March 4, 2018June 30, 2018Birdland Cottage, Videos, What's New Feeding Birds during snow in Ireland – Video Feeding the birds during cold spells and snow helps them a lot to get through the winter. Please share to encourage others. […]
February 21, 2018June 30, 2018Videos, What's New Grafting Apple trees – Video Great Video! We’ve been experimenting with grafting in the our gardens this year, we will keep you up to date.