October 11, 2017January 18, 2019Useful Plants Series Useful Plants Series – Yarrow Achillea millefolium Available in our SHOP. A perennial white flower that grows wild in Ireland and it’s latin name ‘millefolium’ refers to […]
October 3, 2017June 21, 2019Mini Projects Making Country Wine (Elderflower) This June we made a batch of elderflower wine. Here are basic instructions, a recipe and pictures on how to make it […]
October 2, 2017March 5, 2020Useful Plants Series Useful Plants Series – Comfrey Comfrey is traditionally known as knitbone or boneset with many uses both in the garden and medicinally. The leaves make for great compost […]
September 25, 2017Interesting 'facts' Fennel and cow parsley attract ladybirds and hover flies, these eat aphids.
September 21, 2017October 8, 2020Mini Projects Chicken Tractor A chicken tractor is composed of a flock of chickens with a mobile coop and a mobile electric fence. The chickens scratch […]
September 19, 2017September 21, 2017Mini Projects Soft/Semi-hardwood Propagation Here is a cheap and easy way to root plant cuttings and multiply your plants in a matter of a single growing […]
September 12, 2017September 12, 2017Interesting 'facts' Temperate zone vegetables will not go to seed on the equator due to daylight hours.
September 12, 2017September 12, 2017Interesting 'facts' 97% of the worlds water is salty, of the 3% – 75% is ice and 11% is ground water Quote by Geoff Lawton