Seed Saving – Peas
Seed saving in your garden is a great way to extend one growing season into the next. With peas and beans for […]
Author: Martin Gardener
The proof is in the raspberry!
The proof is in the raspberry! Since it’s the time of year to harvest autumn raspberries, this is a great opportunity to […]
Shops closed? Just pick up a few bits in your garden!
Just a thought with the hurricane here in Ireland this weekend. Growing your own vegetables and fruits has many benefits including better […]
Natural Ireland
Gallery and video – A compilation of a few pictures from around Ireland with a Irish soundtrack (The Fureys – Lonesome Boatman). […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Chicken Tractor
A chicken tractor is composed of a flock of chickens with a mobile coop and a mobile electric fence. The chickens scratch […]
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 […]