Here’s an update video on the Pallet Tables from 6 weeks ago. The results are both amazing and not so great. The strawberries are the star of the show, 11 out of 12 varieties have done really well. The salads and kales are doing fine and the radishes have bolted early. Any idea why? Thanks
Did you ever grow potatoes? If not don’t worry, potatoes are easy to grow in containers! It’s an ideal method for those living in a house without a garden or even in an apartment with a sunny balcony. The main advantage is that they’re well drained and take up little space. Once the plant has […]
In this video we’re showing how we turned a patch of waste ground into a useful and beautiful new space. We spent the last weeks wearing down the mountain of rocks covered in soil, grasses and nettles. It was hard work, especially as we’re not use to digging in our no-dig gardens for years now. […]
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 […]
Making delicious cordial is easy and simple. Elderberries like many other berries make for a great cordial for the winter time when days are dark and everybody can do with an extra boost of vitamins. This recipe will also work with elderflowers. We have a recipe for elderflower wine as well, the link is at […]
Yet another quick afternoon project sorted. We repotted some hardy kiwis (Issai) and grape vines last year. Lots of compost and woodchip mulch should get the vines off to a fertile start and keep them nearly weed free. These kiwis should grow and ripen successfully in our climate here in Ireland. Did any of you […]
We like to turn unused spaces into productive ones. It’s amazing how much can be grown in a 3 by 1 meter garden bed once planted as a polyculture with a variety of vegetable, herbs, flowers and fruit utilizing all the layers of space. We simply started by putting cardboard on the grass, planted 2 […]
We built the insect hotel to create more habitat for all those bugs and critters and hopefully allow them to overwinter in our garden. Covering your garden beds with woodchip mulch also makes for great insect habitat year around. The importance of insects both to the ecosystem and to the garden can’t be understated. We […]
Advantages Great for beginners – can be done any time and anywhere, even on a balcony or on a window sill. Plants remain mobile – handy for rearranging and moving them into different micro climates. Can easily be repotted for extra root space and fresh nutrients, plants will grow bigger. Very little weeding to do […]
This spring we’ve built an anti slug table in our nursery. The idea is to keep moving young plants out of the green house once germinated from seed. Typically they will be eaten by the local slugs quite quickly, unless put up onto the anti slug table. It provides both spacial protection by being high […]