What’s New – Page 48 – Gardens for Life

30% of the worlds soil mass (biological carbon) is fungal, living and dead – Paul Stamets

This spring we’ve built an anti slug table in our nursery. The idea is to keep moving young plants out of the […]

Calendula officinalis Calendula, also known as common Marigold are a welcome ornamental addition to the garden. Besides being nice to look at, […]

We’re entering this years pallet up-cycling challenge at the Roscommon lamp festival. We have two entries – an insect hotel and a […]

Feeding the birds during cold spells and snow helps them a lot to get through the winter. Please share to encourage others. […]

Great Video! We’ve been experimenting with grafting in the our gardens this year, we will keep you up to date.

In this video we’re showing an area of our garden that was covered in deep weeds and grasses only 6 weeks ago. […]

Planting a fruit tree well and kick starting it’s life couldn’t be simpler. It’s a once off investment and you should get […]

Last July we spotted a Goldfinch in our garden eating thistle seeds. He will probably still be spreading them though as a […]

We’re only midway in the second growing season after mulching and what a transformation it has been. We’ve done almost no maintenance […]