Benefits of a garden

Materials and Fuel

Firewood, Handcrafting and natural building materials

Food and Medicine

Fresh seasonal vegetables, fruits and herbs are flavoursome and healthy

Well being

Exercise, balance and relaxation.

What’s New

Making Apple Juice

We got a box of eating apples from a friend with a surplus and made...

GIY Athlone Group Meeting

Grow it Yourself Athlone is a group that organizes casual gatherings to discuss all things...

No Dig Potatoes Harvest Video

We made a quick video harvesting our no-dig potatoes. They have been grown with zero...

Rooting rose cuttings using potatoes

Here’s a way to propagate roses the inexpensive way. It would be most successful with...

Pumpkins – Just on time for Halloween!

Plenty of pumpkins or winter squash in 2017 with literally zero hours of maintenance and...

A great year for apples!

We got several boxes of apples from our kind neighbors whom we will happily return...

Old Apple Tree Discovered

In the spring time and the early summer we had been looking at this tree...

Bee Friendly Plants

We have put together a collection of bee friendly plants for your garden, these include:...

The old Allotment 2010

We have come a long way since these pictures were taken in 2010. It was...