winter – Gardens for Life

A Hard Frost is an Ecological Reset

Luckily the hard frost will knock back the weeds as well as your plants to give you a fresh start in Spring, […]

It feels great to know that the days are getting longer again. It may seem like the new growing season is ages […]

For our frost sensitive tuberous vegetables from the Andes the growing season is now over. The Yacon, Mashua and Oca have been […]

Our Winter Selection is now available on our Online Shop. Secure your tubers, cuttings and bare root plants now. Get 20% off […]

We wish you a happy new year and an abundant new growing season in 2024! I’ve been under immense pressure in the […]

The first wave of Winter has just gone by here in the midlands of Ireland. This time we were a lot more […]

Talk about a last minute harvest! In this video i harvested the last Yacons just before a fairly major frost last night. […]

In this quick video i talk about overwintering kale and chard. Greens are generally hard to come by during the Winter months […]

So now we know what temperatures we would have without our reliable south westerly winds bringing up mild oceanic air & rain […]

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