We have had frost over the past couple of nights. It was forecast and my wife and gardening guru was prepared. We had stored some soft...

Today we completed another task to keep our strawberries safe from ground pests, namely goddamn horrible snails and from the air, pesky...

A tendril is a specialised stem which has a threadlike shape that is used by climbing plants to cling on for support as they grow. In the...

Though we have a lot of plants planted, there are still a lot of little seedling trays, pots, egg boxes and half milk containers full of...

I find myself spotting waste material from time to time, particularly pallets, I probably drive my wife nuts, driving around admiring...

Moderate frost with temperatures below zero degrees Celsius can be widely destructive to vegetation especially tender plants such as...

We love strawberries and last year we had a project idea to grow strawberries on an elevated structure to make them easier to pick and to...

Yesterday, we planted the first tomato plants into tunnel #2. It was brilliant. We did a little work preparing overhead wires to use as...

For Summer 2019 we purchased a 'tunnel', an entry level polytunnel. it was not an extravagant purchase, it cost less than 100 Euro...

Our poor country is suffering along with the rest of the world in the grip of the Corona-19 virus pandemic. We are lucky to have our...

Our country as are others experiencing an unprecedented national emergency. Coronavirus is limiting our movements. One can still safely...

Seeds can be grown in almost any old thing an old cup or jar, pretty much any clean container. Some even use empty cardboard toilet...

Our dog Bailey is definitely the boss in our house. Bailey is a shih-tzu and is nine years young. Bailey moved to live with us after my...

During the week the first of our seeds have germinated, the little tomato plants and the sweetpea flowers have popped out of their seeds...

Its February 22nd and the day has come to begin gardening for the year ahead. Time to plant some of the seeds for the year ahead. Growing...

Today, we took a day off and had a day trip to Galway. It was a special day for me, as today is my birthday. I was fortunate to receive...

"Sure where would you get it?", says I... "Nowhere" says she ....

The work/art of making marmalade This weekend the weather and the Irish 2020 Election confined us to the indoors. We busied ourselves...