The Evolution of the Wild Cabbage Plant My recent bedtime reading has been ‘The Blind Watchmaker’ by evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and I am now suffering from lack of sleep. ….Read more
Planting Summer Flowering Bulbs
As some of you may remember we added daffodils and tulips to our range two years ago. I got very excited about this and was guilty of making off with ….Read more
Planting Potatoes in March
Depending on your location early potatoes are planted in mid March once the days begin to warm. To be fair, the soil is probably warm enough to plant now in ….Read more
Using a Heat Bench or Propagator to Grow Vegetable Seedlings
We are nearly at that time again when we sow some tiny seeds in compost and see them magically transform into large tomato plants bearing 15-20 kg of fruit each. ….Read more
Sheen X300 Flamegun Product Review
Weeding the garden is an ongoing process that never seems to end and, of all the jobs in the garden, appears to be the most time consuming. We can hoe ….Read more
Solar Garden LIghts
The clocks haven’t yet gone back and the leaves are still on the trees but there is definitely a change in the light. I love my time spent in the ….Read more
Planting French Garlic in Autumn
It’s the start of Autumn here and we’re clinging on to a vague suggestion of an Indian Summer. It’s still dry enough to spend a bit of time in ….Read more
The Quickcrop Garden Irrigation System
The Quickcrop Garden Irrigation System can be adapted to suit a range of vegetable garden design layouts using a selection of connectors, hoses, valves and timers which can be ….Read more
Irrigating your garden during a hosepipe ban
I took the above photo on Friday morning on the last day of my holidays, it shows Gurteen bay in Co. Galway on another gloriously sunny day. For the first ….Read more
Preserving wild areas in your garden
This year I have slowly begun to move my garden into the field in front of my house by extending the lawn and creating a new orchard. The area is ….Read more