Growing Seed Potatoes
Jan 30 2024 Tom Stewart

Growing Seed Potatoes

In Ireland we love our spuds and there’s nothing better than the taste and satisfaction of your own home grown crop. Potatoes are easy enough to grow and if you haven’t tried them yet you should definitely give it a go. They can be grown in containers if digging the ground is not an option so there’s no excuse not to get planting. Trad...

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Growing Camellias - An easy guide to growing these fabulous Winter & Spring flowering shrubs
Jan 23 2024 Tom Stewart

Growing Camellias - An easy guide to growing these fabulous Winter & Spring flowering shrubs

Camellias are an attractive evergreen range of shrubs that produce beautiful large flowers during late Winter and early Spring. Camellias were cultivated in the gardens of China and Japan for centuries before they were seen in Europe. The leaves and buds that are used for making tea come from a variety of Camellia - Camellia Sinensis. ...

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Native Trees & Hedges
Jan 15 2024 Tom Stewart

Native Trees & Hedges

Native trees have been part of our surroundings since the ice-age and have therefore become accustomed and have developed to suit their environment and they support lots of wildlife large and small and have many benefits from providing us with shelter from wind and rain, protecting soils and adding beauty to our scenery with blossoms, ...

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Easy To Grow Indoor Herbs
Jan 08 2024 Tom Stewart

Easy To Grow Indoor Herbs

We mentioned last  week some flowers suitable for sowing now, so this week I’ve put together a list of herbs you can sow now, from seed indoors on a windowsill - providing you haven’t used up all your window space with the flower seeds we spoke about last week. Home grown herbs are great for flavour and most are happy enough growing in...

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Flower Seeds To Sow Indoors In January
Jan 03 2024 Tom Stewart

Flower Seeds To Sow Indoors In January

As the New Year kicks off, it’s a great time to make plans for the season or even seasons ahead. Perhaps doing a wishlist of projects we would like to undertake from doing a garden makeover or planting a tree or growing some tomatoes, aim for something that’s fun and achievable and when you get some success however big or small, you’ll...

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Christmas Gift Ideas
Dec 12 2023 Tom Stewart

Christmas Gift Ideas

Lots of us are considering what to get some of our loved ones for Christmas and with packed shops, busy car parks, crowded streets it can get a little bit stressful to get that gift for those people on your list. Thankfully Garden Centre's tend to be somewhat of a calmer location - usually with free car parking right at the shop and a...

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