As you may know from last week’s communication I have been having a very enjoyable time reading Jane Powers’ new book ‘An Irish Nature Year’. The book is a compilation ….Read more
Category: Interviews
Gaby Wieland on Wheatgrass
Researching the benefits of drinking wheatgrass juice has to be one of the most challenging tasks as opinions vary wildly from one side to the other. The problem for me ….Read more
Charles Dowding’s Garden
If you read any of the guff I write you will probably have heard me mention Charles Dowding before. He’s a bit of a hero of mine basically because his ….Read more
Wild Irish Medicinal Herbs – Coltsfoot
Iona Herbal – Marina Kessopersadh Marina contacted us about one of her courses she’s running on Saturday April the 6th and the 20th in North Sligo. I thought it looked ….Read more
Irish potato varieties
I had the pleasure of a few very sweet pints of the black stuff with vegetable gardening genius Dermot Carey the other night. Growing food runs deep in Dermot’s blood ….Read more
An interview with Fionnuala Fallon.
I was pleased to bump into writer and journalist Fionnuala Fallon recently as I wanted to compliment her on her new book ‘From the Ground Up’. I’m a sucker for ….Read more
Organic Gardening with Klaus Laitenberger
Klaus Laitenberger is the man behind’Green Seed Company’ which is a select range of vegetable seeds picked for vigour, disease resistance and flavour. Klaus has also written our two favourite ….Read more
Holly Somerville. Botanical Artist
I must confess to be a bit of a frustrated artist myself, in fact my past career involved slopping paint around the canvas but sadly I can’t seem to find ….Read more
A drop of Powers.
I had always read Jane Powers’ Irish Times articles with interest so I was quite excited when I answered the phone one day and found herself on the other end. ….Read more