Victory gardens are fruit and vegetable gardens grown by the public both at home and in a community setting. In a war, much like in a pandemic, huge pressure is ….Read more
Category: Miscellaneous
Growing Brassicas – How we bred this amazing group of plants
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
The Benefits Of Using Organic Fertilizers & Plant Feed
Plant feed and fertilizers play a huge part in the garden, and as a company we only use natural and organic alternatives. Natural plant feed is a no-brainer in the ….Read more
Fencing with James
This is a follow up to a weekly newsletter post where I mentioned a guy who worked with me a number of years ago who was always good for a ….Read more
A French Vegetable Garden
I have always been a bit jealous of my brother in law as despite not being he worlds best linguist he manages to communicate no matter what country he finds ….Read more
Cabbage Pest and Disease Control
Cabbage Pests & Diseases Cabbages and other brassicas have become a very important part of the vegetable garden in our climate. Different varieties of cabbages have been bred for productivity, ….Read more
Top 10 Essential Garden Tools Every Gardener Should Own
The garden tools we sell in our online tool shop are all tools that we, as vegetable gardeners, use ourselves. We have sourced a selection of planting, digging, weeding, harvesting, pruning, maintenance ….Read more
The G.I.Y. Gathering 2014
I’m sure most of you have already heard of G.I.Y. or ‘Grow It Yourself’, indeed many of you are probably members so we’ll go for a brief intro for those ….Read more
Top 10 Mothers Day Gardening Gifts 2015
Mothers Day 2015 Mothers Day 2015 is on sunday the 15th of March in Ireland. It is one of those days that lands on a different date each year, which is why ….Read more
Top 10 Facts About Tomatoes
Tomatoes are easy to grow and are becoming a more and more popular crop. A couple of tomato plants will produce hundreds of fruit and keep you in fresh tomatoes ….Read more