Ingredients 4 litres hot water 700g sugar Juice and zest of four lemons 2 tablespoons white wine vinegar About 15 elder ower heads, in full bloom A pinch of dried yeast ….Read more
Raised Bed Vegetable Gardening
Why should I use a raised bed? I guess the best place to get started is why should I grow in Raised Garden Beds in the first place? There are ….Read more
The Vegetable Garden in May
May is just the best, isn’t it? Especially this year when the Winter has been stubbornly holding on for all it’s worth. The buds are finally popping on the trees ….Read more
New Products for May
We’ve got some cool new stuff on our site that you might find interesting as well us some less exciting but very handy consumables for this time of year. Let’s ….Read more
Planting Out Vegetable Seedlings
O.K., so you’ve managed to produce your own seedling plants or have bought in some promising looking specimens. You have hardened them off and are ready to put them out ….Read more
How to Plant Tomato Seedlings
I had a call from Dermot Carey (my personal vegetable guru) over the weekend as he wanted to pick up a couple of rolls of fleece. “I hope you don’t ….Read more
What’s so great about kale?
To compliment Dorcas Barry’s great energy boosting smoothie featured in this months newsletter I’m covering the leafy green part of the recipe to show just how easy they are to ….Read more
Where to buy vegetable seedlings online
Er, from us. Well, as far as I know we are the only Irish supplier of garden ready vegetable plants. We deliver nationwide and we grow great plants (though I ….Read more
Growing Sprouting Seeds
If you’re getting a bit upset that the vegetable growing season is over you might like to try growing some sprouting seeds. O.K. they’re never going to replace a large ….Read more
Green Smoothies with Dorcas Barry
When Dorcas Barry agreed to contribute to our blog I couldn’t believe my luck. I met Dorcas at the G.I.Y. (Grow It Yourself) gathering in Waterford last year where she ….Read more