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
Cork Garlic Farm Update
You may remember we reported from the West Cork Garlic Farm earlier in the year. It’s a project we’re very excited about as it gives us a source of Irish ….Read more
Top 10 Great Overwintering Vegetables
We always get loads of calls in August / September looking for overwintering vegetable seedlings. Of course I’m delighted as we do a great range of vegetables for autumn planting ….Read more
Elderflower Champagne
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