05/05/2026
How to Make a DIY Bird Box
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Bat Spotting in Ireland: How to Use a Bat Detector
It's Biodiversity week this week! In this article we enter the fun world of bat detectors - and how you can identify Ireland's native bat species.
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Bee Friendly Wildflowers
Native wildflowers can provide nectar and pollen throughout the year, while also brightening up our outdoors.
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Peat Free Compost
Moving to peat free compost is a means of conserving vital peatland ecosystems. We discuss how the options are improving, and how to adapt to peat free compost.
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28/04/2026
Are Bird Feeders Harming Birds?
02/04/2026
Optimum Sowing Times for Irish Gardens
26/03/2026
How to Make a Bokashi Soil Factory
Editor Picks
07/10/2024
Interview: Lynda Huxley on Swift Conservation and Nest Boxes
How traditional swift nesting spaces have been lost, and how we can help mitigate this loss.
21/02/2025
A Guide to Bird Nesting Boxes
Discussing the different types of nest boxes you can provide, including ones made from temperature regulating materials.
28/05/2024
How To Create a Wildlife Friendly Pond
A garden pond can soon attract wildlife and aquatic insects like a magnet.
27/09/2024
The Importance of Soil Biodiversity
Biodiversity can also apply to the microscopic, unseen life in your garden soil.
10/11/2021
How to Grow Potatoes
10/11/2021
How To Grow Tomatoes
07/04/2025
A Guide to Growing Cosmos
10/11/2021
How To Grow Lettuce
Latest Interviews
28/02/2025
Kids' Own
Learn about the collaborative project between Crannmore Community Co Op and book publisher Kids' Own
29/01/2025
Donna Mullen
How to attract wildlife to your garden. Donna Mullen is an wildlife expert and author of 'Make Your Home a Nature Reserve'
07/10/2024
Lynda Huxley
Expert bird conservationist Lynda Huxley discusses conservation grade bird boxes, Swifts and how to attract birds to your garden
19/11/2020
Jane Powers
Irish Times writer and author of the beautifully illustrated 'An Irish Nature Year'
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