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Gardening Advice & Tips for Irish Gardeners
Early Maintenance of My Seedlings
We’ve had a rare taste of Summer over the past week and with that the need to keep plants and seedling watered as kept me busy in the garden. It’s been 3 weeks since I sowed my vegetable raised beds and my carrots, beetroot, garlic and onions have come on a...
Dog proofing my vegetable garden
I should have known this day would come. Since day one my dog has taken a liking to the raised beds. This week the curiosity got the better of him as he went sniffing around my recently sowed beds. Luckily enough there is not too much damage to report; just...
Day 6 in the garden - March 27th. The frost that was forecast for this weekend never came to much so I have decided not to waste another second and I’ve been out sowing seeds in the vegetable raised beds. It’s been 3 weeks since I started sowing vegetable seeds which began with the sowing of...
Day 5 in the Garden – March 18th (Planning my Raised Beds)
It is time to plan out my raised beds and decide where I am going to sow everything this year. I am using two raised beds, one small greenhouse and I’ve got a few pots for herbs and potato grow bags for my potatoes. Because...
Day 4 in the Garden – March 13th
With the worst of the frost behind us, St. Patrick's bank holiday weekend is the official beginning of the gardening year. Soil temperatures are on the up and many people choose this weekend to get out and sow their seed potatoes and other hardy vegetable seeds....
The weather may not agree that it is February but my calendar does so that is reason enough to turn my attention to the gardening year ahead. February is a time to begin planning out what you want from your garden over the coming months. If you are growing vegetables, now is the time to choose...
Over the past few days we have all been paying particularly close attention to the weather forecast. With images of snow covered fields coming from England and Met Eireann suggesting that we could be next in line by the middle of next week; many of us will be holding our breath. As a gardener I...
Just because the summer is over doesn’t mean gardening stops too! Ok, the weather has certainly turned and night time temperatures are down to about 4 degrees but the work in the garden continues in earnest. While autumn is a time of harvest, it can also be a time of sowing as there are...
Another week and another project for the garden, but this one is surely the most rewarding! Taking cuttings of plants is not only simple but it also saves you money and means you get more of the plants that you know grow well in your soil and look great in your garden. Lavender can be a hit and...
