GARDENING Westport gardener Eriko Hopkinson on how a patient approach with dahlias can reap colourful rewards
Outdoor Living
Ragwort and nature’s circle of life
NATURE Michael Kingdon on how the eradication of ragwort has led to the dramatic fall in both cinnabar-moth and cuckoo numbers
Sitting beneath centuries
NATURE Michael Kingdon meets a hare on Lough Carra’s wooded shore, and takes a seat under an old oak
Restoring the Carrowbeg River
NATURE Michael Kingdon on mitigating the flood risk of Westport’s Carrowbeg River while maintaining the river’s health
The desirability of dark moist goo
GARDENING Gardener Oliver Whyte on the natural way to achieve healthy soil in your garden
Half dozen new hoots
NATURE Michael Kingdon visits a Mayo barn owl nest box where a brood of six barn-owl chicks is being raised
It’s all coming up roses
GARDENING Eriko Uehara Hopkinson on her love for roses and her favourite picks among the vast varieties
Clowns and acrobats
NATURE Michael Kingdon encounters juvenile chough and explains the cág cosdearg’s hard-won joie de vivre
June for the birds
NATURE BirdWatch Mayo to host outings to the coastal birds of Downpatrick Head and the swifts of Castlebar
Our eels are sliding away from us
NATURE Michael Kingdon on the sharp decline in our European eel population, as seen in our local rivers
Wild dining’s liquid gold
NATURE After happening upon a wild Irish bee nest, Michael Kingdon attempts to extract some sweet golden honey