GARDENING Frank Steffens, head gardener at Drimbawn Garden, Tourmakeady, on what is involved in creating a wildflower meadow
Making wonderful wildflower meadows
Outdoor Living
A lament for frog song
NATURE Michael Kingdon on the annual ‘great frog migration’ that sees amorous males seek out bodies of water, and females
Build it and they will come
NATURE Barn owls will happily set up home in specially constructed nest boxes, as one Mayo man discovered
The joy of beekeeping
NATURE Alex Blackwell on the rewards of keeping bees and a new course set to start in Mayo this month
Small steps towards ‘real food’
GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal on the rewards of growing and harvesting your own food rather than relying on supermarkets
Bird expert to give talk in Westport this weekend
NATURE Noted ornithologist, educator and illustrator Gordon D’Arcy will focus on Mayo’s birds and how to draw them
When worlds collide
NATURE With lambing season underway, Michael Kingdon discusses the devastating consequences of bait poisoning by some farmers
The west’s wabi-sabi beauty
GARDENING The season’s changes prompt gardener Eriko Uehara Hopkinson to reflect on nature’s transient wonders
Addicted to the e-bike
GREEN LIVING Pat Fahy on all the benefits he’s been reaping from owning an electric bike
Clew Bay, the environment and our future
ENVIRONMENT Alex Blackwell on how one organisation, the Clew Bay Oyster Co-operative, is helping to protect Clew Bay
Woodpeckers wing their way back west
NATURE Michael Kingdon rejoices in the return of the greater spotted woodpecker to Mayo and the west of Ireland