Outdoor Living

NATURE Voracious, invasive non-native roach are depriving juvenile trout and salmon of the food they need

OUTDOOR LIVING Sonia Kelly reports on a Louisburgh man’s determination to set up an asparagus farm in the west of Ireland

NATURE Pat Fahy on wonder-inducing butterflies and how to attract them into your patch

NATURE The recent rain has brought to life our wild orchids, and John Shelley marvels at two kinds he finds locally

NATURE Pat Fahy shares some tips on how to start turning your garden into a bee and butterfly oasis

NATURE John Shelley has watched on with increasing alarm as the lake bed of lough Carra grows more and more unstable

NATURE Pat Fahy on how a new free booklet, ‘Gardening for Biodiversity’, offers easy step-by-step actions for wildlife-friendly gardens

OUTDOOR LIVING John Shelley finds himself tempted by the tantalising sight of trout feasting before his eyes

NATURE Pat Fahy on the important role we can all play by recording the different butterflies  we spot on a walk

GREEN LIVING McKinley Neal shares some tips and tricks for eco-friendly fertiliser, composting and weeding