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GARDENING Climate proof your harvest

Facing the elements Growing your own Chris Brown ‘Green fingers’ is an expression used to describe somone who is good with plants, and the common thread that links everyone described as having this talent is that they understand a plant’s needs and ...

12 Apr 2010 at 17:44

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GARDENING Growing in polytunnels

Tunnel Vision Organic Growing Hans Wieland Do you love tomatoes, basil, sweetcorn and cucumbers? Would you like to be eating your first crop of new potaoes as early as June? Do you want lettuce throughout the winter? If the answer to those ...

06 Apr 2010 at 06:00

Ideas for surplus fresh fruit and veg

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Ideas for surplus fresh fruit and veg

LIVELY SALADS Fruit, pickles, nuts and seeds add interest, taste and variety to salads. Tips on how to use up the garden’s bounty Green Living McKinley Neal For the second year in a row, I can only just point out a ripe strawberry before ...

09 Jun 2020 at 13:11

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GARDENING Use green manures to improve soil fertility

Use green manures to improve your soil’s fertility Growing Hans Wieland Today, I will start with my own quote of the day: “In a nutshell, or dung heap for that matter, modern society is built on cow manure!” (Hans Wieland). Once people ...

27 Aug 2013 at 13:34

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GARDENING How to make your own compost

Turn your waste into black gold Growing Hans Wieland When I arrived in Ireland in 1985, composting as part of recycling household and garden waste wasn’t a well established practise. People often dumped grass clippings or put kitchen ...

10 Sept 2013 at 13:16

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GARDENING Growing vegetables outdoors and in

Growing outdoors and in Growing Hans Wieland Renowned organic gardener Joy Larkcom writes in her wonderful book ‘Grow your own vegetables’, “The newcomer to vegetable growing is sometimes at a loss as to how to start. This is hardly ...

05 Feb 2013 at 13:01

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GARDENING New potatoes and old ocas

New potatoes and old ocas Growing Hans Wieland Lucy Madden in her great book ‘The Potato Year, 365 ways of cooking potatoes’ calls the potato “the most democratic of vegetables” because it is so widely available. Self-confessed ...

05 Mar 2013 at 14:24

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GARDENING Keep your veg plot weed free

Weeds-there’s no escape Growing your own Chris Brown When buying seeds we are influenced by the lovely picture on the packet, which always shows fabulous results. Tomatoes all pert, plump and shiny and carrots the size of a ...

25 May 2010 at 15:08

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SUSTAINABILITY Protect your veg plot from high winds

Taming the elements Growing your own Chris Brown We are indeed fortunate to live in Ireland. Not only is it a wealthy and peaceful nation, it does not have extreme weather conditions to contend with; being neither too hot ...

10 May 2010 at 18:04

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SUSTAINABILITY Why keep chickens?

WHAT YOU SEE, IS WHAT YOU GET The very best way to ensure the quality of the meat that you’re eating is to fatten up some chickens for yourself. Put your own chicken on the table Chris Brown IF you were to get a pen and ...

27 Jul 2011 at 11:07

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GARDENING Growing food from seed at home

HEAT LOVERS Tomato seeds prefer warmer temperatures. Growing food from seed at home Organic growing Hans Wieland Growing food from seeds is one of the wonders of gardening. For good seed germination, you need viable ...

24 Apr 2012 at 12:21

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GARDENING Growing Charles Ross apples

Introducing the tasty Charles Ross Organic living Charles Wieland Visitors to our orchard in The Organic Centre often ask us ‘What is the best variety to grow?’ and although this is a hard question to answers, more ...

11 Oct 2011 at 06:51

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