We haven’t been seeing too many butterflies in Galway this year but I am glad to say that lately they seem to be making a return. I see plenty of them fluttering around the garden but for some strange reason I also seem to be finding a lot of butterflies in the house. The one above […]
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Growing peas.
A friend looked around my garden the other day and asked me if I went to bed dreaming about peas – well no, but I do like them and I suppose I have planted quite a few. I have planted them before and haven’t had any disasters with them. As for peas, well I find […]
Slug and egg
Here we are at July 15th already – we’re in Galway Bay and it hasn’t rained for two whole weeks. If you’ve never been to Galway you won’t know how amazing that is but for those of us who live here it feels like a glorious sunny dream. The weather has been dry and hot […]
Growing Brassica In A Raised Bed
The fourth raised bed is for growing brassica, but this bed must wait until I get another delivery of soil. I have used up my ton of soil, filing just three beds. BUT WHAT’S A BRASSICA? I thought it would be a bed full of leafy stuff but I have just learned that Brassica include swedes […]
Growing Peas in Raised Beds
Growing peas in raised beds is surprisingly easy and the great thing is that you don’t have to buy ‘real’ raised beds you can use containers, tyres, old boats – anything that will hold soil. I started the peas and some broad beans you see below on the window sills in the sunniest room in […]
Stoney Grey Soil
STONEY GREY SOIL BY PATRICK KAVANAGH * O stony grey soil of Monaghan The laugh from my love you thieved; You took the gay child of my passion And gave me your clod-conceived. . You clogged the feet of my boyhood And I believed that my stumble Had the poise and stride of Apollo And […]
Slugs don’t like beer
Slugs 10 – Beer 0 Remember last weeks post when I was happily planning how to get rid of slugs? Well, you heard it from me. I have caught not a single slug with my carefully laid out beer traps. Is it the wrong beer? Don’t those fussy little slugs like cheap Lidl lager? What do they […]
The War On Weeds
Ask any gardener and they will probably tell you that when it comes to fighting the war on weeds, you might win a few battles here and there, but weeds are a formidable foe. The front will keep moving around the garden and you will never, ever win the war. Most gardeners never stop trying […]
THE WILDFLOWER MEADOW THAT WASN’T
WILDFLOWER MEADOW In my first post about my barren, Burren wildflower meadow I mentioned my disappointment at the lack of growth in the flower department, the speedy growth in the weed department and the lack of any replies in the email department from Gerry, the professional and ‘passionate about gardening’ gardener who prepared the ground […]
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