My Gardening Week
Free To A Good Home
As a result of the recent muggy evenings, there are an estimated eighteen thousand snails and slugs crawling about. Effectively, I only need about five
April 1, 2021
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Live In The Moment
Coffee, the sound of running water and smashing sunshine. There’s colder days forecast later this week, so now’s time to savour the moment. The time
March 31, 2021
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Six on Saturday
Six-on-Saturday – Tulip Mania
By about 1610 tulip mania reached frenzied heights. A single bulb of a new variety was acceptable as dowry for a bride, and a flourishing brewery in France was exchanged for one bulb of the variety Tulipe Brasserie.
March 27, 2021
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My Gardening Week
Throwback Thursday
Here’s a look back to July 2020. I have a central area on the patio which changes in appearance regularly. In it I have some
March 25, 2021
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Six-on-Saturday – Back Left Corner
I think it’s very strange that the name of certain plants just keep getting forgotten, lost in that back left corner of my brain. That corner must be nearly full by now, and refuses to give up its secrets!
March 20, 2021
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Finally
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day to one ald all, at home and abroad. Éirinn Go Brách!
March 17, 2021
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Six-on-Saturday – Second Thoughts
This week there’s beer and changed plans (not connected), frost and fun. Grab a coffee, put on your glasses and be open to a bit of mild garden fun.
March 13, 2021
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Six-on-Saturday – Seachtain na Gaeilge
I’ve been kept busy caring for my seedlings and I’ve a path worn from the propagator in the utility room to the glasshouse. It was also a week for some good cycling, albeit in circles within my 5km zone.
March 6, 2021
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Six-on-Saturday – Jerusalema And Pressed Bamboo
I’ll give my love pressed bamboo leaves. I’d have included roses if V-Day were in summer. I know that pressed bamboo doesn’t quite cut the mustard, yet she understands my ways. It’s as good as an offer to help with the hoovering.
February 13, 2021
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My Gardening Week
Sweet Pea Special
If this were a video, you’d hear me saying something like: “How are your Sweet Peas?” You like the fragrance of sweet peas? These beauties
February 9, 2021
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My Gardening Week
Just Three Things – Cheering Up My Sunday
Here we go again with my formerly-regular Just Three Things. In case you’re unfamiliar with this, I write regularly about my short early morning wander
February 7, 2021
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Six-on-Saturday – A Grand Oul Stretch
I’m noticing the grand oul stretch in the evening. There’s an extra one hour and forty minutes of daylight since the start of January, forty in the morning and a full hour at the other end. That’s why you don’t hear anyone saying there’s a grand oul stretch in the morning
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February 6, 2021
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My Gardening Week
Ahead of Myself
I took a look back to this day two years ago when I started the annual powerwashing. This is a real pain in the neck
February 2, 2021
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Dahlia Delight
February 1st 2021. Generally regarded as the first day of spring here in Ireland, the 1st of February is the feast of Saint Brigid. I’m
February 1, 2021
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Six-on-Saturday – Failure Is Part Of Success
We bought this about fifteen years ago, but never connected an electricity supply. A few years later it became more difficult when our dog Jessie chewed through the cables.
January 30, 2021
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Just Three Things
Here we go again with my formerly-regular Just Three Things. In case you’re unfamiliar with this, I write regularly about my early morning wander down
January 28, 2021
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My Gardening Week
A Death In The Family
With heavy heart, I write of a death in the family. Fifty-eight small seedlings froze to death in the glasshouse last night. When I heard
January 25, 2021
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Week#4/21 Review
Yesterday, I had my first Zoom call with Joe since his inauguration last Wednesday. We agreed on a wide range of issues. A spokesman, who
January 24, 2021
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