February 2nd, 2010
For a country that promotes itself as the Emerald Isle, Ireland has been found badly wanting where the provision of allotments are concerned. This is very apparent when we consider what small quantities of plots our city and county councils throughout the land provide.
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January 26th, 2010
Coleville Allotments are located on a secure site in a picturesque setting on the Coleville Road near Minella Hotel. The allotments are surrounded by mature trees and rest about 1 mile from the town centre .
Bring the family, meet new friends and “Grow your Own”
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Tags: allotment Tipperary., Allotments, allotments clonmel, allotments Tipperary, BBQ, Clonmel, clonmel allotments, Co. Tipperary, Coleville Allotments, Coleville Road, Farm yard manure, fruit bushes, Help available, picnic area, plot-holders, polytunnels, Private allotments, tea room, Tipperary alotment, Tipperary alotments, Toilets, water, wheelbarrow, €100, €150
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January 24th, 2010
When I think back, allotments always seemed to me to be a typically English pursuit. I always pictured a Jack Duckworth type character from Manchester’s Coronation Street using his allotment for the dual purposes of cultivating cabbages, whilst enjoying some quality time away from his wife Vera. However, my thoughts have changed in past years as I have seen an upsurge of interest in allotment growing right here in Ireland.
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Tags: 1913, 1916, allotment growing in Ireland, allotment history ireland, Belfast, cities, City Allotment Schemes, city councils, Clonmel, commonage, county councils, cultivating cabbages, Dublin, Dublin Corporation, English allotments, farmers, food, General Enclosure Act, growing their own vegetables, healthier living, history of allotments, ireland allotment history, Jack Duckworth, naval blockades, nineteenth century, organic food, square foot, St Vincent de Paul, Victorians, World War I
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January 13th, 2010
Community gardens are fun, but it seems for Dean Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland that fun is more than just growing your own veg.
Dean Gardens, overlooking the New Town and the Water of Leith, had been hijacked by youths for use as a drinking area.
And no, it was not tomato juice or a cabbage smoothie they were imbibing.
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Tags: cabbage, community gardens, community members, Dean Gardens, drinking area, Edinburgh, Leith, New Town, police, Scotland, site, smoothie, tomato juice, youths
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September 27th, 2009
October gave a party;
The leaves by hundreds came;
The ashes, oaks, and maples,
And those of every name.
George Cooper (1838–1927), U.S. poet.
You may have noticed over the last few days the signal that October is on its way. The leaves have ever so slowly begun to fall from our trees.
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Tags: buddleia, butterfly bush, cotoneaster, currant, currants plants, cuttings, dogwood, elderberry, gooseberry, Hardwood cutting, hardwood cuttings, plants for free, propagation, rooting hormone, rooting powder, rose, Spirea, Viburnum, willow
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September 22nd, 2009
A child, and family friendly allotment scheme in Co. Galway.
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Tags: allotment, allotment Galway, allotments Galway, Corrib Garden Allotments, Galway, Lough Corrib, N59, plots, Portacarron, Private allotment, rabbit-proof fence
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September 22nd, 2009
Athenry Environmental Network Allotment Open Day Saturday October 3rd 2pm to 3pm - Athenry
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Tags: allotment, allotment scheme, Athenry, Athenry Environmental Network, garden, growing vegetables, growing your own veg, learn, limited spaces, meeting, October 3rd, practical experience, tips on planting, winter veg
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September 20th, 2009
“Potatoes served at breakfast, at dinner served again; potatoes served at supper, forever and Amen!”
–Pennsylvania prayer.
The gardeners and farmers who had the foresight to plant their potatoes earlier this year have an interesting few weeks ahead of them.
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Tags: Colleen potatoes, harvest potatoes, harvesting potatoes, homegrown, how to dig potatoes, how to harvest potatoes, lifting potatoes, new potatoes, Orla potatoes, potato digging, potato harvest, potatoes, potatoes storage tips, spading fork, when to dig potatoes, when to harvest potatoes
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September 6th, 2009
“Anger is as a stone cast into a wasp’s nest”.
Chinese Proverb.
It feels like this year is fast becoming the year of the wasp. Despite all the wet weather we have received there has been plenty of wasps around. You would expect the dampness would put them off, but no, they seem as plentiful as they are in a warm summer, if not more so.
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Tags: allergic reaction, anaphylactic shock, apple, Bendiocarb, common wasp, cyanide of potassium, decoy wasp nest, deter wasps, fake wasps nest, false wasp nest, fruit growers, fruit split, fruit trees, gages, grapes, insect, kill wasps, pear, plums, squibbing, stung, sugar eaters, Vespula vulgaris, wasp killer, wasp larvae, Wasp Nest Killer, wasp spray, Wasp trap, Waspinator, Wasps, wasps get rid, wasps kill, wasps nest
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August 24th, 2009
“Don’t wear perfume in the garden - unless you want to be pollinated by bees.”
Anne Raver
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Tags: acid soils, animals, anther, apples, attract bees, attractive, autumn, bee attractant, Bee Keeping, bee visits, beekeeping, bees, bird cherry, black Alder, blackthorn, blueberry, Borage, bread, butterfly bush, Ceanothus, climate, clover, coastal garden, collecting, common privet, Container growing, cough, dog rose, dusk, elderberry, Escallonia, Evergreen, Exposed, exposure, female, flower, forage, fresh produce, fruits, garden, Geraniums, globe thistle, goat willow, grass, guelder Rose, hairy, hawthorn, hazel, Heather, Hebes, Herb garden, hive, honey, honey and lemon, honeybee, honeysuckle, hypericum, insects, Irish ivy, Killarney strawberry tree, kilometres, Lavender, Lawns, male, mixed hedgerow, native bees, native plants, native shrubs, nectar, parasitic mite, peas, people, Perennial plantings, Perfume, pesticides, pests, plants, pollen, pollen dust, pollinated, pollinating insects, pollination, proteins fats, Pyracantha, rowan, sage, scones, Sedum, selective, shedding, soil type, spray, spraying, stigma, Strawberries, sugars, Summer flowering shrubs, summers, supermarkets, swarms, thyme, tomatoes, trellis, trembling poplar, underplantings, Varroa destructor, veg, vegetables, walls, weedkiller, whitebeam, wild bee, wild cherry, wild crab apple, wild native hedgerow, wind, yields
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