June 6th, 2010
When is a turnip not a turnip? When it’s a swede, of course.
What we Irish commonly refer to as a turnip is actually a Swedish turnip or swede for short. Go and ask for a turnip in England, Wales, Australia or New Zealand and you will be handed a vegetable somewhere in size between a golf ball and a tennis ball. These are the true “turnips” with white flesh rather than the yellow of our Swedish turnip.
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April 4th, 2010
Sweet corn is mistakenly regarded as a “no-grow” in Ireland. Many gardeners view it as a semi-tropical vegetable, one that requires intense sunlight and heat to crop, not to mention ripen. This is no longer true, and let me show you why.
The traditional varieties of sweet corn took a long time in the sun to mature and because of this were virtually guaranteed to disappoint over the Irish “summer”. This all changed when along came the F1 Hybrid seed varieties, sweet corn created through selective breeding. The F1 Hybrid varieties are early to mature making them much more reliable.
Check them out….
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March 28th, 2010
If you’re anything like me you love sowing seeds. It’s a true gardeners delight to raise a plant from a seemingly lifeless husk right through to the point where it blooms, becomes edible or produces fruit. This is what horticulture is all about, whether raising summer bedding for your colourful designs or perhaps growing vegetables to yourself and your family.
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March 17th, 2010
A family-run business dedicated to providing high quality allotments to people living in and around the Galway area. Galway bay allotments have plots of land available on a peaceful and secure site. A piece of organic life only minutes from Galway City.
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March 16th, 2010
Selecting an Allotment plot?
Here are a few guidelines to help you out.
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March 14th, 2010
Broad beans, one of the earliest garden beans to harvest, are a must for all vegetable gardeners. Not only do they produce crops of great benefit to the kitchen, they also add fragrance to the garden through their white-and-black coloured flowers. A staple food of the Roman legionnaire, the powerful Roman army marched on with a belly full of these beans. Maybe you should too.
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February 28th, 2010
The nation is split on parsnips. On one side you have, let’s call them the parsnip-phobes, the group who believe this vegetable to be nothing but the basis for a bland soggy mash. Then on the other side you have the parsnip-philes who view them as a easy grow vegetable, one which will add a warm nutty flavour to stews or conversely bring forth sweetness when roasted.
Where do you stand on the issue? Well, to truly test yourself you should try you hand at growing your own. Once you bring them fresh from garden to table you may see a whole different side to humble parsnip.
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February 23rd, 2010
Need a garden query resolved or want to read numerous enlightening and image filled horticulture related articles?
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February 16th, 2010
Good news for Kells with 40 allotments expected to be available to the areas residents this year.
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February 15th, 2010
In previous articles I have looked at allotment culture from both a historical and site owners perspective. Well, in this piece I hope to help the “landless” gardener source their very own allotment, for a years growing at the very least.
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