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Participants wanted for a series of portraits of people interested in allotment gardening.

Monday, January 18th, 2016

Laurence is a commercial and editorial portrait photographer. He is shooting a series of portraits of people interested in allotment gardening.
He is looking for interested participants. It is for a personal project he is shooting on the “Urban Gardener”
Participants will receive an image from shoot as a print or jpeg as thanks.
It will taken no more than 15 mins of each participant’s time. If you would like to take part Laurence can be contacted on 086 8224798 and [email protected].
Laurence is interested in starting project this month. You can get an idea of Laurence’s style of photography and a bit of background via his website www.laurencejphotography.com

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Attirory Allotments, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim.

Tuesday, February 7th, 2012

Touted as the first commercial allotments in Carrick-on-Shannon, Co Leitrim, Attirory Allotments are now available to rent.
These plots within a secure gated premises are of limited availability, and given on first come first served basis. Expert advice and encouragement are at the allotmentees disposal if required, so the plots are well worth a look.

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Kale growing - Kale how to grow, tips, varieties, cooking.

Sunday, May 15th, 2011

Did you ever eat Colcannon, made from lovely pickled cream?
With the greens and scallions mingled like a picture in a dream.
Did you ever make a hole on top to hold the melting flake
Of the creamy, flavoured butter that your mother used to make?

Yes you did, so you did, so did he and so did I.
And the more I think about it, sure, the nearer I’m to cry.
Oh, wasn’t it the happy days when troubles we had not,
And our mothers made Colcannon in the little skillet pot.
Colcannon (The Skillet Pot) Traditional Irish song

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Leek growing - Leeks how to grow, tips, varieties, cooking.

Friday, April 22nd, 2011

If you ask any gardener with a vegetable plot have they grown onions, nine times out of ten they will reply with a “yes”. Now that onion may have been a bulbing onion, a spring onion (scallion), or even at a stretch they will have grown garlic and made that link to the onion. However ask that same group of gardeners have they grown leeks, and you will be lucky to get one yes reply in ten.

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Onion growing from sets - Onions how to grow, tips, varieties, cooking.

Sunday, March 27th, 2011

For the time pressed gardener onion sets are a godsend. Onions seed can take a long time to germinate; it transplants poorly, and needs a long season to attain a kitchen ready bulb size. So it usually makes more sense to grow your onions from sets instead.

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Pea growing - Peas how to grow, tips, varieties, cooking.

Monday, March 14th, 2011

Custom has it that if you are to find a pea pod with nine or more peas in it that you can make a wish for whatever you heart desires. Now with the cold snap that we often experience in spring I’m willing to bet quite a few early seed sowers would have wished for milder weather. Reports filter in to me each spring of over-enthusiastic gardeners who have had their young seedlings totally blackened by a late frost.

Amongst the usual casualties are cabbage, cauliflower, lettuce, spring onion, and beetroot, both in the open ground and within unheated glasshouses or polytunnels. All I can say to them is keep the chin up, don’t be downhearted, as it’s early in the growing season, so you’ve plenty of time to set a new batch of seeds. Let peas be one of them, and I can assure you that with a little care you will have a bountiful harvest.

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Cavan allotments, Lisreagh, Co. Cavan.

Sunday, February 6th, 2011

Growing your own veg in Cavan just got a bit easier. Cavan Allotments are just outside Cavan town, about half a mile from the “Moynehall” roundabout and up the Ballyjamesduff road.

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Stokestown allotments, Ballinea, Mullingar, Co. Westmeath.

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Need an area to grow your own veg in Mullingar? Stokestown allotments may be able to help you out.

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Griffin allotments, Aylmer road, Newcastle, Co. Dublin.

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

GROW YOUR OWN FRUIT AND VEGETABLES AND ENJOY A BBQ IN THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY OF THE COUNTRYSIDE ONLY 10 MILES FROM DUBLIN CITY CENTRE.

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Mill Lane allotments, Mill Lane, Palmerstown, Co. Dublin.

Thursday, February 3rd, 2011

Mill Lane allotments in Palmerstown is one of South Dublin County Councils four allotment sites. As with all Public (local authority) allotments there is currently a large waiting list for places.

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