Posts Tagged ‘Allotments’
Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Fingal Allotments offer large allotments in the tranquil countryside convenient to all in North County Dublin.
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Friday, April 3rd, 2009
Tags: allotment scheme, Allotments, car parking, communal growing areas, County Clare, fencing, ground preparation, Illaunmanagh Cemetery, plots, Shannon, Shannon Allotments, towns, waiting list, water, €30
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Wednesday, April 1st, 2009
Tags: 30m2), acre, allotment holders, allotment owner, Allotments, Athy, car parking, Castlefarm Allotments, Co. Kildare, dairy farm, Fruit tree, garden, greenhouses, growers, Kilcullen, Narraghmore, organic, organic growing course, picnic tables, planting, plots, Private, Saturday, Secure storage, Sheds, Wicklow Mountains, year, €250, €350
Posted in Kildare allotments, Uncategorized | 3 Comments »
Sunday, March 15th, 2009
Tags: 110m2, 1200 square feet, 20ft x 30ft, 20ft x 60ft, 55m2, 600 square feet, advise, allotment, Allotments, Ballintubber, Beginners, car parking, Carrigtwohill, Christmas, city centre., Cork, demonstrate, drive, East Cork, farm, farmers market, farmland, farmyard manure, free, Fruit, Fruit tree, greenhouses, Grow, growers, growing, Halloween, harvested rainwater, lockers, Midleton, orchard area, owners, peace Peas, planting, potatoes, Private, pumpkins, Romanesco cauliflower, Secure storage, sell, Sheds, site, sprouting broccoli, stall, teach, Toilets, trees, unusual vegetables, veg, vegetable, white turnips, €300, €500
Posted in Cork allotments | 2 Comments »
Thursday, March 12th, 2009
Have you seen this yet…. The Ideas Campaign ?
The co-founder of the Sunday Business Post, Aileen O’Toole is behind this initiative which aims to harness the minds of the country.
The blurb goes: “the Ideas Campaign is an independent initiative by citizens for citizens, designed to capture people’s ideas for stimulating Ireland ’s economy.”
“This grassroots campaign is about the positive aspects of economic activity that often receive little media attention, and the need to focus on solutions instead of the problems,” she says. “It is about setting a challenge to people to be innovative and creative.”
The Ideas Campaign.
So basically the Ideas Campaign is about asking people for ideas to stimulate economic activity, and one of those sections is “Agriculture and Food”
Some of the ideas submitted so far relating to allotments and fruit/vegetable growing include……..
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1. My policy idea is to introduce small half acre ‘plots’ for the general population to produce their own produce - after all we are in a monetary “wartime” situation.
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2. Every town in the country should start a community garden whereby a piece of land is given by the county council to a community group who will develop the land and grow fruit and veg and subsequently have a low cost weekly market.
There is a lot of land lying idle at the moment which, if worked, could yield good food. We would be a happier nation out working in the garden in tune with one another and with nature. A community cafe could be built on the land - a simple ‘Seomra House’ where everyone could congregate for soup and eat produce from the community.
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These are not my ideas I swear , but those of others that are interested.
Although some of the ideas are a bit “happy-clappy”, I’m sure there is a basis for something substantial there.
Have a look at the site and see what you think yourself.
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Tuesday, March 10th, 2009
Located on farmland at Beech Park, Clonsilla, Dublin 15 (Right next to Clonsilla railway station), these allotments are perfectly located for those wanting to escape the hustle and bustle of the city.
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Tags: 120m2, 350m2, Allotments, Beech Park, Beech Park House, Beech Park vegetable allotments, Blanchardstown, car parking, city, Clonsilla, Clonsilla Rd, Composting, Dublin 15, environment, farmland, food, Fruit tree, gardening, gardening supplies, greenhouses, healthy, laneway, M50, Navan, Private, Railway, railway station, rotavating, rural, Secure storage, seeds, Sheds, shop, site, Toilets, tomatoes, tools, waste disposal, water, weeding
Posted in Dublin allotments | 58 Comments »
Sunday, March 8th, 2009
Boasting beautiful views of the Bride valley, Mealagulla Allotments are located about five miles from ballincollig town, in Knockane, Ovens, Co. Cork.
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Tags: 10 sq metres, Aherla, Allotments, alotmenteer, ballincollig, barbecue, beds, beekeeping, Best Buddies, boarding kennels, Bride valley, car parking, Christmas tree, Cork, crowbar, drills, dwarfing rootstock, farmyard, farmyard manure, Fruit, goats, greenhouses, hens, Kilumney, Knockane, livestock, locker, Mealagulla, orchard, Ovens, picnic, plot, ploughed, polytunnel, potting, Private, rotovated, Secure storage, Sheds, sheep, sledgehammer, tap, tea room, Toilets, tree, twenty acre, views, water, Wheelbarrows
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Currently boasting 16 fenced allotments, the Breaffy allotments are located 2 miles from Castlebar town, next to the Breaffy house hotel.
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Tags: Allotments, Breaffy, Breaffy house hotel, car parking, Castlebar, dwarfing rootstock, fenced, Fruit, greenhouses, harvesting, Mayo, planting, Potting Shed, Private, Sheds, sowing, spraying, watering, weeding, Wheelbarrows
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Tuesday, February 24th, 2009
Located on a farm just three miles from County Meath near Loughcrew Cairns and Forest, is the Grow Your Own allotments site.
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Tags: allotment, Allotments, beauty, canteen, car parking, Castlepollard, Cavan, Charges, Composting, County Meath, crop, cultivating, cutting, environment, farm, Forest, Fruit, greenhouse, Grow, harvesting, Karl Hennessy, locker, Loughcrew Cairns, Millbrook, Mullaghmeen, natural, Oldcastle, peaceful, plant, planting, plot, polytunnel, Private, recycling, rural, seed, Shed, site, soil, sowing, spraying, stables, storage, time, tool, Tubrid, unpolluted, waste, watering, weeding
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Friday, February 20th, 2009
Hydro allotments are part of a private farm between Blarney and Tower Co Cork.
A hidden piece of paradise that even people living in the area may not be aware about.
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Tags: Allotments, BBQ, Blarney, canteen, car parking, chair, Co Cork, farm, Fruit tree, greenhouse, harvest, horse manure, Hydro, kettle, Private, secluded, Security, seedlings, Shed, shelter, shower, storage, table, toilet, Tower, trees, €130
Posted in Cork allotments | 5 Comments »