Monday, August 24th, 2009
“Don’t wear perfume in the garden - unless you want to be pollinated by bees.”
Anne Raver
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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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