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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Tuesday, February 1st, 2011
These are new allotments located behind the Home Healthcare building on the Ballymahon road outside Athlone. There are lots of spaces available at present, but be quick, lest they book out.
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Sunday, July 12th, 2009
As children most of us were very picky about what insects we liked. For me personally, earwigs, centipedes, spiders, and all sorts of flies (horseflies especially) scared the pants off me. Then there were the ladybirds, which for one reason or another always found favour with the younger me.
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