Posts Tagged ‘site’
Wednesday, January 13th, 2010
Community gardens are fun, but it seems for Dean Gardens in Edinburgh, Scotland that fun is more than just growing your own veg.
Dean Gardens, overlooking the New Town and the Water of Leith, had been hijacked by youths for use as a drinking area.
And no, it was not tomato juice or a cabbage smoothie they were imbibing.
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Tags: cabbage, community gardens, community members, Dean Gardens, drinking area, Edinburgh, Leith, New Town, police, Scotland, site, smoothie, tomato juice, youths
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Monday, May 11th, 2009
A fresh allotment scheme located about 3 miles from stepaside D18.
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Tags: 50 sq meters, 80 sq meters, allotment holdings, allotment scheme, allotment year, amenities, Bark mulch, Barrack Road, Bridge Road, car parking, Co. Dublin, D18, farmyard manure, Fruit tree planting, Glencullen, Glencullen Allotments, greenhouses, Johnny Fox's, mountains, prices, Private, rent, Rotovating, Secure storage, Sheds, site, small sheds, stepaside, Toilets, water, €200, €280
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
GreenAcre Allotments are set in the Scenic countryside of Murroe, in the foothills of Slieve Felimn, just 20 minutes from Limerick city.
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Tags: 8 metre by 10 metre, allotment, Allotments, Ballyvorheen, Cappamore, car parking, Co. Limerick, community centre, Composting, crossroad, environment, exercise, family, farmyard manure, fire station, foothills, friendly, Fruit tree, GAA field, graveyard, GreenAcre Allotments, greenhouses, growing, healthier lifestyle, herbs, house, Limerick city, Mackays Cross, maintaining, Murroe, planting, plot-holders, plots, Poly-tunnels, primary school, Private, recycling, rent, Scenic countryside, Secure storage, Sheds, shelter, site, Slieve Felimn, Spring water, tap, tea, Thomond scout centre, veg, vegetables, Village, waste services, €250
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
This is a new allotment venture in a walled garden about 2.5 miles from Fethard, Co Tipperay.
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Tags: 170 sq m, 280 sq m, allotment venture, allotment year, allotmenteers, BBQ, beautiful, car parking, Charges, Clonacody, Clonacody cross, Clonmel Road, Co Tipperay, Communal, community, Compost bins, development, fan dwarf rootstock, Farmyard manure available, Fethard, Fruit tree planting, glass house, greenhouses, growing, lean-too, organic, organic ethos, plot-holders, polytunnel, Private, Renovating, rotovator, rural setting, Seed beds, Sheds, site, wall planting, walled garden, €150
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Tuesday, April 28th, 2009
Fingal Allotments offer large allotments in the tranquil countryside convenient to all in North County Dublin.
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Tags: 250m2, allotment year, allotmenteers, Allotments, amenities, Barbeque area, benefits, car parking, Charges, Co. Dublin, country, countryside, crop, day, delicious, exercise, family, farmers market, Fingal Allotments, fortune, fresh, fresh air, friends, Fruit tree, greenhouses, Grow, healthy, Help, Land, luxury, Manure, Naul, North County Dublin, owners, picnic area, planting, Private, recession, scenic, Secure storage, sell your produce, Sheds, site, Toilets, vegetables, water, €1, €320
Posted in Dublin allotments | 7 Comments »
Monday, April 13th, 2009
Bring along the family to Ballygroman Farm Allotments in Co. Cork and see the advantages of having your own allotment.
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Tags: allotment, allotment plots, Ballincollig Bypass, Ballygroman Farm Allotments, Barbecue area, Bee Keeper, Bee Keeping, Begley's Forge, car parking, Co Cork, Communal, Cork City, country, Day trips, demonstrations, dwarf fruit tree, eat, educational demonstrations, environment, exercise, expert advice, experts, Farm manure, fenced, food, fresh air, Fruit tree, greenhouses, Grow, grown, Hen Hatchery, horse manure, Kilumney, Kilumney Inn, outings, picnic area, planting, plots, ploughed, Private, rotovated, scenic, Sheds, site, social, storage, Talks, tap, Toilets, tool, tools, trading table, vegetables, water
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Sunday, March 22nd, 2009
Living in the countryside with roughly a half an acre site for my planting experiments, I sometimes tend to forget there are many gardeners who are less space “fortunate”.
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Tags: apartment, balcony, bowl, carrot root fly, carrots, cat, cauliflower, cherry tomatoes, compact, compost, container, countryside, eggs, estates, feet, fertile, fertiliser, frost-free, Fruit, gardeners, gardens, gravel, ground, growing, half an acre, houses, indoor, maggots, maintain, miniature, moisture, north, nutrients, outdoor, paving, pest damage, pests, planting, plants, prepare, protected, rainfall, root, salad, salt, seed, site, Slugs, soil, Strawberries, sunlight, Trailing, veg, veg patch, vegetables, water, weeds, wheelchair, window boxes, windows, windowsill, winter
Posted in Uncategorized, Vegetable garden tips and advice. | 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 »
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 »
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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