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Tuesday, February 9th, 2010
In Westmeath? Need a piece of land to grow your own Veg?
Well, Bogtown Allotments in Kinnegad has plots fully prepared and ready for sowing.
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Tags: 120 m2, allotment Westmeath, Allotments, allotments Westmeath, Bogtown Allotments, Edenderry Road, fruit bushes, glasshouses, Help available, Kinnegad allotments, Kinnegad Village, Private allotments, Sheds, water, Westmeath allotment, Westmeath alotments, €500
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Tuesday, January 26th, 2010
Coleville Allotments are located on a secure site in a picturesque setting on the Coleville Road near Minella Hotel. The allotments are surrounded by mature trees and rest about 1 mile from the town centre .
Bring the family, meet new friends and “Grow your Own”
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Tags: allotment Tipperary., Allotments, allotments clonmel, allotments Tipperary, BBQ, Clonmel, clonmel allotments, Co. Tipperary, Coleville Allotments, Coleville Road, Farm yard manure, fruit bushes, Help available, picnic area, plot-holders, polytunnels, Private allotments, tea room, Tipperary alotment, Tipperary alotments, Toilets, water, wheelbarrow, €100, €150
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Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Summer cabbage…. With its peak harvest in August and September this vegetable provides an excellent source of Vitamin C leading up and through autumn. All health benefits aside summer cabbage has had its image tarnished by the soggy mush that’s served up by school and work canteens. In this guide I hope banish the soggy cabbage blues as I show you how to cook cabbage correctly, but first let’s look at how to grow summer cabbage at home.
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Monday, August 10th, 2009
Spring cabbage…. A hardy vegetable that’s an excellent source of Vitamin C and glutamine, an amino acid which has anti-inflammatory properties. Health benefits aside, the image of spring cabbage has been tarnished by the soggy mush served up in school and work canteens. In this guide I hope to banish the soggy cabbage blues as I show you how to cook cabbage correctly, but first let’s look at how to grow it at home.
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Saturday, August 1st, 2009
Kohlrabi…. high in vitamin C and K, potassium, fibre as well as the antioxidant carotenoids b-carotene and lutein. Kohlrabis flavour varies between nutty (uncooked) and broccoli with a hint of radish (cooked). If you seek unusual tastes and looks then this give this member of the cabbage family a second glance.
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Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
Have you heard of the movie “The bucket list”? It details the trip taken by two men who work their way through a list of things they wish to experience before they die. The “bucket list” in the title was a roster of things to do before the movies main character “kicks the bucket”.
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Tags: apple trees, bucket list, buckets, compost, drains, dry sand, flowers, forks, Fruit tree, fungal infections, garage, garden, Garden buckets, garden shed, gardener, gardening helpers, gooseberries, Hand trowels, handy tips, hanging basket, hedge clippers, hole, hose, irrigation, leaves, liquid feed, mildews, movie, Oil, oil change, oiled, oily rag, plantings, plants, potting stand, rim, roots, rust, rust-free, sand filled buckets, sand paper, scorching, shrub, soil, spades, splashes, strawberry, ten-litre bucket, The bucket list, tomato, tool, tool preserver, trickle irrigator, veg beds, water, watered, watering can, weed, winter, wire brush
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Monday, June 22nd, 2009
Fancy leasing an allotment in a 17th Century Walled-In Garden?
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Tags: 105m2, 17th Century, advice, allotment, car parking, Classes, Co. Wicklow, countryside, Estate, experienced grower, Fishers cafe, Fruit tree planting, garden, Greystones, grow your own, insurance, Kilpedder, leasing, Loughlinstown, Loughlinstown Roundabout, N11, Newtownmountkennedy, Paul Kavanagh, peaceful, Private, Season Park Farm Allotments, Season Park housing estate, Secure storage, Toilets, Village, walled garden, Walled-In, water, €250
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Thursday, June 4th, 2009
This new allotment project is situated in the secure and private grounds of The Gallach Estate In Kilmore Village, just a few miles from Wexford Town and Rosslare.
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Tags: 100sqm, 55sqm, 85sqm, allotment owner, allotment year, Allotments, Bark mulch, BBQ, car parking, Charges, communal tea area, Fruit tree planting, greenhouses, Indoor potting area, Kilmore Village, Manure, new allotment project, Private, private grounds, quote, Rosslare, secure, Secure storage, seed and tool shop, Sheds, sizes, South East Allotments, The Gallach Estate, Toilets, turned soil, Typical Annual Rental, Village, water, Wexford Town, €200, €280, €300
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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
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
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