How to Garden - Gardening Tips & Advice for the Irish Garden

Today in the Garden – Snowdrops in Bloom

Jan

21

2015

Temperatures are below normal and the frosty conditions are persisting across the country. But this has not stopped many of our hardiest plants from sticking their heads up above soil level and start to put on their first seasons blooms In the midst of the ice and the snow the most delicate of flowers have ...

Elder & Elderberry Wine

Jan

20

2015

We are all fond of our super foods these days, but did you know that our native elderberry is a superfood too? Elder berries are high in antioxidants and they are great at fighting away cold & flus. The elderberry is also high in Vitamin A and B So why not try and make your ...

Kids Gardening Tools

Jan

17

2015

I have always been into gardening from an early age. I would help my mum and dad with all manner of gardening tasks from beating down nettles to picking stones off a newly sown lawn and to the more rewarding jobs of planting flowers & bulbs. Of course in my younger days there was no ...

Tips on Buying Garden Plants

Jan

15

2015

If heading off to the garden centre on a day out you should first take the time to view your garden and see what plants you actually need to buy. I find that winter is the best time of year to plan out the garden and to decide what garden plants and what colour is ...

Building a Raised Bed

Jan

15

2015

Weekend project 101- Building your own raised bed is a natural progression of every avid gardener and something that we must all do at some point in our many years of gardening. The benefits of a raised bed are extensive and certainly outweigh the few negatives Now that I have mentioned the negatives of raised ...

Maintaining Box Hedging

Jan

15

2015

Box is the most orderly plant that you will find in the garden. Box or Buxus sempervirens is an evergreen and fine leaved plant with dense growth making it ideal for sculpting into all sorts of shapes from topiary box elephants, to simple box balls and of course the neat an formal network of box ...

Laying Weed Block Fabric Over Existing Shrubs

Jan

12

2015

The process of laying weed block over an existing flower bed is an acquired skill that needs to be fine-tuned over the years. Once capable of such as task the benefits outweigh the alternative – I.e. planting into freshly laid weed block fabric The main reason why laying the weed block after planting is ...

Soil Preparation For Growing Potatoes

Jan

12

2015

The Staple diet for every Irish family! Potatoes are such a versatile vegetable take it is easy to find a use from them from one day to the next. Be it chips, roasties, mash, wedges, crisps or boiled potatoes you can easily grow your own potatoes in your garden and harvest them as you need ...

How to Store Lawn Seed

Jan

12

2015

If you have a bag of lawn seed left over from the summer months and are wondering how best to store it then look no further as we can quickly outline the basic steps required for storing your own lawn seed at home: Firstly you will be happy to know that lawn seeds can remain ...

Put Away Your Shovel & Try No Dig System

Jan

7

2015

As we head towards the spring we can turn our attention to preparing the vegetable garden for the forthcoming growing season. This can be a pain in the side for gardeners as the shear work load involved in preparing; turning, cultivating, weeding and raking the vegetable plot can really take its toll. The shovel can ...