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Garden Screening with a Living Willow Hedge

Mar

7

2013

When it comes to garden screening and fencing there are a multitude of options out there for you to choose from. But if you are looking for something different while still getting the benefits on privacy, height and style then a living willow fence is a great option. Living willow fencing is garden screening that ...

Use Fencing Stakes to Protect your Trees

Mar

7

2013

The early, formative years at the most critical and important for your garden trees as these are the years when the trees will take root and anchor themselves in the ground and when the young buds and branches will turn the skinny whip into a shapely tree. This is why it is all important to ...

Lawn Care Starts With The First Cut Of The Year

Mar

5

2013

Spring is in the air and so too is the smell of freshly cut grass, the buzzing of lawnmowers can be heard in neighbourhood as gardeners being the six month lawn care task. If you haven’t already taken your mower out then now is the time to read a few lawn care tips before getting ...

Espalier Training Your Fruit Trees Using Galvanized Wire

Feb

25

2013

There are many situations where fruit bushes can be grown. The only essential requirement is plenty of sunlight and a deep fertile soil. This can mean positioning fruit trees out in the centre of your lawn, creating an orchard or planting grapes in a sunny greenhouse to provide the ideal growing conditions. However if you ...

How to Grow Tomatoes From Seeds in Ireland

Feb

25

2013

If you are considering growing tomatoes this year then now is the time to get sowing your seeds. Late February is the best time to begin sowing seeds as it take quite a long time for a tomato plant to mature and develop its juicy fruits. To grow tomatoes in Ireland you will need a ...

How & When to Use Weed Killer

Feb

18

2013

The first thing I would notice when people use weed killers is that they use way too much and over apply the chemicals. This is both harmful to the environment and quite expensive. Most chemical herbicides are best applied by using a knapsack sprayer and when you purchase chemicals they come with detailed instructions on ...

Sowing Peas From Seed in an Autumn Garden

Feb

18

2013

October is certainly a time for harvesting our vegetable plots but that doesn’t spell the end of our years work as we can get right back to planting with a range of hardy late spring crops such as spring cabbage, spring onions, spinach, lettuce while other crops that can be sown in autumn for a ...

How to Best Position Your Greenhouse or Polytunnel

Feb

18

2013

If you intend on buying a greenhouse this year the first thing you must consider is the location. The location you choose will determine the success of the crops you grow as well as the durability and longevity of the structure. Also the area you have available will also determine the size and type of ...

The (Tree) Stakes Have Been Raised With Our Windy Weather

Feb

18

2013

A new season and more weather woos for the Irish gardener. The frost of course isn’t behind us but a new battle has begun in the garden. The move away from the cold winter days and the arrival of milder weather brings with it strong and sometimes gale force winds. Windy weather can cause severe ...

Cabbage or Carrots? Which Grows Better in your Soil?

Feb

18

2013

At the beginning of the growing gardeners need to make the tough decisions on which vegetables to grow this year and which vegetables to exclude. Certainly not an easy decision to make as I’m sure we would like to grow every type of vegetable out there from Melons to Mange touts but unfortunately we are ...