by Niamh Cooper, Melissa Byrne & Gillian Hegarty Salad is so much more than soggy lettuce and a squirt of salad cream. We have three easy, tasty salad recipes, and a secret weapon, just for you: the best salads start in the garden, and growing them is easy-peas-y!  Grow your […]

This month Natalie Webb is showing us how to make a huge icecream cone. “This month’s project will really make your mouth water!” Materials:  •  Three sheets of card, one blue, one light brown or yellow, one dark brown. •  Poster paints. •  An old sponge •  Glue  •  Scissors […]

This month, branch Chair, Jez Simms, describes how some Egret species began to visit Ireland regularly, one species even breeding here now. It was not until the latter half of the last century that birders in Ireland began to regularly encounter a beautiful pure white heron known throughout Europe and […]

by John Hosford June marks one of the busiest and most rewarding periods in the gardening calendar. With the risk to tender plants now largely passed, it is the ideal time to move many flowers and vegetables outdoors and make the most of the growing season ahead. Careful planting, feeding […]

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