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Natural plant care

WCP Staff July, 2020

Firstly, congratulations to all the West Cork People team on going back to print. I know lots of people, myself included, missed having this great paper to read over the last few months. Here at Deelish Garden Centre, we have had a rollercoaster of a year so far: From closing […]

Timing is everything

Jean Perry July, 2020

In the last couple of days we have seen a considerable amount of rainfall. It was quite a relief. Watering is very time-consuming and, although we have our own well, it is something we try to avoid once small plants have settled in. Our sandy soil drains very quickly, but […]

Weaving a mindful life

Susan O Regan July, 2020

Are things feeling a little steadier this month or am I just picking up on a sense of things being so? The lifting of many lockdown measures has certainly created a lift in our collective spirits, even if it is presenting a new set of challenges for us to navigate […]

‘Heal all’ – a plant deserving of its title

Dr Rosari Kingston July, 2020

Prunella vulgaris, also known as self-heal or heal all, and ‘Duán ceannchosach’ in Irish, is familiar to almost everyone, even if they do not know the name. Those who wish for perfect lawns dislike this plant as it invades their velvet sward: If left to its own devices and not […]

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The story with Covid

Dr Jeff Featherstone July, 2020

So, I have a lot of catching up to do. For those of you who missed the ‘electronic’ edition of West Cork People, I will just give you some thoughts on where we are with Covid-19 and what it has been like in A&E. On March 19, I shifted from […]

Let celery work its magic

Hannah Dare July, 2020

Well, that was a pretty intense few months! I don’t know how you have been, but things got pretty frantic in Organico for a while. We didn’t close, because we are very aware that we are a source of essential food and medicines, but we did restructure our days and […]

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