The team at Clonakilty Community Garden has expressed its gratitude to Mike Deasy and his team of Tidy Towns’ volunteers for their fantastic support and hard work recently in helping prepare the garden for a visit from RTE’s ‘The Today Show. On this occasion, a simple request for bark mulch […]
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With so many products available for feeding your plants, it can be a bit daunting. Noah looks at the different options and which best might suit you and your plants needs. Most plants create meals for themselves in the form of sugar. This process is called photosynthesis (‘photo’ meaning light […]
Continuing the theme from last month, BirdWatch Ireland (West Cork Branch) committee member Fiona O’Neill, writes on her passion for wildflowers. During the past year, many people have become more attuned to birdsong and the presence of birds in their surroundings. Early summer is a good time to turn that […]
What better way to enjoy some time out this summer than amongst some of West Cork’s most beautiful gardens? The West Cork Garden Trail is open for visitors. West Cork is truly the garden paradise of Ireland with its mild climate encouraging and challenging many gardeners and plant lovers to […]
As I write this I am once again looking out on a rainy day. It may be my imagination but it seems that I start every column with an account of some extreme weather conditions. I have also said before how much I love May, usually a benign month weather […]
In the last year we have come to highly value our homes and our gardens; indeed our gardens have in fact become an extension of the home While even making small changes can be transformative, creating the ideal outside space or enhancing the one you have does take some planning, […]
