We drove to Dublin this afternoon and brought a car load of leaflets, newspapers and tables for the stand. We also had time to cover the grass with mypex. There was lots of activity in the floral pavilion, including the Thompson & Morgan people putting together their amazing display of vegetables. Billy Alexander was alsoContinue reading “Bloom set up”
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Nastrurtiums from the nursery
Saturday afternoon, typical west of Ireland weather, a soft rain is blown by a westerly wind and grey clouds slide over the sky. We were in Dunleavy’s nursey just off the Loughglin to Ballinlough road in Co. Roscommon. Excitedly we were greeted by their grandchild, a little doll named Kila who informed her grandmother andContinue reading “Nastrurtiums from the nursery”
Sun flowers from local market
I bought a few sunflower plants for our BLOOM stand this morning. I was actually on my way to buy some bags of farm yard manure in the local Connacht Gold co-op when the sunny bright faces of the sunflowers caught my eye. They were standing by the side of the road in Ballaghaderreen inContinue reading “Sun flowers from local market”
Collecting newspaper
Over the last couple of months I have been collecting newspapers from friends of mine. From a typical broad sheet paper I can make about 100 pots for sowing seeds, maybe even more. Each week I collect a bag like this one, lots of pots!
Project Nasturtium Bloom 2010
Project Nasturtium We enjoyed it so much last year we decided it to do it again! Thousands of visitors to Bloom meant to make a newspaper pot using an old smoothies bottle, and then sowed a nasturtium seed and brought it home. Once again our main sponsors are Enrich and Sutton’s Seeds. This year weContinue reading “Project Nasturtium Bloom 2010”
Ciaran The Gardener 