gardening in mayo – Ciaran The Gardener

Early morning in our garden in Co. Mayo – July 2012

Summer, oh where is the summer? This morning was a rare sunny start and I was up early to see the fog lifting its damp veil from around our plants. There is a saying in Ireland, “sun before seven is gone by eleven”. You really do have to get up early to get the bestContinue reading “Early morning in our garden in Co. Mayo – July 2012”

Well done to the rare un-staked! – Herbaceous Perennials that stand up for themselves…

I love gardening but there are some jobs that are laborious and feel like a waste of one’s good time if they have to be done too often, cutting the grass is one such task, staking herbaceous perennials is another. The former job is reduced by having less grass areas and more plants, and inContinue reading “Well done to the rare un-staked! – Herbaceous Perennials that stand up for themselves…”