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Sowing lettuce seed on my blog

Spring is here, it is time to get going with growing your own food. On my blog I have been writing about sowing lettuce seed. There is a video too! http://www.ciaranburke.ie/Ciarans_Website_and_Garden_Blog/Blog/Entries/2011/2/18_Sowing_Lettuce_Seeds.html

Inspiring Bloom

Despite the rain, thousands of people enjoyed Bloom today. Instead of keeping people away, if anything it seemed to be even busier. Outside people wandered around the show gardens and in the floral pavilion the plant sellers were doing a brisk trade. On our stand we had our busiest day so far. Pot after potContinue reading “Inspiring Bloom”

Ready to Bloom!

We have our stand ready! Posters are up, benches built, compost in and plants potted. We arrived on Bloom this morning after an early start from Co. Mayo. The floral pavilion was full of busy gardeners and florists putting finishing touches to their displays. Everybody had to be finished by 3 pm for judging. AllContinue reading “Ready to Bloom!”

The Ironing is Done

11.15 pm and I have just finished the ironing! The table clothes for the stand needed a once over to get the bad wrinkles out, so that our tables look nice and neat when we finish putting the stand together tomorrow. We have the car packed, nasturtium plants, sunflowers and a couple of others. Tables,Continue reading “The Ironing is Done”