Welcome to spring, the season of renewal and vibrant colors! This year, let’s create a stunning spring planter that will add a touch of nature’s beauty to your outdoor space. Here’s a recipe for a planter that combines the elegance of Ilex x meservae ‘Little Maid’ on a stem, the captivating fragrance of Trachelospermum jasminoidesContinue reading “Spring Planter Recipe: A Burst of Colors and Fragrances”
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Two little big surprises from seed
We made a list of all the plants that we are currently growing in our container garden. Some of the plants we brought with us from our old garden. Included in these are a number of plants that we raised from seed. When growing plants from seed, each one is genetically distinct from the others.Continue reading “Two little big surprises from seed”
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!
Ciaran The Gardener 