Sprouts…..

I bought these fabulous Organic China Rose Radish Sprouts recently and love them. The leaves are like little hearts, they are pink and light green, peppery and very good for you. So easy to sprout too. Must get going with sprouting techniques, great addition to have in the kitchen. As…

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Garden People

This is a piece I found recently on Design Sponge about a beatiful book, that is now on my wish list. This photograph is of Rhonda, Lady Birley, who was a great Irish beauty. She and her husband were patrons of the arts. Here she is in the formal “garden…

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Planting onions in the snow…..

Had a great day in the tunnel with my eager well wrapped up group. We talked about spuds, we put early main crop ”Blue Danube” potatoes chitting in a box with the rose end  facing the sky. They are a blight resistant variety and they are in my kitchen tonight…

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New herb classes starting…

Learn how to grow herbs like this beautiful Borage, which the bees love. Growing and using herbs, classes starting the 13th April.It’s a Saturday. Learn about annuals and perennials, propagation and seed sowing. Succession growing and using and cooking with herbs in your daily life. Want to grow coriander and…

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The glory of Ramsons…

Had to go to Corofin this morning, up by Lough Bunny and beautiful Mullaghmore, in the sacred Burren, of Co.Clare. I was collecting my son, from a party, in the middle of a beautiful mixed landscape of wooded hazel, leafy glens, and stark limestone pavement. It is Mothers Day, and…

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A memory from February…

As it happens, my big sister Sally is 364 days older than I am. So oft. times we celebrate together, enjoying the fact that we are the same age for a day. This year we celebrated in style and in keeping with previous themed dinner parties we chose to cook…

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When dreams come true…

”Had a brilliant and very inspiring morning on my first session in an Organic Gardening Course. Many thanks Oonagh ODwyer and Wildkitchen. You really have motivated me to regain control of the raised beds!! :-)” This is a quote from one of the participants of the first organic gardening class, held at…

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Coming up…

  ORGANIC GARDENING COURSE Hands on course Learn to look after the living soil ‘’Ithir Beo’’, Plan your crops and learn about varieties, crop rotations and weed control. Plan amounts to grow for an average Family/Garden. Save money, be healthier, and have great fun. Tuesdays all Spring/Summer. Callura, Lahinch. Commencing 5th.…

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