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Last week I wrote with great pleasure, anticipating the first of this years’ Garden Talks in the Castle. Alan Ryan of Colclough Walled Garden at Tintern Abbey in Wexford, was going to talk to us. Unfortunately, as with every other event that ...

28 Mar 2020 at 10:55

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Kilkenny author's gardening book goes into second edition

The hugely successful Open Gardens of Ireland by local author and Kilkenny People gardening columnist, Shirley Lanigan has gone into its second print run. This follows the phenomenal success of the book published by Kilkenny company, ...

23 May 2019 at 10:16

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A festival of snowdrops!

Every year it gets bigger and better - Snowdrop month, a Carlow festival that happily creeps over the border into Kilkenny, a celebration of the little white beauty that is the native snowdrop. The white and green blooms of ...

08 Feb 2020 at 12:19

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Plan ahead for annual flowers

It is here, early March – when many are still looking out the window, thinking about maybe getting stuck into a bit of gardening sometime soon – probably after St Patrick’s Day. Our national holiday in March is the day ...

15 Mar 2020 at 09:00

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Harnessing the light in your garden

The light that comes into the garden in January and February comes in sideways. The sun hangs not far above the horizon for much of the day, so when it hits the garden it throws a completely different sort of light on ...

02 Feb 2020 at 12:00

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With green shoots showing, it’s time to start on the 2020 garden

Last week I wrote about getting out to see the green shoots already growing in the winter garden. This week, you can begin sowing new things for the coming year. Sweet pea is a great summer favourite and we can ...

11 Jan 2020 at 13:34

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Don't knock it - plant it!

I had a friend who once had a glorious berrying cotoneaster outside the front window of their house. The tree was about 30 years old, with a corresponding mature umbrella shape. It looked good all year as it ...

21 Feb 2020 at 07:00

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Take time out to smell the flowers

I walked into the sitting room this morning and caught a sniff of something lovely - a slight hint of flower shop. Before I gave it any more thought, it vanished. A few moments later it again wafted past - ...

22 Mar 2020 at 06:00

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The ever-changing face of gardening

I was listening to a radio programme recently and heard mention of a 50-year-old gardening club in England. They spoke about the prizes that were given back then for the best vegetables and flowers at the ...

15 Mar 2020 at 06:00

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February freeze vital to kickstart crops

We finally got our winter and for some reason it took us by surprise. It always does. Very often, December and January are mild, and when followed by a cold February, we get a terrible shock. The shock ...

02 Mar 2020 at 08:00

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Happy is the gardener who is a busy gardener!

Tidier gardeners at this time are probably down to using nail scissors to put the absolute finishing look on their gardens. Those who are always on top of whatever jobs need to be done, are possibly ...

30 Apr 2020 at 16:24

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Mrs Mend and Make Do in the garden

Back in the olden days, when labour was cheap and materials were expensive, under-gardeners and bothy boys would be sent to repair broken terracotta plant pots with a little drill and a roll of ...

16 May 2020 at 13:41

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