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Potatoes
... I grew these potatoes some months ago from seed. I think it was about €2.50 for a half litre pot of seed. I simply popped them twice their depth below the surface. Mine came into flower and passed...
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Onions
... The above is my crop of onions that I harvested on Saturday. Some seem to suggest that I have a relaxed attatude to growing my own. But that’s just it. It’s mine. Also, I like to think that I just...
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The Sodcast – Episode 6
Listen to The Sodcast in MP3 – or – as always you can subscribe or/ and listen to the podcast via iTunes. Alternatively you can subscribe to the blog and listen to them right here. Missed Episode 5 of...
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Go Raibh Míle Maith Agaibh
I am a really lucky fortunate guy. I have great friends. I know some really kind people. Really kind. Now and again it’s important to say thanks. Put simply, that is all this post is…… Sunday just...
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Kniphofia
Pronounced Nip-hof-e-a [I like the k in as a almost semi silent] Famed commonly as the red hot poker, in the more common varieties it is easy to see why it picked up the name. But not all can be...
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The Right Time To Get The Garden Done
It must be coming into your quiet time for the oul’ gardening now….. ... Just one of the many clichés I’m on the verge of hearing more regularly now that the temperatures start to drop slightly and the...
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The Sodcast Guests – Shawna Coronado
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Bord Bia Promotes….
.... I am a horticulturist/ gardener/ landscaper etc call me what you may. I am aware that little if any promotion of gardening takes places in Ireland. This isn’t doom and gloom merchandising I am...
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The Sodcast – Episode 16
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The Sodcast – Episode 17
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The Sodcast – The Merchandise
Listen to Irelands first and only garden podcast The Sodcast in iTunes. Visit The Sodcast Shop Last week, after giving some garden advice on a previous Sodcast a coffee mug came in the post with some...
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Seeking Sodcast Garden Podcast Feedback
I’ll keep this short and sweet. Heading into episode 20 of the weekly Garden Sodcast and a new year and I am simply looking for some feeback and your thoughts. Good, bad a question or indiferrent....
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Dublin’s Top 10 Parks
My top ten Irish parks and places list is based on a few things…. essentially it comes down to the entire experience and will not include any park where one is charged money to enter [that also...
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The Cheaters Guide To Growing Your own
It is a question that comes up a lot…. Mainly from people who have a job, 42 kids, a life, a dog and a door bell. A lot of which will fit into the category of I’ve got maybe 10 minutes in the evening....
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Multyfarnham Country Fair – April 17th 2011
The Multyfarnham Country Fair takes place Sunday 17th April 2011. Listen! The audio is with thanks to Anne O’Hara of Mornington House who has featured on the garden blog before and also on the garden...
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Shamrock
Listen! The audio was originally recorded for The SodShow, the gardening radio programme I present with Brian Greene on 103.2 Dublin City Fm. It was first aired Friday 11th March. The first voice you...
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Trying To Buy Irish
On Sunday just past, I went to Airside Retail Park to buy some interior fixings for my house. It being Sunday the independent hardware stores were closed and my brain being that of a gardener, I ended...
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The Garden Group – May Summer Outing
The 5th Garden Group outing takes place this weekend coming Sunday May 29th. This is just a little taster of what you can expect…. Listen! Date: This Sunday 29th May 2011 Where: Ballyboughal, The Slí...
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The Sodshow – Garden Podcast & Radio Show
The Sodshow – Garden Podcast & Radio Show (mp3) The SodShow – Fridays 3pm Live – Dublin City Fm With Thanks To This Weeks Guest: John Haughton of Forest Friends Ireland Listen to The SodShow Live @...
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The #SodShow. Friday January 6th 2012. Dublin’s Gardening Radio Podcast
The #SodShow. Friday January 6th 2012. Dublin’s Gardening Radio Podcast (mp3) The SodShow – with Peter Donegan & Brian Greene – Every Friday 3pm – Live Listen to The SodShow Live @ 3pm: Tune in:...
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