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What are Potatoes? The Food Of The Nation!It is becoming increasingly popular to grow your own, but many of us are a little uncertain about the whole thing. You don’t need a lot of land to grow spuds, they can even be grown in potato bags, pots, or tyres stacked on top of each other!Seed potatoes are available from February onwards, but it is too c..

Late winter / early spring is a time when the gardener gets a bit anxious – seeds are available, pots and trays are in, days are getting longer – we just want to start planting. This time of year, January, is still a bit early, but an ideal time to get going with herbs. Having herbs indoors throughout the winter is something I would encourage every..

Ireland is home to over 100 different wild birds, and about a quarter of them make an appearance in our gardens. Enticing birds to your garden has many benefits, but in Winter, their song and presence bring a really positive energy and atmosphere into the garden.  Goldfinches, greenfinches, robins, bluetits, great tits and dunnocks are probably the..