Got a call from TV3 to come on the Morning Show programme on Tuesday 3rd August to discuss this website. The spark of interest was lit by the impromptu visit by pupils from St Teresa’s National School and the al fresco recording of ‘The Garden Song’, I think. So a big thank you again to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘August’
30 Aug
FIRST APPLE JUICE OF THE HARVEST – FOURTH WEEK OF AUGUST 2009
Harvesting continues throughout the garden. Onions, peas, beans, cabbage, kale and courgettes all need regular picking. The biggest job this week is setting up the apple juicer, retrieving empty bottles from the attic and containers to keep juice in the freezer for the months ahead. Someone with a larger kitchen garden would be thinking at [...]
17 Aug
CUTTING BACK ON RASPBERRY CANES AND BLACKBERRY BUSHES – THIRD WEEK IN AUGUST 2009
This is now the week to look towards the jobs that come around each autumn. Cutting back of raspberry canes and blackcurrant bushes marks the beginning of autumn. I’m glad to report another good year for the blackcurrant bushes. The raspberry canes were new so I did not expect a bumper crop but hope for [...]
10 Aug
AFTER THE HARVEST, MULCHING – SECOND WEEK IN AUGUST 2009
Mulching space where crops have been harvested and cleared. Sowing green manure. As I remove plants following a harvest, for example, of broad beans and peas, I am left with very good bare soil. Nature does not do bare soil, so it is good to cover it with a mulch of grass clippings or even [...]
3 Aug
TIME TO TAKE CUTTINGS – FIRST WEEK IN AUGUST 2009
This is a good week for taking cuttings of any herbs in your own garden or the garden of someone else, provided they don’t mind having cuttings taken! Ask first! Taking cuttings is a very economical way of increasing your plant stock. Rosemary or sage, or indeed ivy in my case, are easily propogated from [...]
