January 2012
2 posts
September 2011
1 post
August 2011
1 post
We got a mention in the Irish Times last Saturday →
July 2011
10 posts
Nick gone to visit the Tall Ships
With Nick away I was alone this weekend so not as much done up in the garden. I transplanted a tray of Little Gem (Tom Thumb) into larger pots. I did the same for some Sweet Basil. The main thing today was that I sowed twelve trays of mixed leaves in the tunnel. Thats twelve trays sown, three Sundays in a row.
June 2011
20 posts
Results of our Mixed Leaves Test
As I said back in March; we have 74 trays in the polytunnel just for mixed leaves, we bought every possible brand and type in garden centres and on the net and we eventually ended up with two variety’s that grew pretty quickly, were popular in the restaurant and were “cut and come again”.
The two are from Thompson & Morgan and we are going to stick to them for the rest of...
Good day in the garden yesterday
Got a lot done yesterday. We thinned out and replanted 45 Kohl Rabi seedlings in bed #2, planted 75 little gem (Tom Thumb) in bed #3. Then we sowed bed #8 with 2 types of Spinach seeds, two rows of F1 Spinach Bordeaux from Mr Middleton and four rows of Spinach Matador that we got in Lidl. It will be interesting to see which ones turn out the best best leaves.
On the harvesting side we are really...
Lots popping up now
Well the fruits of our toils are coming to the fore again; yesterday we brought lots of baby beets and baby turnip down to the restaurant. Followed by ten kilos of mixed leaves and loads of fresh herbs.
May 2011
1 post
April 2011
6 posts
Busy Day Today
Up we went to Rogerstown this morning and picked up another forty trays for our polytunnel. Thanks very much Noel Ruigrok for your kind offer, lovely house by the way.
Anyway,we got back at around lunchtime and Nick planted 33 courgette plants, I planted two trays of shallot’s and a little surprise from Noel 25, Lilly bulbs.
Happy Easter Everyone.
March 2011
3 posts
February 2011
2 posts
Mixed Leaves Everywhere
When our polytunnel is fully operational, we will have 72 trays of every type of lettuce growing. We got going over the week-end with the first 18 sown. Although we still have to be careful as I woke up this morning to a very white and frosty back garden. Well it is still February :-)
First Harvest of the Year !!!!!!!!!!!!
Got back into the groove yesterday. Harvested the leeks, a welcome surprise for the restaurant. Nick and I are back at it. The plan is to start planting on Paddy`s Day. In the meantime we are going to get the polytunnel into action. The good weather yesterday was the motivator !!!!
January 2011
2 posts
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How the herbs lasted in that awful weather !!
Went up to say hello to the herbs this morning. The have all faired very well in their little plastic house. The condensation seems to give them just the right amount of water.
Happy New Year to Everybody !!!
November 2010
9 posts
