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ALLERGY FREE GARDENING 2008-08-03 06:50:28 NOSE FRIENDLY PLANTSFor most of us the summer growth of plants and trees is a joy. For others it can be weeks of streaming eyes and blocked noses as the pollen count increasesIf you have asthma or allergies, this doesn’t mean you can’t enjoy the pleasures of gardening. In fact, there is a wide range of big, showy flowers, shrubs, and trees that shouldn’t make you wheeze, cry or sniffle with
OUT AND ABOUT 2008-07-26 08:07:54 SWILLY GARDENING CLUB VISITThe Swilly Gardening Club had their annual walkabout last week, and the money raised went to the Samaritans. The rain was threatening but thankfully managed to stay away as the enthusiastic group, including myself, headed out to two local gardens. This years choice were Willie Grant’s near the bridge in Swan Park, which makes great use of the river Crana that runs alon
Judging the Moville gardening competition 2008-08-19 02:26:01 I’LL BE THE JUDGE OF THAT…I am knocking on Councillor Marian McDonald’s front door in Moville as the church bells are chiming ten in the morning. I have been asked to judge this year’s, Moville Tidy Towns Gardening Competition and unlike the last time I did any judging, we are ahead of the frosts. We need to make an early start as Marian has to be in Greencastle at 12:30pm for the Blessing Read more:Judging
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WASPS 2008-08-09 09:28:50 WASP STINGSI am sitting at the table in the kitchen nursing an injury. I was just doing some domestic chores when I suddenly felt a sharp pain in my right hand. It turns out that a sleepy wasp was hiding in the laundry and I had disturbed it. I quickly took action by getting a natural remedy from the kitchen cupboards. In my panic I got out the bicarbonate of soda and put that on it. It stung even
KICK BACK 2008-09-11 08:45:06 I am sitting, sweating on a large rock at the bottom of the garden, covered in grazes from brambles, being attacked by wasps and dopey flies. I have on two pairs of gloves, leather traps (shin guards usually worn by jockeys), safety goggles and a pair of earmuffs that cut out all sound barring my racing pulse. It didn’t say anything about this in the instruction manual for my latest toy.I had be
TRY ONE OF THESE 2008-08-31 17:16:40 “Here, try one of these” Nicola smiles as she passes me a ripe berry from the pod of a crinodendron tree in our garden, “They taste rather sweet”. The seed is dark brown with a soft white coating and looks like a pale version of a pomegranite seed. I duly pop it into my mouth, roll it around my tongue and swallow. “I didn’t know that these were edible.” I comment in a trusting manner
CAROLINE'S GARDEN VISIT 2008-08-24 01:22:49 The Swilly Gardening Club were out and about again visiting gardens around the peninsula. Don’t worry. Fifteen keen gardeners don’t just turn up in your garden and start sniffing the roses and poking their noses into the greenhouse, you will be pleased to learn. They are invited first.This time they were out with Caroline McGonagle, who lives at The Rock on the way to the Illies. Caroline has
DIARMUID GAVIN-WHERE ARE YOU? 2008-09-30 15:12:10 Photo: Julia Zimmerman from DG Design tackles the probing questions from the audience in Carndonagh“Thank you for your patience.” A soft voice came over the tannoy system in the hall of Carndonagh Community College.I am happy to wait as Diarmuid Gavin is due to entertain the 100 or so people that have turned up tonight to see the plans for the new Barrack Hill Park project. I picked my seat ca
FORBIDDEN FRUIT 2008-09-22 14:39:22 “God you look old.”I am happily walking my dog around Swan Park on a beautiful autumn evening when a voice breaks my daydreaming. I turn towards a smiling, unshaved man holding a carrier bag full of apples.“Thanks” I say. “It must be the light.”“Well, not old as much as bald, what’s happened to your hair?”It’s Joe, who I last saw three years ago in a pub.What’s in the bag? I
TALKING PICTURES 2008-09-14 10:48:15 I am sat out on the patio on a gloriously sunny autumn day looking for inspiration for a script. I am re-inventing myself yet again and moving into the production of Talking Pictures to liven up the gardening.ie website. It all sounds very glamorous but what I actually mean is that I have made a few silly clips to put on You Tube. YouTube is an endless source of snappy home made films that ar
PUMPKIN IDEAS 2008-10-18 06:15:53 HALLOWEEN PUMPKINS“You couldn’t just look after these two could you?” A friend of mine has just called in and is looking flustered. “ I have to go into Derry on short notice and I can’t take them with me.” Before I have time to answer, I’m babysitting. Well childminding actually, the two lads are both nearly ten.“Well lads, what do you fancy doing?” I ask them, hoping that they w
FORGET THE CRUNCH-GROW YOUR LUNCH 2008-10-12 09:45:02 I am enjoying a fabulous autumn sunset in a pretty English village, not far from the town of Grantham (famous for Margaret Thatcher and being voted the most boring town in England). The village, however is very pretty, boasting a picture postcard church and red-bricked cottages with sweetly scented roses growing around their doorways. I am out taking an evening stroll to one of the three immaculat
COMPETITION 2008-10-05 04:42:47 BUSY DOING NOTHINGThe barometer on the hall wall has moved from Change to Rain and its feeling cold, so I am not taking any chances of starting an outside job. There’s plenty to do though, especially leaf clearing, but I think I will head out and visit another gardener and we can talk about jobs to do instead of doing them.I pick up the phone and call Jacqueline from Willow Hill Nursery in Fahan
APPLE CRUNCH 2008-11-02 03:46:02 We’re out in Burnfoot collecting apples from a friend’s garden. Apples haven’t heard about the recession or the credit crunch and this year has brought an abundance of the tasty fruits. I have been designated ladder holder as the kids wobble their way to the top of the tree for the reddest, most perfect fruit are hanging on the uppermost branches. I ponder on the human tendency to feel that
MAKING LEAF MOULD 2008-10-26 03:31:02 With the autumn weather well and truly established, I have finally given up waiting for the summer to come and I have decided to embrace the season. To celebrate, I went out and bought myself a pair of fluffy slippers this week and they are a great way to save on the fuel bills. I feel all nice and cosy. I think I’ll get a pipe next. Another way, I am keeping warm is to go outside and get a bit
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