# Gardening
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From the Garden: It's time to reflect on all the food we are importing that could be grown here
Michael Kelly
19 Jan 2019
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From the Garden: How to make your own compost - you can learn from my mistakes
Michael Kelly
12 Jan 2019
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From the Garden: Midwinter is the time to grow veg in containers and to make root veg pie
Michael Kelly
5 Jan 2019
9.8k
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From the Garden: Supermarkets selling below cost veg is hurting farmers and it is bad for us all
Michael Kelly
22 Dec 2018
12.5k
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From the Garden: Every cloud has a silver lining and bogland proved useful this summer
Michael Kelly
15 Dec 2018
14.9k
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From the Garden: Artichokes have an unfortunate nickname but don't let that turn you off
Michael Kelly
1 Dec 2018
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From the Garden: Your green tomatoes are unlikely to ripen now - so use them up in chutney
Michael Kelly
17 Nov 2018
8.1k
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plant parenting
"It's just great knowing you didn't kill it": Why 'plant parenting' is becoming more popular than ever
27 Oct 2018
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GIY: My father-in-law still dismisses kale as cattlefeed - but these days it’s rightly valued as a nutritional powerhouse
Michael Kelly
15 Sep 2018
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'Raw food doesn't have to be scary - but I think it's time for a bowl of homely hot soup'
Michael Kelly
8 Sep 2018
15.0k
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GIY: 'Don’t think about giving stuff up, think about taking things up instead'
Michael Kelly
13 Jan 2018
13.5k
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Gardening: 'January is a great month to decide what you are going to grow this year'
Michael Kelly
6 Jan 2018
14.9k
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GIY: 'Over a hot cup of soup, I was reminded how great you feel after a meitheal'
Michael Kelly
30 Dec 2017
19.2k
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My 2017 GIY report: 'Aubergines – F. Great plants, no fruit. Must do better'
Michael Kelly
23 Dec 2017
9.5k
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Supermarket promotions: 'Down the road there is a ruinous cost to cheap food'
Michael Kelly
9 Dec 2017
33.7k
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GIY: 'School lunches shouldn't be about wolfing down a sandwich in ten minutes'
Michael Kelly
25 Nov 2017
30.9k
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Food miles: Don't buy strawberries from Israel during Irish strawberry season
Michael Kelly
18 Nov 2017
33.8k
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GIY: Winter warming pea and nettle soup using homegrown peas and foraged nettles
Michael Kelly
11 Nov 2017
7.1k
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Grow yacon: 'It's exciting to grow something you've never grown before'
Michael Kelly
4 Nov 2017
14.8k
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GIY: Grow your kitchen herbs indoors and have a constant winter supply
Michael Kelly
28 Oct 2017
12.3k
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GIY: Ophelia's casualties in the garden and collecting seaweed post storm
Michael Kelly
21 Oct 2017
7.9k
7
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'October is "stock pot" month when carrots, leeks and parsnips come into their own'
Michael Kelly
14 Oct 2017
6.0k
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In the garden: Chutneys for relishing plus it's not too late to sow
Michael Kelly
7 Oct 2017
4.0k
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Autumn's here. Cosy up with a steaming apple and blackberry crumble
Michael Kelly
30 Sep 2017
5.9k
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Gardening: Tips and recipes for storing and pickling your summer veg
Michael Kelly
23 Sep 2017
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When was the last time you had an Irish apple? 95% of ones we eat are imported
Michael Kelly
16 Sep 2017
10.3k
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Lunches: Think beyond sandwiches as new school term begins'
Michael Kelly
2 Sep 2017
15.2k
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Pickles, sauces and spiralising: Using up the summer's veg harvest
Michael Kelly
26 Aug 2017
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GIY: Make your own mildew spray and bake some courgette bread
Michael Kelly
12 Aug 2017
6.5k
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Gardening: This week, a beer trap for pesky slugs and seasonal soups
Michael Kelly
22 Jul 2017
4.6k
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Gardening: Forage elderflowers now for a fresh, blossom-infused cordial
Michael Kelly
15 Jul 2017
5.6k
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'Sunflowers literally follow the sun across the horizon, only to turn back and face east by sunrise'
Michael Kelly
8 Jul 2017
3.2k
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July Gardening: 'This is the start of a super-abundant period in the veg patch'
Michael Kelly
1 Jul 2017
1.9k
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