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GIY: 'I've been grappling with how we get kids to try beetroot and I reckon I've cracked it'
'Slug patrols with a torch after dark have resumed, as have my attempts to lure them into beer traps'
GIY: Get creative with delicious new potatoes using this Spanish tortilla recipe
Chickweed: 'Not only is it edible, it’s considered to be a nutritional powerhouse'
Bio-insecticide Supernemos: 'Sometimes GIYing is not for the faint hearted'
GIY: Courgettes are easy to grow and incredibly prolific, growing freakishly fast
GIY: 'We really don’t need a heatwave – just a few days with the sun in the sky'
In the garden: 'I find that my system is craving fresh greens after a long winter'
Michael Kelly’s top tips for putting food and food growing at the centre of your workplace
GIY: Our guru's 'nerdy' guide to growing onions for home-made marmalade
GIY: Secrets to growing your own juicy tomatoes
GIY: 'This St Patrick’s Day I will be out (as I am every year) sowing my spuds for the year'
Supermarket queues: How well would we cope with a more sustained crisis?
'Gardening can be a major turn off for people but food growing is not about gardening, it’s about food'
A single tomato plant can produce 200 tomatoes in a season, here's how to sow them
Use remaining old-season veg and store cupboard ingredients for a delicious cassoulet
'There is simply nothing more warming than a French onion soup'
GIY: Even if you don't have much space, you can still grow spuds in pots and containers
GIY: Sow seeds on a sunny indoor windowsill and try this cheesy leeks recipe
Keep those resolutions and get more veg in with this spiced parsnip burger recipe
GIY: 'Don’t think about giving stuff up, think about taking things up instead'
Gardening: 'January is a great month to decide what you are going to grow this year'
GIY: 'Over a hot cup of soup, I was reminded how great you feel after a meitheal'
My 2017 GIY report: 'Aubergines – F. Great plants, no fruit. Must do better'
Gardening column: How to keep hens
Supermarket promotions: 'Down the road there is a ruinous cost to cheap food'
GIY leeks and a dish that will chase away the winter chills
GIY: 'School lunches shouldn't be about wolfing down a sandwich in ten minutes'
Food miles: Don't buy strawberries from Israel during Irish strawberry season
GIY: Winter warming pea and nettle soup using homegrown peas and foraged nettles
Grow yacon: 'It's exciting to grow something you've never grown before'
GIY: Grow your kitchen herbs indoors and have a constant winter supply
GIY: Ophelia's casualties in the garden and collecting seaweed post storm
'October is "stock pot" month when carrots, leeks and parsnips come into their own'
In the garden: Chutneys for relishing plus it's not too late to sow
Autumn's here. Cosy up with a steaming apple and blackberry crumble
Gardening: Tips and recipes for storing and pickling your summer veg
When was the last time you had an Irish apple? 95% of ones we eat are imported
Gardening: Autumn is coming - grab some salvaged timber and get to work on your 'raised beds'
Lunches: Think beyond sandwiches as new school term begins'