# gardening - Saturday 4 January, 2020
It is a delicious vegetable included in mashed potato or even grated raw.
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# gardening - Saturday 28 December, 2019
It’s time to start thinking about next year’s garden as 2020 creeps ever-closer.
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# gardening - Saturday 21 December, 2019
In other news, here’s a recipe for some creamy Brussels sprouts to posh up your Christmas dinner.
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# gardening - Saturday 14 December, 2019
There is always a price to cheap food, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 16 November, 2019
I feel blessed to have so much delicious, nutritious food to hand, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 9 November, 2019
Growing your own food could be even more important in the future, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 2 November, 2019
As Winter begins, there’s no better time to pickle some chilis or cook with more root vegetables, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 26 October, 2019
Although traditionally sown in December, putting the garlic in the ground now gives it the best chance of thriving in cold weather.
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# gardening - Saturday 12 October, 2019
Roasting root vegetables has become a staple in our house, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 5 October, 2019
It’s difficult to tell when pears are ripe but there is a knack to it, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 14 September, 2019
There’s something so elementally enjoyable about peeling back a sweetcorn’s skin to find the beautiful shiny yellow kernels underneath, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 24 August, 2019
Although the name is German, the probiotic food has its origins in China.
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# gardening - Saturday 27 July, 2019
Turnips are very easy to grow and because they produce a crop so quickly, they are an ideal candidate for late summer sowing.
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# gardening - Saturday 6 July, 2019
A hardy crop of broad beans and homemade herbal tea is on the agenda from the garden, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 29 June, 2019
There’s plenty to do in the garden as abundant rain and improving temperatures mean everything is growing quickly, write Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 22 June, 2019
An insect hotel will encourage more wildlife and biodiversity into the garden, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 15 June, 2019
As well as specific watering methods there is the regular pinching out of side shoots to allow air to circulate around the plants, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 8 June, 2019
As consumers we have to vote with our wallets, eating in season and buying Irish, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 1 June, 2019
Because they are a deep-rooting plant, it’s not effective to spray water at the soil, you need to get down to the roots, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 25 May, 2019
Katie Sanderson cooked this recipe in the Kale episode of this season’s GROW COOK EAT and the reaction was amazing, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 18 May, 2019
Many growing books will tell you to sow carrots in March or April but I always wait until May or June to sow mine, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 27 April, 2019
It is remarkable to watch this young woman speak her truth to power, writes Michael Kelly of Grow It Yourself Ireland.
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# gardening - Saturday 20 April, 2019
‘Most parsnip seed packets will tell you to sow them in February – don’t do it,’ writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 13 April, 2019
‘The beauty of a module tray is that the roots of seedlings are kept apart which means you don’t upset them when you are transplanting them’, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 6 April, 2019
It’s worth buying good quality potting compost – ideally one that is approved for use in organic production and peat-free, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 30 March, 2019
Growing tomatoes is a double-edged sword because once you’ve tasted a proper homegrown tomato you really can’t go back to the bland shop-bought alternative, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 23 March, 2019
Time to transplant those tomatoes too. ‘Did you know that the little fuzzy hairs on the stem of a tomato seedling can become a root if planted under the soil?’
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# gardening - Saturday 16 March, 2019
The act of harvesting spuds is pure GIY joy. Rummaging in the soil underneath a potato plant and finding lots of lovely tubers is as good as Christmas, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 9 March, 2019
We’ll be teaching you to grow onions, pumpkins, sweetcorn, courgettes, kale, beans and chillis for all shapes and sizes of gardens, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 2 March, 2019
‘All aspects of our lives – food, transport, energy and waste – will have to change dramatically if we’re to avoid catastrophe,’ writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 23 February, 2019
Michelin star chef, Derry Clarke, with us at Grow HQ recently and he shares our homegrown, seasonal ethos, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 16 February, 2019
This week, Michael Kelly took advantage of a quiet period in the growing season to take stock.
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# gardening - Saturday 9 February, 2019
Since reading the book, I’ve started sweeping the floor every morning in a mindful way – it’s delightfully old school and calming at the same time, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 2 February, 2019
Turning over the soil in the polytunnel is a breeze with a little help from friends – who also provide some helpful tips, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 19 January, 2019
It’s no longer just about ‘exotic’ fruit and veg that are difficult to grow in Ireland, we are now importing lots of veg that grow perfectly well here, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 12 January, 2019
I have had some God-awful compost heaps over the years – slimey, smelly, sludgy yokes that festered away in the corner of the garden, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 5 January, 2019
This is a delicious, warming and healthy pie that utilises those vegetables that are still available in early January, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 22 December, 2018
Farmers protested outside M&S in Liffey Valley last week to draw attention to what the IFA called ‘predatory’ pricing models, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 15 December, 2018
Bogland is usually not the best place to grow things, but it came in handy this summer for growing squash during the drought, writes Michael Kelly.
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# gardening - Saturday 1 December, 2018
Fermenting artichokes will reduce their – ahem – windiness and this recipe is delicious, writes Michael Kelly.
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