# giy - 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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# giy - 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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# giy - Saturday 11 May, 2019
Learn to make ‘a one-pot veggie wonder that’s crammed with healthy vegetables, herbs and pulses and as an added bonus uses up stale bread too,’ writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 4 May, 2019
Obviously, if you are harvesting nettles from the wild, wear gloves or you will get stung, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - 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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# giy - 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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# giy - 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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# giy - 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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# giy - 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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# giy - 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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# giy - 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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# giy - 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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# giy - 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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# giy - 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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# giy - Saturday 29 December, 2018
As usual, the aubergines were a disaster – at this stage, I think I only bother sowing them because there’s not much else to do in February, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - 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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# giy - 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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# giy - Saturday 8 December, 2018
Leeks often don’t grab the health headlines the way their allium cousins – garlic and onions do. But they contain most of the same flavonoids and sulfur-containing nutrients, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 1 December, 2018
Fermenting artichokes will reduce their – ahem – windiness and this recipe is delicious, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 24 November, 2018
So many people in my generation remember their fathers toiling away in the garden, we’re only one generation removed from the soil, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 17 November, 2018
As I’ve looked glumly from the house at the sodden garden, it’s been playing on my mind that it’s high time I got the beds in the veg patch covered down for the winter, writes Michael Kelly
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# giy - Saturday 10 November, 2018
Instead blanch them for just a few minutes, writes Michael Kelly, as he also advises on growing beetroot and making celery soup.
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# giy - Saturday 3 November, 2018
In 15 years more than half of Irish field vegetable growers have stopped production, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 27 October, 2018
Here’s how to make sure you always have some homemade healthy kimchi to hand.
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# giy - Saturday 20 October, 2018
With temperatures dropping Michael Kelly has some tips to help you beef up your winter warmers.
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# giy - Saturday 6 October, 2018
This week, Michael Kelly has a recipe for blackberry crumble that’ll get some great vitamin C into your system.
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# giy - Saturday 29 September, 2018
Tomatoes are a vegetable that can be preserved in many ways – they can be used in jams, jellies, relishes and chutneys, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 22 September, 2018
Michael Kelly from GIY talks us through how to store chillies, and also how to make a delicious warming soup.
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# giy - Saturday 15 September, 2018
Michael Kelly on the virtues of a relatively low-maintenance crop that tolerates even the harshest of winters.
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# giy - Saturday 8 September, 2018
If you really want a slice of raw goodness, Michael Kelly has just the recipe, but he is warming up this autumn to the comfort of hot dishes.
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# giy - Saturday 1 September, 2018
Use this sauce as a base for pizzas, pastas, stews, casseroles and soups. It’s even flavourful enough to be used by itself as a soup, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 25 August, 2018
If you can get out of your head for an hour or so, you’ll automatically feel calmer – but the challenge is getting there, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 18 August, 2018
Growing brassicas like kale or cauliflower is basically a war between you and the creatures that want to eat the plants, writes Michael Kelly of GIY.ie.
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# giy - Saturday 4 August, 2018
It’s a good idea to cease watering onions for about two weeks before harvesting to help with that drying out, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 28 July, 2018
Of all the legume family, they are my favourite to eat, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 21 July, 2018
It’s a wonderful time of the year, when a simple lunch or dinner can easily be conjured up from nothing, once you have some decent sourdough bread in the bread bin, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 14 July, 2018
In these heatwave conditions, watering is indeed necessary and conserving water becomes a significant challenge, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 7 July, 2018
I find them relatively easy to grow, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 30 June, 2018
Some of them literally lay an egg a day all year, contributing food for the table even when your hens have given up laying in the depths of winter, writes Michael Kelly.
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# giy - Saturday 23 June, 2018
There are still loads of vegetables that you can sow from seed, writes Michael Kelly.
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