Small can be bountiful: Growing your own veg without a big garden
Some crops don’t need much space and can even thrive inside on a sunny kitchen ledge
Five of the best vegetables to grow for your supper
Jerusalem artichoke, kale and potatoes are some of the more resilient vegetables to grow
Nine ways to cut gardening costs this spring
Cultivating your own crops from seed is just one way to cut down on household expenses
Prep, prune, plant: Your garden’s success depends on what you do now
A little judicious groundwork at this time of year ensures a gorgeous garden later on
It’s cold, wet, dark and dismal. Let’s get gardening
What you do in the garden now can lay the foundations for a year of homegrown beauty
Great gifts for gardeners: Tools, plants and knowledge
From gardening gloves and houseplants to roses, there is something here for everyone
Gardening: Nurture fruit and veg seedlings now for delicious produce later
Heat, good light levels, sufficient moisture and good quality compost are all important
Gardening: Ten jobs for over the Easter break
March is a great time to mow the lawn – or a great time not to mow it
Gardening: Practical advice on self-sufficiency for growers
Laitenberger gives dirt-under-the-fingernails guidance in ‘The Self Sufficient Garden’
Gardening: Ten jobs to do in February including planting 'apples of love'
Early tomatoes can be sown in a pot on a windowsill or in an electric propagator
Brexit disrupts plant and seed supplies to Irish gardeners
‘We’re holding off taking orders until things become clearer’: some British suppliers suspend mail service
2020 was the year many people unearthed their love of gardening
The pandemic’s black cloud came with a silver lining: the joy of digging and planting
From bust to blooms and a vie en rose in north county Dublin
Susan Lynch’s Vintage Rose Company is home to more than 2000 productive rose bushes
Ten things to do in the garden now to give you a lovely spring
Enjoy your garden through the cold months while laying the groundwork for spring
Move over potatoes – it’s time to plant onions, garlic and rhubarb
Use potato beds to plant for spring colour and summer flavour
Gardening for beginners: How to sow and grow for the first time
By late spring you’ll have hordes of baby plants ready to be planted outdoors, all for the price of a few packets of seeds
Ten fast-growing salads and vegetables to sow now
From peas to radishes, spuds to spinach, these will give you a harvest in no time
Sow delicous: Five great veg and fruit crops to grow this month
Itching to get going in the kitchen garden or allotment? Here’s a handful of crops to start growing now
Don’t hibernate: there’s plenty to do in the January garden
It may be cold and muddy but there’s pruning, planting and planning to be done
The miracle of lilac: long-living, sweet-smelling and very easy to grow
Grow them as a shrub or small tree in a lawn, an informal hedge, or even trained against a high wall where their foliage will act as a foil for flowering plants
Dig now for victory in the kitchen garden
Fionnuala Fallon: Preparation put in over coming weeks will be repaid tenfold in future months
Make the cut: the right way to prune roses
Follow the three Ds by using secateurs to remove any dead, diseased or dying wood
Plant the seed: How to grow a career in gardening
You need barrow-loads of intelligence and creativity, a strong back and green fingers
Pink dandelions, cucamelons, edible lupins: seeds to plant now for a delicious summer
Not much happens in the January garden but it's a good time to find summer inspiration in seed catalogues
Sixteen great books for gardeners this Christmas
This year’s fine crop tackles everything from wartime gardens to a guide to propagation
Giving to a gardener? Here's 35 great gifts for Christmas
Trees to plant, gloves to wear, cards to write trowels to dig, seeds to sow and a pad to rest
Prune, sow and eat tomatoes: 8 things to do in the August garden
It's a busy month in the gardening year. Time to tidy the summer pots and start planting for winter greens
How to beat the drought and keep the garden producing food
Even with the hosepipe ban, you can coax a decent harvest over the coming months
Dig in: nine things to do in the garden in April
Spring is on the way and the ground is warming up. It’s time to start planting
January in the garden: here’s a to-do list
The all-important business of seed sowing is just around the corner
Pond life: how to get your water garden fit for fish and flowers
Even the loveliest ponds need some tough love every 5-10 years to stay free of encroaching weeds
How to birdwatch in the garden this winter
Even a small suburban garden can host 25-30 species of birds in winter
Different colours in the garden will lift or lower your mood
Colour creates an atmosphere of tranquillity as easily as one of excitement and energy
Bloom 2017: The pick of a very beautiful bunch
We preview the best of this year’s festival, which kicks off in the Phoenix Park on June 1st
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