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Saturday 21 April, 2018
I don’t know how the poor plants will react if we skip spring altogether, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 14 April, 2018
I just chop them and steam them over some boiling water for a few minutes and they are delicious, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 7 April, 2018
Food growing is a simple, practical way to really engage employees, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 31 March, 2018
This onion marmalade recipe is a sinch to make so if by chance you still have a glut of onions from last year, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 24 March, 2018
I have a cunning plan to try to reduce the workload somewhat for the season ahead, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 17 March, 2018
They are a brilliantly easy veg to grow – blight aside – and harvesting your own spuds will be like Christmas morning, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 10 March, 2018
Growing some of your own food has a role to play in creating a more resilient food future, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 3 March, 2018
“It’s been a particular bugbear of mine for years that food growing is always presented as a gardening thing”, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 24 February, 2018
There is simply nothing like a home-grown tomato, writes GIY guru Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 17 February, 2018
This week Michael Kelly has tips on making your own compost.
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Saturday 10 February, 2018
Michael Kelly is back sowing and says, ‘It’s impossible not to feel full of springtime enthusiasm when you see signs of life emerging in a seed tray.’
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Saturday 3 February, 2018
This week our GIY guru gives his tips on how to trick potatoes into thinking they have lots of space available to grow.
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Saturday 27 January, 2018
We’re coming out of our winter shell this month, writes GIY guru Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 20 January, 2018
Expert tips from our GIY guru, Michael Kelly, that will help you to steer clear of plastic packaging in the supermarket.
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Saturday 13 January, 2018
Learn a skill, eat delicious things, sow a seed. Be kind to yourself, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 6 January, 2018
I often can’t wait to get started and at least plant something – perhaps some winter salad leaves, spinach and the like, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 30 December, 2017
We certainly didn’t invent the meitheal at GIY, but we have shamelessly hijacked and adapted the concept for our own uses, writes grower Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 23 December, 2017
This is an exercise in self-flagellation if ever there was one but here’s my report for this year’s GIYing, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 16 December, 2017
A handful of laying hens are a viable proposition for most people, and they will repay you with wonderful, fresh food all year around, writes grower Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 9 December, 2017
As you tuck into Christmas dinner, spare a thought for the Brussels sprout grower, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 2 December, 2017
In this cold weather we’re certainly in a soup, warming hot-pot frame of mind, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 25 November, 2017
In France, children spend a full hour where they learn how to eat in a civilised, relaxed manner and enjoy healthy food, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 18 November, 2017
I have no issue with anyone buying imported food when it’s something we can’t grow or produce here in Ireland, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 11 November, 2017
Mary Ellen Kelly and Róisín Kiely from St Augustine’s in Dungarvan won the inaugural GROW 2 CEO programme. Here is their recipe, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 4 November, 2017
It has a surprisingly sweet, apple or melon-like taste and a juicy texture rather like a water-chestnut, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 28 October, 2017
Home-grown herbs can make every meal feel like it was produced in your garden, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 21 October, 2017
I spent Monday hunkered down at home, waiting on The Storm Formerly Known As Hurricane Ophelia to do its worst, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 14 October, 2017
It is only now after the first frosts that carrots and parsnips start to really sweeten up, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 7 October, 2017
Is there anything tastier than some cold meats or cheese served with some crusty bread and a big dollop of chutney, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 30 September, 2017
Late September means baking crumbles and pruning your blackcurrants, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 23 September, 2017
As the winter draws in, nothing brings out my inner hunter-gatherer quite like having a full larder, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 16 September, 2017
We have been conditioned to believe that there are just handfuls of apple varieties but, in fact, we have hundreds of native varieties in Ireland alone, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 9 September, 2017
I am all for the occasional cheat if it helps me to grow better veggies, writes Micheal Kelly.
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Saturday 2 September, 2017
One of the best things we ever did was to buy flasks for our kids to take hot lunches to school, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 26 August, 2017
It’s worth considering amidst the belly-aching, that though the harvest currently seems endless, there will be an end, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 19 August, 2017
If you had a variety of tomato that was a particular success this year, why not try saving the seeds from the tomatoes to grow next year’s plants, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 12 August, 2017
Courgette bread might sound a little unlikely, but we’re in courgette glut central at the moment so desperate times call for desperate measures, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 5 August, 2017
Onions have been revered through time, not only for their culinary use, but also for their therapeutic properties, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 29 July, 2017
Pickled turnips might not sound all that appetising but this is delicious – promise, writes Michael Kelly.
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Saturday 22 July, 2017
Slug hunting is a grim task and it brings out the worst in me, writes Michael Kelly.
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A little rain late this morning
Max: 12 °C
Min: 5 °C
Some sun, then clouds with a few showers
Max: 11 °C
Min: 4 °C
