Gardening

Gardens full of flowers are beautiful but if you get some which kick out wonderful sweet perfumes then you’re onto…

One of the features of a new home are the high-quality lawns which are installed on every property. This lush…

Gardening columnist Gareth Austin shares some of the gardening jobs you can do in January to prepare for spring. It’s…

There are few plants which perform as consistently has heather in the garden. When planted they last for many years…

Last week we were celebrating the start of the Autumn colours on the garden trees and shrubs, the lowering of…

This past week its turned a bit chilly at night, you’ve probably packed away the shorts and are more than…

I’m a great fan of using annuals for fillers in the garden. Quick growing flowers are ideal for filling in…

A question I get asked a lot is “when’s the best time to plant shrubs?”, and I think the answer…

STOP! Hold it right there. Surely you’ve enough slug pellets down in the garden already? Many of you reading this…

Roses are the favourite flower of gardeners. End of. No arguing. Whenever you see polls conducted to get gardeners to…

Over the weekend of the 29th & 30th July there is a new exciting Food Festival taking place in Letterkenny,…

Your lawn be a mass of white flowers between cuts – maybe this carpet if your signal its time to…

When we think of thistles we tend to think about weeds, both in the shrub beds but also in the…

Now the Peonies in the gardens are looking amazing. All your hard work of feeding, slug control and supporting these…

Come summer the garden will be packed, summer flowering perennials will be arching high above surrounding plants, their flowers reaching…

Gooseberry Sawfly is the number one problem for anyone growing Gooseberries here in Donegal. A full plant can be severely…

Increasingly there is concern about the use of pesticides in our gardens, concerns on what this exposure does to our…

I’ve been heartened by a couple of recent visits to cafes in the town, firstly I think we’re furiously fortunate…

This past week has been a busy one, some great weather kept us busy outside and then at the end…

There’s barely a day goes past which doesn’t involve someone asking me about moss in their lawn – it seems…