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To Do List - May

  • Put barrier around carrots to thwart the carrot root fly
  • Regularly hoe weeds, mulch and earth up spuds
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GIYing in bite-sized chunks is more manageable - Saturday May 18th 2013

GIY Weekly Column  by Michael Kelly In an effort to get lots of people to try it, there’s a tendency at times... Read More

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Homemade chicken stock cubes

heres a nice tip for making chicken stock cubes. Each time you cook a chicken, freeze the chicken carcass and... Read Tips

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GIY is an emerging global community of food growers.  We believe food growing can make the world a healthier, happier and more sustainable place. Our big idea is that we can grow more and better food, and have more fun in the process if we come together.  There are hundreds of GIY groups and over 50,000 GIYers involved in the movement. The community is supported by the GIY foundation (reg charity CHY 18920) which runs events and programmes to build awareness and knowledge about growing food.  

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    Grow with your kids

    6 great growing projects for you and your family. Still time to join up.

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    Get ready to plant...

    ... Carrots! You know you want to.

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    In plain language!

    What is potting compost and why do I want it?

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    Sow & Grow!

    The innocent Sow & Grow packs are now gone, but you can still sign up to take part in the competition.

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    The GIY Membership

    For €25 become a member and get 10% discount on our shop

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    Bloom in the Park 2013

    Bord Bia offers regional gardening groups unique opportunity to participate at Bloom.  Plus  TICKET...

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Get Growing

The key to successful GIYing is knowledge! Check out our getting started page. Find out what you should be doing this month in the veg patch or get info on each veg in the GIY veg directory. Read expert articles, or check out the daily Tip of The Day.

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Klaus' Corner

Oca – Oxalis tuberosum

by Klaus Laitenberger Oca is one of my favourite vegetables to grow.  It’s very pretty, easy to grow, very tasty and not prone to any particular pest or disease apart from the occasional slug nibble.  It’s a low growing...

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Recent Blog Posts

Covered Greenhouse Garden

By: eileen rowland

i Thought this would be a nice idea for a small garden that does not have much space for a green house ... http://swingncocoa.blogspot.ie/2013/04/covered-green-house.html... More

Down the garden path… Again

By: Suzie Cahn

  "Suffer Vegetables"  For most of the year you can’t keep me indoors and for most of the day I can’t sit still, but a certain solidifying inertia takes over once I’ve...

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Rathgar Terenure GIY @Dallotment

By: Kris Bridges

follow us on twitter @dallotment 20 April : We held a workshop on building raised beds on satuday afternoon and had a good attendance. we had bought 10 scaffolding...

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