Broadmeadow Community Garden
Saturday, December 26, 2015
Wednesday, September 30, 2015
We are looking for new members
The annual fee is €20 for 1 bed.
We are also planning to organize events for people to meet and kids to play.
If you are interested, or have questions, feel free to send an e-mail to broadmeadowgarden (at) gmail.com.
Sunday, June 8, 2014
Strawberries, yum!
Strawberries tend to take up a big amount of my allotment as there's no beating the taste of freshly picked home grown strawberries. I picked the 1st 2 ripe berries today, yum!
If you haven't got strawberries planted by now it will be too late, you need to put them in by autumn. If your neighbour has some you may be able to pot on runners. They are new plants that the original one make at this time of yr.
If you have put them in make sure to net them, the birds love them as much as we do. Don't forget to feed them, tomatoes or comfrey feed is good, and place a mulch of straw or dry materials around the plants to stop fruit from rotting.
Enjoy!
Monday, June 2, 2014
Sometimes it pays to be lazy
Look what I dug up with the weeds on the allotment today. Enough new potatoes for dinner. They grew from spuds I missed when digging last years. So don't worry if you don't get it all done by the book sometimes it pays to be lazy!!
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Slugs and snails and puppy dogs tails!!
This year I'm trying not to use any chemicals. May that be fertilizers, plant food, weed killers or pest control. So far my biggest problem has been slugs and snails. So here's what I'm trying.
Coffee grounds ( used ones) - these seem to work but need replacing after rain.
Sand - apparently they do t like a gritty surface.
Beer traps - jam jars buried with beer at the bottom. They are attracted by the beer smell and drown happy and drunk.
Removal - today I went put after the rain and collected a couple of dozen. They are in the picture below!! Most were hidden under plants but I got them!
Monday, May 19, 2014
Fingal Howth BioBlitz 2014
During Friday the 23rd of May the Bioblitz event will run at the Deer Park Hotel on the Hill of Howth:
The event in its entirety will run from 5pm on Friday the 23rd of May until 5pm on Saturday the 24th of May.
The draft programme for Friday the 23rd is as follows:
5:00 pm Butterfly Walk and talk by Robert Moss – Green Communities Programme. Meet at Deer Park Hotel.
7:00 pm Biodiversity talk by Mary Tubridy. Deer Park Hotel.
9:30 pm Moths Ireland Talk by Cian Merne – Moths Ireland. Deer Park Hotel
9:30 pm Moth trap demonstration and ongoing recording of species by Cian Merne – Moths Ireland. Meet at Deer Park Hotel.