Organic College Garden Diary

See what our students have been up to in their gardens and read about local food in Ireland
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We are a small college in Dromcollogher, County Limerick, Ireland.

You'll find courses in organic horticulture - growing fruit, veg and herbs - on our website: organiccollege.com

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Waking up to a great week

If at some time in your life you ever wake up and know that you are going to have a great week, well let me congratulate you.  This wonderful thing happened me on Monday, apart from my job, i made plans...

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Bee Keeping Handouts

I got these from Jim last week.  Sorry for the delay in getting them uploaded.Kathleen You must have flash to see this embedded document. You must have flash to see this embedded document. You must...

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Morning Harvest

Hey all - enjoying fruits and flavours from the tunnel at the moment - lovely strawberries, tomatoes and peas. All my earlies have been used up (Orla variety) - was delighted with them  - great size...

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Garden full of surprises.

When I started my garden, I thought very little beyond the fact of getting everything set on time.  Keeping the chickens and the goats out were next on my list. Keeping the chickens at bay was easy...

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Annette's JULY report

6th: In Zone 2 (willow by chalet) I sowed long row of CARROT, 4 types: Starca, Nantes, Autumn King & Amfine. KALE ‘Nero di Toscana’. PARSNIP ‘White King’ 16th: turned the compost heaps: added dung...

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pigs and chickens

talked alot about it but now were gone 1 step further. Weve made sausages and blackpudding and all the rest. Hen house completed and the hens are laying. Strugling with the pollytunnel and the heat...

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Lovely Spuds.....

There is nothing like having your own garden, be it extremely large or on you window sill. My garden is what you would call a kitchen garden. Mind you the weeds seem to have gotten the better of me...

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Last day of Work Experience

    Today was the last day of my work experience and i got to spend it at a farmers market.    This has been by far the most interesting and educational day of the whole work experience programme. Today...

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mobile chicken water system ... part 3 and finish

Yes - it's finally finished (actually already since a while, but I moved house and didn't have internet until now - so I couldn't update anything). It works fine and the chicken love it (and I love...

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Annette's garden May/June

Picking strawberries on a daily basis from the tunnel. Continued deep-weeding couch grass roots at front wall (7 sections marked by trees). Section 1 completed & planted line of AF Marigold, line of...

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