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We are a small college in Dromcollogher, County Limerick, Ireland.

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Some bed preparation for the Winter

Earlier in the year i had neglected somewhat my outdoor beds and gave more attention to the tunnel beds, so much so that i even didn't get round to planting anything in one and it just became overgrown...

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Serious drainage problem in polytunnel

With the recent heavy rainfall i discovered the plot of ground where i have my polytunnel placed has a bad problem with drainage. Although i knew the ground was somewhat compacted i didn't expect to...

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My Compost Bays

Inspired by what i learned during the course year i began building a compost bay from old pallets and timber stakes. I first started in June by driving the posts and putting the pallets in place. That...

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My micro weather station

Recently on eBay i bought a micro weather station. I intend to monitor the local weather conditions on the family farm, with particular interest on wind speed. I can read back the data from the control...

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Preparing new beds for spring

Today I've been outside busily digging new beds in the garden for spring.As the soil has not been used for growing veg before there are a lot of stones - so I'm double digging and removing all the stones...

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August Bank Holiday Weekend

Spent Saturday and Sunday writing up some of the project. Sunday was a bad day, after spending most of the day writing 3-4 sections my document closed without saving, so all day's wor was lost.So today...

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Weekend 25th/26th July

Harvested a selection of carrots from the indoor beds, and 4 onions. See photos No.342 - 398 here: http://picasaweb.google.com/jjohnflynn/Polytunnel1?feat=directlink Carrots generally in great condition...

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Weekend activities 18th/19th July

Saturday 18th.Harvested and measured a variety of carrots from the tunnel beds and a few from the outdoor beds. Since the rains of the last couple of weeks the outdoor carrots have come on alot and...

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Weekend activities July 11th/12th/13th

Saturday 11th.Picked some carrots at late evening from tunnel beds No.3,4,5. Found mostly healthy carrots. One or two show some signs of forking, one has bolted and another seems in the process of bolting...

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Weekend July 4th/5th

Saturday 4th.Dug up 6 stalks of Orla potatoes. Harvested 16 tubers, 8 medium/large sized and 8 small to very small. 3 of 6 stalks with one blighted tuber. No signs of leaf blight.Randomly picked some...

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