A Beginner’s Guide to Organic Matter
Confused by all the gardening terms? This article looks at organic matter and the various ways and types you can add to your vegetable or ornamental garden.
How to Build a Plastic Bottle Greenhouse
Wondering how to build a plastic bottle greenhouse for your community garden, school or allotment? Here’s how we did it with volunteers in Gleann na Bearu Community Garden, Bagenalstown, County Carlow
How to get rid of Mealy Cabbage Aphids on your Greens without Chemicals
Mealy cabbage aphids are a serious pest that can have a devastating affect on brassica crops. Vigilance and beneficial insects are key to organic control.
How to Grow Your Own Broad Beans
Grow your own broad beans, a great bean for beginners, children, busy people and you can make humas too!
Dried Beans and a Smallholder Gathering
We all have to start somewhere. If you’d like to learn more about growing your own, becoming self sufficient or the upcoming smallholders gathering, read on.
What to Expect at a Greenside Up Grow Your Own Workshop
A workshop at Greenside Up is more than learning about vegetables, it’s a holistic experience.
Best Fruit and Vegetables that Grow in Shade
Though fruit and vegetables prefer sunshine, some will grow in varying amounts of shade. Here’s some top tips for choosing vegetables to grow in shade.
6 Unusual Vegetables You May Not Have Seen Growing Before
Six unusual vegetables normally associated with Latin America that we’re growing in the School of Food in the sunny south-east of Ireland.
