CONTENTS - Categorized and then alphabetized list of all the posts on this site.
This blog is all about trying to be a little bit more caring towards the environment, to plants and also to animals and ourselves. We have a small suburban back garden and grow fruit and vegetablesn and wildlife areas. We reuse loads of stuff that we find on beaches, skips and the side of the road. We have a rescued horse and Chris works on an organic farm....all of which feature in this blog. The blog is supposed to share ideas and some things that I have learnt as well as looking for ideas and information from the reader.
Here is a contents page organized in categories and then in alphabetical order within those categories. I update it depending on what is happening in the garden or rest of the world and somethime this means a regular update and other times there might be longer between posts.
- Green Energy
- Using wind and oar power on our boat - 6th April 2007
- Growing Fruit in Containers
- Blackcurrants - Woodlice eating the flowers - 18th August 2007
- Blackcurrant - Taking a Cutting - 2nd January 2008
- Cape Gooseberries - An Introduction - 2nd June 2007
- Gape Goosberries - From seed to setting fruit - 1st August 2007
- Cape Gooseberries - Harvesting the fruit! - 15th October 2007
- Planting a Fig Tree - 23rd April 2007
- Redcurrants, the first year - spring/summer - 13 May 07
- Redcurrant Pruning - 16th Jan 08
- Strawberries -Alpine - An Introduction - 29th April 2007
- Strawberries - Alpine- Growing and Propagating - 3rd August 2007
- Strawberries - Runners - Making new plants - 20th June 2007
- Strawberries - Runners - Potting on - 17th October 2007
- Strawberries - More about runners and keeping strawberries tidy - 20th March 2008
- Why grow fruit in containers? - 17th April 2007
- Growing Fruit and Vegetables
- Green fly farming by ants - 23rd April 2007
- Growing Raspberries - 21st March 2007
- Growing Salads - 16th March 2007
- Planting potatoes - 2nd April 2007
- Sowing tomatoes and potting on the seedlings - 12th April 2007
- Why bother growing fruit and veg? - 8th April 2007
- Why Bother with the Butt? - 2nd May 2007
- Jim's Organic Farm
- Working Horses - 26th April 2007
- Volunteering on the Farm - 2nd September 2007
- Lifestyle
- Living without a TV - 24th April 2007
- Natural Hair Care
- Not washing my hair - 16th March 2007
- Reduce and Reuse
- Beachcombing in Mayo - 7th May 2007
- Charity Shops - 31st March 2007
- Free, Used, Plant Pots - 30th March 2007
- Making a greenhouse, cat house and cold frame from rubbish - 19th March 2007
- Projects for reusing paper - 30th March 2007
- Sewing from old cloth - 27th March 2007
- Skip Treasures - Finding wood and windows for free - 1st April 2007
- Stella the Rescued Horse
- A mistreated horse finds a new home....hopefully - 26th April 2007
- Stella - A Week and a Half Since we Bought Her - 28th May 2007
- Stella moves to her new home - 6th June 2007
- Settling into her new home - 21st June 2007
- Rescuing Stella and Snoozing Horses - 20th May
- Wildlife in the Garden
- Baby swans on the Shannon - 10th July 2007
- Mini Meadows - 11th June 2007
- The meadow is developing - 3rd July 2007
- Meadow - Close up photos of some of the plants in the meadow - 12th July 2007
- Mowing the Meadow - 13th October 2007
If you have any information on growing fruit in general or a specific species and would like to add a post to this blog I would be delighted to put it up here.
Enjoy!
