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The Casual Gardener: Being good to bees can help biodiversity overall in Ireland

John Manley

AT THIS time of peak patriotism, it would nice to think people's sense of Irishness could extend beyond the clichés of shamrock, Guinness and fiddly-dee to something arguably more worthwhile, like the island's insects.

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Gardening advice: Tips for ensuring your houseplants survive if you want an easy life

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The Casual Gardener: Bay straddles the divide between aromatic and ornamental

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Gardening advice: Tips on how you can jazz up your front door with pot plants

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The Casual Gardener: Hair and matches among household waste to help plants grow

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The Casual Gardener: Hair and matches among household waste to help plants grow

John Manley 02 Mar, 2019

GARDENERS have always tended to be thrifty, recycling and reusing household items that would otherwise be thrown away.

Garden tips: How to choose the right compost

Hannah Stephenson 23 Feb, 2019

AS SPRING approaches, we'll be sowing, planting, mulching and digging – but which compost do we need for each job? There are basically two types of compost: Soilless and soil-based.

Casual Gardener: Why it's not hip to be square

John Manley 23 Feb, 2019

HAVE you noticed that a lot of evergreen and deciduous shrubs seem to be cut into rectangular and square shapes at this time of year?

The Casual Gardener: How to find a name for that plant

John Manley 16 Feb, 2019

I'M SURE every gardener's been in that situation where they've come across a new, previously unknown plant and desperately wanted to know what its called.

Gardening: Here are three pests and diseases that could threaten your potato crop

16 Feb, 2019

1. Potato blight: As we are all too aware in Ireland, this is among the most common and devastating diseases affecting potatoes.

Meditation garden designed by landscape gardener killed in hit-and-run unveiled in Co Antrim

Suzanne McGonagle 13 Feb, 2019

A MEDITATION garden designed by a talented landscape gardener before he was killed in a hit-and-run has been unveiled in Co Antrim.

Gardening advice: Five ways to recycle your plastic and help wage war on waste

09 Feb, 2019

1. Get creative: In Britain and Northern Ireland we use over 35 million plastic bottles every day – but with a bit of imagination, they could find a home in your garden landscaping and help cut down on waste sent to landfill.