# giy - Saturday 3 March, 2018
# Column
# Column
“It’s been a particular bugbear of mine for years that food growing is always presented as a gardening thing”, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 24 February, 2018
# GIY
# GIY
There is simply nothing like a home-grown tomato, writes GIY guru Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 17 February, 2018
# Column
# Column
This week Michael Kelly has tips on making your own compost.
# giy - Saturday 10 February, 2018
# Column
# Column
Michael Kelly is back sowing and says, ‘It’s impossible not to feel full of springtime enthusiasm when you see signs of life emerging in a seed tray.’
# giy - Saturday 3 February, 2018
# Growing
# Growing
This week our GIY guru gives his tips on how to trick potatoes into thinking they have lots of space available to grow.
# giy - Saturday 27 January, 2018
# Column
# Column
We’re coming out of our winter shell this month, writes GIY guru Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 20 January, 2018
# Column
# Column
Expert tips from our GIY guru, Michael Kelly, that will help you to steer clear of plastic packaging in the supermarket.
# giy - Saturday 13 January, 2018
# Column
# Column
Learn a skill, eat delicious things, sow a seed. Be kind to yourself, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 6 January, 2018
# Read Me
# Read Me
I often can’t wait to get started and at least plant something – perhaps some winter salad leaves, spinach and the like, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 30 December, 2017
# Column
# Column
We certainly didn’t invent the meitheal at GIY , but we have shamelessly hijacked and adapted the concept for our own uses, writes grower Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 23 December, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
This is an exercise in self-flagellation if ever there was one but here’s my report for this year’s GIY ing, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 16 December, 2017
# Read Me
# Read Me
A handful of laying hens are a viable proposition for most people, and they will repay you with wonderful, fresh food all year around, writes grower Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 9 December, 2017
# Column
# Column
As you tuck into Christmas dinner, spare a thought for the Brussels sprout grower, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 2 December, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
In this cold weather we’re certainly in a soup, warming hot-pot frame of mind, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 25 November, 2017
# Column
# Column
In France, children spend a full hour where they learn how to eat in a civilised, relaxed manner and enjoy healthy food, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 18 November, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
I have no issue with anyone buying imported food when it’s something we can’t grow or produce here in Ireland, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 11 November, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
Mary Ellen Kelly and Róisín Kiely from St Augustine’s in Dungarvan won the inaugural GROW 2 CEO programme. Here is their recipe, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 4 November, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
It has a surprisingly sweet, apple or melon-like taste and a juicy texture rather like a water-chestnut, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 28 October, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
Home-grown herbs can make every meal feel like it was produced in your garden, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 21 October, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
I spent Monday hunkered down at home, waiting on The Storm Formerly Known As Hurricane Ophelia to do its worst, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 14 October, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
It is only now after the first frosts that carrots and parsnips start to really sweeten up, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 7 October, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
Is there anything tastier than some cold meats or cheese served with some crusty bread and a big dollop of chutney, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 30 September, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
Late September means baking crumbles and pruning your blackcurrants, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 23 September, 2017
# GIY
# GIY
As the winter draws in, nothing brings out my inner hunter-gatherer quite like having a full larder, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 16 September, 2017
# How Do You Like Them
# How Do You Like Them
We have been conditioned to believe that there are just handfuls of apple varieties but, in fact, we have hundreds of native varieties in Ireland alone, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 9 September, 2017
# Grow It Yourself
# Grow It Yourself
I am all for the occasional cheat if it helps me to grow better veggies, writes Micheal Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 2 September, 2017
# GIY
# GIY
One of the best things we ever did was to buy flasks for our kids to take hot lunches to school, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 26 August, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
It’s worth considering amidst the belly-aching, that though the harvest currently seems endless, there will be an end, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 19 August, 2017
# Column
# Column
If you had a variety of tomato that was a particular success this year, why not try saving the seeds from the tomatoes to grow next year’s plants, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 12 August, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
Courgette bread might sound a little unlikely, but we’re in courgette glut central at the moment so desperate times call for desperate measures, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 5 August, 2017
# Column
# Column
Onions have been revered through time, not only for their culinary use, but also for their therapeutic properties, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 29 July, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
Pickled turnips might not sound all that appetising but this is delicious – promise, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 22 July, 2017
# Slug Hunting
# Slug Hunting
Slug hunting is a grim task and it brings out the worst in me, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 15 July, 2017
# Elderflower Cordial Recipe
# Elderflower Cordial Recipe
Elderflower is a great starter for novice foragers because it’s so easy to identify, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 8 July, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
The sunflower is one of the most animated, optimistic and downright cheery flowers you can have in your garden, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 1 July, 2017
# GIY
# GIY
As the produce starts to flow in, don’t forget to keep sowing too – no, it’s not too late, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 24 June, 2017
# GIY
# GIY
We’ve been enjoying the first batch of fresh beetroot from the veg patch, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 17 June, 2017
# Gardening Column
# Gardening Column
This is a light, vibrant, cheap and healthy alternative to the traditional seafood chowder, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 3 June, 2017
# Recipe
# Recipe
In a chaotic world, the veg patch is a place of such calm, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 20 May, 2017
# Gardening
# Gardening
Comfrey sends its roots deep into the soil and brings up nutrients, most notably potassium, writes Michael Kelly.
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