'Gardening can be a major turn off for people but food growing is not about gardening, it’s about food'
“It’s been a particular bugbear of mine for years that food growing is always presented as a gardening thing”, writes Michael Kelly.
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“It’s been a particular bugbear of mine for years that food growing is always presented as a gardening thing”, writes Michael Kelly.
There is simply nothing like a home-grown tomato, writes GIY guru Michael Kelly.
This week Michael Kelly has tips on making your own compost.
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.’
This week our GIY guru gives his tips on how to trick potatoes into thinking they have lots of space available to grow.
We’re coming out of our winter shell this month, writes GIY guru Michael Kelly.
Expert tips from our GIY guru, Michael Kelly, that will help you to steer clear of plastic packaging in the supermarket.
Learn a skill, eat delicious things, sow a seed. Be kind to yourself, writes Michael Kelly.
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.
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.
This is an exercise in self-flagellation if ever there was one but here’s my report for this year’s GIYing, writes Michael Kelly.
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.
As you tuck into Christmas dinner, spare a thought for the Brussels sprout grower, writes Michael Kelly.
In this cold weather we’re certainly in a soup, warming hot-pot frame of mind, writes Michael Kelly.
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.
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.
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.
It has a surprisingly sweet, apple or melon-like taste and a juicy texture rather like a water-chestnut, writes Michael Kelly.
Home-grown herbs can make every meal feel like it was produced in your garden, writes Michael Kelly.
I spent Monday hunkered down at home, waiting on The Storm Formerly Known As Hurricane Ophelia to do its worst, writes Michael Kelly.
It is only now after the first frosts that carrots and parsnips start to really sweeten up, writes Michael Kelly.
Is there anything tastier than some cold meats or cheese served with some crusty bread and a big dollop of chutney, writes Michael Kelly.
Late September means baking crumbles and pruning your blackcurrants, writes Michael Kelly.
As the winter draws in, nothing brings out my inner hunter-gatherer quite like having a full larder, writes Michael Kelly.
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.
I am all for the occasional cheat if it helps me to grow better veggies, writes Micheal Kelly.
One of the best things we ever did was to buy flasks for our kids to take hot lunches to school, writes Michael Kelly.
It’s worth considering amidst the belly-aching, that though the harvest currently seems endless, there will be an end, writes Michael Kelly.
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.
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.
Onions have been revered through time, not only for their culinary use, but also for their therapeutic properties, writes Michael Kelly.
Pickled turnips might not sound all that appetising but this is delicious – promise, writes Michael Kelly.
Slug hunting is a grim task and it brings out the worst in me, writes Michael Kelly.
Elderflower is a great starter for novice foragers because it’s so easy to identify, writes Michael Kelly.
The sunflower is one of the most animated, optimistic and downright cheery flowers you can have in your garden, writes Michael Kelly.
As the produce starts to flow in, don’t forget to keep sowing too – no, it’s not too late, writes Michael Kelly.
We’ve been enjoying the first batch of fresh beetroot from the veg patch, writes Michael Kelly.
This is a light, vibrant, cheap and healthy alternative to the traditional seafood chowder, writes Michael Kelly.
In a chaotic world, the veg patch is a place of such calm, writes Michael Kelly.
Comfrey sends its roots deep into the soil and brings up nutrients, most notably potassium, writes Michael Kelly.