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# giy - Saturday 3 March, 2018
'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.
# giy - Saturday 24 February, 2018
A single tomato plant can produce 200 tomatoes in a season, here's how to sow them
There is simply nothing like a home-grown tomato, writes GIY guru Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 17 February, 2018
Use remaining old-season veg and store cupboard ingredients for a delicious cassoulet
This week Michael Kelly has tips on making your own compost.
# giy - Saturday 10 February, 2018
'There is simply nothing more warming than a French onion soup'
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
GIY: Even if you don't have much space, you can still grow spuds in pots and containers
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
GIY: Sow seeds on a sunny indoor windowsill and try this cheesy leeks recipe
We’re coming out of our winter shell this month, writes GIY guru Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 20 January, 2018
Keep those resolutions and get more veg in with this spiced parsnip burger recipe
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
GIY: 'Don’t think about giving stuff up, think about taking things up instead'
Learn a skill, eat delicious things, sow a seed. Be kind to yourself, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 6 January, 2018
Gardening: 'January is a great month to decide what you are going to grow this year'
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
GIY: 'Over a hot cup of soup, I was reminded how great you feel after a meitheal'
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
My 2017 GIY report: 'Aubergines – F. Great plants, no fruit. Must do better'
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.
# giy - Saturday 16 December, 2017
Gardening column: How to keep hens
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
Supermarket promotions: 'Down the road there is a ruinous cost to cheap food'
As you tuck into Christmas dinner, spare a thought for the Brussels sprout grower, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 2 December, 2017
GIY leeks and a dish that will chase away the winter chills
In this cold weather we’re certainly in a soup, warming hot-pot frame of mind, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 25 November, 2017
GIY: 'School lunches shouldn't be about wolfing down a sandwich in ten minutes'
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
Food miles: Don't buy strawberries from Israel during Irish strawberry season
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
GIY: Winter warming pea and nettle soup using homegrown peas and foraged nettles
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
Grow yacon: 'It's exciting to grow something you've never grown before'
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
GIY: Grow your kitchen herbs indoors and have a constant winter supply
Home-grown herbs can make every meal feel like it was produced in your garden, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 21 October, 2017
GIY: Ophelia's casualties in the garden and collecting seaweed post storm
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
'October is "stock pot" month when carrots, leeks and parsnips come into their own'
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
In the garden: Chutneys for relishing plus it's not too late to sow
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
Autumn's here. Cosy up with a steaming apple and blackberry crumble
Late September means baking crumbles and pruning your blackcurrants, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 23 September, 2017
Gardening: Tips and recipes for storing and pickling your summer veg
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
When was the last time you had an Irish apple? 95% of ones we eat are imported
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
Gardening: Autumn is coming - grab some salvaged timber and get to work on your 'raised beds'
I am all for the occasional cheat if it helps me to grow better veggies, writes Micheal Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 2 September, 2017
Lunches: Think beyond sandwiches as new school term begins'
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
Pickles, sauces and spiralising: Using up the summer's veg harvest
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
Gardening: Grow your own tomatoes - from seed to sauce
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
GIY: Make your own mildew spray and bake some courgette bread
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
Grow it yourself: 'Onions - a phenomenally useful veg'
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
GIY: 'Turnips are perfect for late summer sowing'
Pickled turnips might not sound all that appetising but this is delicious – promise, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 22 July, 2017
Gardening: This week, a beer trap for pesky slugs and seasonal soups
Slug hunting is a grim task and it brings out the worst in me, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 15 July, 2017
Gardening: Forage elderflowers now for a fresh, blossom-infused cordial
Elderflower is a great starter for novice foragers because it’s so easy to identify, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 8 July, 2017
'Sunflowers literally follow the sun across the horizon, only to turn back and face east by sunrise'
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
July Gardening: 'This is the start of a super-abundant period in the veg patch'
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
Gardening: Pick your beetroot early for summer salads and slaws
We’ve been enjoying the first batch of fresh beetroot from the veg patch, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 17 June, 2017
'A bowl of seasonal goodness using veg from our land and fish from our seas'
This is a light, vibrant, cheap and healthy alternative to the traditional seafood chowder, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 3 June, 2017
Gardening column: Growing carrots in the veg patch and roasting radishes in the kitchen
In a chaotic world, the veg patch is a place of such calm, writes Michael Kelly.
# giy - Saturday 20 May, 2017
GIY Comfrey: Grown for it's healing powers, comfrey is a great garden fertiliser
Comfrey sends its roots deep into the soil and brings up nutrients, most notably potassium, writes Michael Kelly.
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Poll: Do you think Phoenix Park's gates should be mostly closed to traffic?
MOST OF THE Phoenix Park’s gates were closed off to traffic at the height of the pandemic, but are being reopened now for cars to pass through.
This has been described as “incredibly regressive” by Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan, who argued that it should be used as a park, and in a few months it will be back to “car city”.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Patrick O’Donovan said that the volume of traffic has “gone up a lot” in the adjoining areas. “Whether we like it or not, for an awful lot of people it’s a commuter route,” he said on RTÉ Radio One.
So what do you think: should the Phoenix Park be mostly closed off to traffic from now on?
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By Ray O'Neill
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