# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 6 April, 2019
It’s worth buying good quality potting compost – ideally one that is approved for use in organic production and peat-free, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 30 March, 2019
Growing tomatoes is a double-edged sword because once you’ve tasted a proper homegrown tomato you really can’t go back to the bland shop-bought alternative, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 23 March, 2019
Time to transplant those tomatoes too. ‘Did you know that the little fuzzy hairs on the stem of a tomato seedling can become a root if planted under the soil?’
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 16 March, 2019
The act of harvesting spuds is pure GIY joy. Rummaging in the soil underneath a potato plant and finding lots of lovely tubers is as good as Christmas, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 9 March, 2019
We’ll be teaching you to grow onions, pumpkins, sweetcorn, courgettes, kale, beans and chillis for all shapes and sizes of gardens, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 2 March, 2019
‘All aspects of our lives – food, transport, energy and waste – will have to change dramatically if we’re to avoid catastrophe,’ writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 23 February, 2019
Michelin star chef, Derry Clarke, with us at Grow HQ recently and he shares our homegrown, seasonal ethos, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 16 February, 2019
This week, Michael Kelly took advantage of a quiet period in the growing season to take stock.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 9 February, 2019
Since reading the book, I’ve started sweeping the floor every morning in a mindful way – it’s delightfully old school and calming at the same time, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 2 February, 2019
Turning over the soil in the polytunnel is a breeze with a little help from friends – who also provide some helpful tips, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 26 January, 2019
Potatoes are high in vitamin C, naturally fat-free, a source of fibre and potassium and low in sugar. They are also versatile and delicious, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 19 January, 2019
It’s no longer just about ‘exotic’ fruit and veg that are difficult to grow in Ireland, we are now importing lots of veg that grow perfectly well here, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 12 January, 2019
I have had some God-awful compost heaps over the years – slimey, smelly, sludgy yokes that festered away in the corner of the garden, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 5 January, 2019
This is a delicious, warming and healthy pie that utilises those vegetables that are still available in early January, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 29 December, 2018
As usual, the aubergines were a disaster – at this stage, I think I only bother sowing them because there’s not much else to do in February, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 22 December, 2018
Farmers protested outside M&S in Liffey Valley last week to draw attention to what the IFA called ‘predatory’ pricing models, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 15 December, 2018
Bogland is usually not the best place to grow things, but it came in handy this summer for growing squash during the drought, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 8 December, 2018
Leeks often don’t grab the health headlines the way their allium cousins – garlic and onions do. But they contain most of the same flavonoids and sulfur-containing nutrients, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 1 December, 2018
Fermenting artichokes will reduce their – ahem – windiness and this recipe is delicious, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 24 November, 2018
So many people in my generation remember their fathers toiling away in the garden, we’re only one generation removed from the soil, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 17 November, 2018
As I’ve looked glumly from the house at the sodden garden, it’s been playing on my mind that it’s high time I got the beds in the veg patch covered down for the winter, writes Michael Kelly
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 10 November, 2018
Instead blanch them for just a few minutes, writes Michael Kelly, as he also advises on growing beetroot and making celery soup.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 3 November, 2018
In 15 years more than half of Irish field vegetable growers have stopped production, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 27 October, 2018
Here’s how to make sure you always have some homemade healthy kimchi to hand.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 6 October, 2018
This week, Michael Kelly has a recipe for blackberry crumble that’ll get some great vitamin C into your system.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 29 September, 2018
Tomatoes are a vegetable that can be preserved in many ways – they can be used in jams, jellies, relishes and chutneys, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 15 September, 2018
Michael Kelly on the virtues of a relatively low-maintenance crop that tolerates even the harshest of winters.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 1 September, 2018
Use this sauce as a base for pizzas, pastas, stews, casseroles and soups. It’s even flavourful enough to be used by itself as a soup, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 20 January, 2018
Expert tips from our GIY guru, Michael Kelly, that will help you to steer clear of plastic packaging in the supermarket.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 16 September, 2017
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.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 9 September, 2017
I am all for the occasional cheat if it helps me to grow better veggies, writes Micheal Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 21 January, 2017
It’s the perfect time of year to clean out your polytunnel and start sowing potatoes and carrots, writes gardening expert Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 3 December, 2016
Cultivated by the Incas since ancient times, oca is a potato-type crop that’s blight resistant and easy to grow, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 26 November, 2016
Expert tips from our GIY guru, Michael Kelly, that will send you straight past the supermarket mixed bags.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 19 November, 2016
GIY guru, Michael Kelly, says don’t be put off by the hassle factor, cultivating diva-ish asparagus isn’t impossible.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 12 November, 2016
High levels of vitamin A and C make its cancer-fighting properties just as strong as those of kale, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 5 November, 2016
It has a refreshing mild mustard flavour and will tolerate heat extremes in your garden, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 29 October, 2016
Without wishing to put a hex on it almost nothing can go wrong with perpetual spinach, writes Michael Kelly.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 15 October, 2016
Don’t worry, you don’t have to prepare yourself for a windy day after eating this vegetable.
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# grow-it-yourself - Saturday 1 October, 2016
Broccoli – or ‘calabrese’ – is relatively handy to grow and can be succession sown, so you can crop almost all summer and autumn.
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