# growing - Saturday 16 November, 2019
I feel blessed to have so much delicious, nutritious food to hand, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 25 August, 2018
If you can get out of your head for an hour or so, you’ll automatically feel calmer – but the challenge is getting there, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 18 August, 2018
Growing brassicas like kale or cauliflower is basically a war between you and the creatures that want to eat the plants, writes Michael Kelly of GIY.ie.
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# growing - Saturday 11 August, 2018
This is a crucially important time of the year to be sowing seeds, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 4 August, 2018
It’s a good idea to cease watering onions for about two weeks before harvesting to help with that drying out, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 28 July, 2018
Of all the legume family, they are my favourite to eat, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 21 July, 2018
It’s a wonderful time of the year, when a simple lunch or dinner can easily be conjured up from nothing, once you have some decent sourdough bread in the bread bin, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 14 July, 2018
In these heatwave conditions, watering is indeed necessary and conserving water becomes a significant challenge, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 7 July, 2018
I find them relatively easy to grow, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 30 June, 2018
Some of them literally lay an egg a day all year, contributing food for the table even when your hens have given up laying in the depths of winter, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 23 June, 2018
There are still loads of vegetables that you can sow from seed, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 16 June, 2018
It’s difficult to come up with a definitive list, but here are some guidelines, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 9 June, 2018
Of course, some of them still didn’t like it after taking part in The Grand Beeturia Experiment, but that’s okay – at least they tried it, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 2 June, 2018
Last week I got the climbing beans out of module trays and in to the ground in the big tunnel, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 19 May, 2018
Serve as a generous lunch or light dinner with a salad of peppery green leaves, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 12 May, 2018
It’s a nice surprise to discover that what you have considered a real nuisance in the veg patch, could in fact turn out to be a blessing, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 5 May, 2018
In a demise worthy of the cheesiest horror movie the nematodes then eat the wire worms from the inside out, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 21 April, 2018
I don’t know how the poor plants will react if we skip spring altogether, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 14 April, 2018
I just chop them and steam them over some boiling water for a few minutes and they are delicious, writes Michael Kelly.
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Joe Schmidt recently said the club game is “the base” rugby in Ireland is built on.
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# growing - Saturday 7 April, 2018
Food growing is a simple, practical way to really engage employees, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 31 March, 2018
This onion marmalade recipe is a sinch to make so if by chance you still have a glut of onions from last year, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 24 March, 2018
I have a cunning plan to try to reduce the workload somewhat for the season ahead, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 17 March, 2018
They are a brilliantly easy veg to grow – blight aside – and harvesting your own spuds will be like Christmas morning, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 10 March, 2018
Growing some of your own food has a role to play in creating a more resilient food future, writes Michael Kelly.
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# growing - Saturday 17 February, 2018
This week Michael Kelly has tips on making your own compost.
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# growing - Saturday 10 February, 2018
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.’
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# growing - Saturday 3 February, 2018
This week our GIY guru gives his tips on how to trick potatoes into thinking they have lots of space available to grow.
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# growing - Wednesday 31 January, 2018
Building depth has been a key goal since the 2015 World Cup quarter-final exit.
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# growing - Saturday 27 January, 2018
We’re coming out of our winter shell this month, writes GIY guru Michael Kelly.
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# growing - 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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# growing - Monday 13 February, 2017
The Ireland head coach won’t be getting over the round-one defeat in Scotland just yet though.
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# growing - Monday 28 November, 2016
Sinn Féin are hopeful that a move will happen in the near future.
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# growing - Saturday 24 September, 2016
Michael Kelly continues his Grow It Yourself series with lettuce – but be careful you don’t sow too much of it.
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# growing - Saturday 5 March, 2016
As part of Michael Kelly’s 52 Veg – A Year of Growing, Cooking and Eating your own Food series – this week, we talk carrots.
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# growing - Saturday 27 February, 2016
For over 4,000 years of human history garlic has been used for its healing powers
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# growing - Saturday 20 February, 2016
As part of Michael Kelly’s 52 Veg – A Year of Growing, Cooking and Eating your own Food series – this week, we talk aubergines.
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# growing - Saturday 13 February, 2016
As part of Michael Kelly’s 52 Veg – A Year of Growing, Cooking and Eating your own Food series – this week, we talk rocket.
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# growing - Saturday 30 January, 2016
As part of Michael Kelly’s 52 Veg – A Year of Growing, Cooking and Eating your own Food series – this week, we talk chard.
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# growing - Saturday 23 January, 2016
Still on your January health buzz? Michael Kelly talks about sprouting broccoli this week – a nice addition to your meals.
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Windy with periods of rain
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Mostly cloudy with a couple of showers
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