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Growing CarrotsCarrots always rate highly on lists of people’s favourite vegetables to eat. Nutritionally, they are real powerhouses,-even a rather wizened looking carrot which has spent two weeks in the fridge is full of antioxidants. For the home gardener they have both great...

Published on 20.5.2010, 10:50 AM by GIY Editor | 0 comment(s)

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The Three Sisters

The Three Sisters - Growing sweet corn, beans and squash together. The three vegetables sweet corn, climbing French beans and squash have been grown together by indigenous peoples in many parts of the world for centuries. Some people refer to them as the “three sisters”. They are a...

Published on 20.5.2010, 10:37 AM by GIY Editor | 0 comment(s)

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Growing Red Cabbage

Growing Red Cabbage Red Cabbage has much to recommend it, and it is worth sowing some in a seedbed this spring. This vegetable, in common with many dark vegetables and fruits is absolutely loaded with healthy anthocyanins, which are thought to protect the body against certain kinds of...

Published on 18.3.2010, 11:08 AM by GIY Editor | 1 comment(s)

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Growing Strawberries in Containers

Growing Strawberries in ContainersFresh strawberries and cream are one of the great summer treats for home gardeners and it is possible, even where space is limited, to grow a decent crop of this queen amongst soft fruits (though some would argue that raspberries are more deserving of such...

Published on 21.2.2010, 5:25 PM by GIY Editor | 3 comment(s)

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Growing Parsnips

Growing Parsnips It is hard to believe that parsnips, at one time occupied a central place on the dinner plates of our ancestors before ever the potato arrived to our shores. Although disliked by some people, anyone who enjoys the flavour of roast parsnips around the Sunday joint will...

Published on 9.2.2010, 12:31 PM by GIY Editor | 2 comment(s)

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Growing Cooking Apples

Why Grow Them?If there is a wise investment in future food for the family then the cooking apple tree must rank up there with the best. Now is a good time of year to think about planting one. Just think about it. An established tree can reliably supply you with a huge harvest of apples...

Published on 25.1.2010, 3:51 PM by GIY Editor | 0 comment(s)

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Growing Purple Sprouting Broccoli

Michael Fox is chairperson of South Dublin Allotments Association. He also runs an 8 week grow your own course for back gardeners in Terenure, Dublin-see www.plottopot.ieOne of the great delights is to grow a vegetable in the garden that is rarely available to buy in the shops and...

Published on 25.1.2010, 3:44 PM by GIY Editor | 4 comment(s)

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