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All things regarding growing food

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Fruit

Fruit

This is a forum for all things fruit - whether you're interested in growing soft fruit like strawberries, raspberries etc or tree fruit like apples and pears. This is the place for you.

32 93 Raspberry bushes
Author: Cris Kiely, 2 hours, 34 minutes ago
Vegetables and Herbs

Vegetables and Herbs

Ah yes, veg & herbs - the raison d'être of GIYing. From carrots to cauliflower, basil to brussels, peas to parsnips, this forum page is all about sowing, growing and harvesting vegetables.

154 620 Strawbale Gardening
Author: Miriam Heylin, Feb 03, 2012
Compost

Compost

A group devoted to the correct level of care and attention that needs be lavished on those steaming piles of decomposing matter.... All aspects of what to do, what not to do, how much or how little will, hopefully, be revealed

36 122 Sterilizing Compost
Author: Robert Boccaccio, Feb 02, 2012
Other food you can grow

Other food you can grow

For most GIYers, the progression to home-grown food utopia starts with herbs, then progresses to veg and then to fruit. But for many, the journey doesn't end there and branches in to the wonderful world of nuts, mushrooms and more!

11 16 Christmas gift - a lifetime supply of truffles!
Author: Mr Ed, Feb 01, 2012

Rearing Animals

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Poultry

Poultry

Feather and Foul of any kind. A group dedicated to the raising, housing and keeping animals for the kitchen or for food production.

129 415 Very sick hen - any advice?
Author: Lorraine Foster, 27 minutes ago
Pigs

Pigs

Oink, oink - irascible, exasperating, charming, maddening, delicious. Keeping pigs is like advanced GIYing - it can turn a garden in to a smallholding, a field in to a farm. Pigs will root up and improve soil, produce a tonne of great farmyard manure and provide meat for a family of four for a whole year. What's not to love?

19 42 Pig Accomodation
Author: Lorraine Foster, Feb 03, 2012
Bees

Bees

Good morning your majesty! Keeping bees for honey is an ancient practice and one that still makes tremendous sense for the GIYer - bees to pollinate your veg plants and free honey to boot? This is a forum for discussions on beekeeping.

21 59 top bar hives
Author: Karl Lawless, Aug 29, 2011

Crafts, Skills and Traditions

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Crafts, Skills and Traditions

Crafts, Skills and Traditions

Foraging, willow weaving, butter-making, brewing beers and wine - there are no end to the crafts and skills that GIYers want to arm themselves with these days. This is a discussion forum for all things crafty.

90 243 Fedge
Author: Robert Boccaccio, Feb 03, 2012

GIY in the Community

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School Gardens

School Gardens

A dedicated forum for teachers and those involved in school vegetable garden projects to come together to share tips and ideas; talk about what worked and what didn't; veg to grow in school gardens (that will be ready within term time); equipment lists; fundraising ideas, issues and more.

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Community Gardens

Community Gardens

The GIY Community Garden Initiative is aiming to promote and facilitate community garden culture in Ireland. This is a dedicated forum for those involved in existing and potential gardens around Ireland (North and South) to come together to share tips, best practice and ideas; talk about what worked and what didn't; fundraising ideas, issues and more

1 0 Details of your Community Garden for the Map
Author: Ciaran Walsh, Jan 30, 2012

GIY Notice Board

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Courses

Courses

A forum to post details of GIY-related courses all over Ireland and for discussions on course content and quality. If you are posting details of a course, please supply the date, venue, content and cost.

26 0 National Compost Conference
Author: Therese Kennedy, Oct 11, 2011
Barter Board

Barter Board

Every GIYer knows what it's like to have a sudden glut of produce - more tomatoes then you can shake a stick at, courgettes coming out your nose etc. This is a barter board where you can exchange produce. Half a dozen eggs for a punnet of strawberries? Good deal. Remember, keep it local, be specific and see what happens.

15 36 cockrels and hens
Author: H O'BRIEN, Oct 10, 2011

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The GIY Debate

The GIY Debate

Raised beds or no raised beds? Is biodynamics science or superstition? Should raw milk be banned? Things get hot and heavy occasionally here in the GIY Debate forum but we always respect opinions and have some fun.

14 116 Jan ’12 - To Dig or Not to Dig
Author: Paul Martin, Feb 03, 2012