Muintir na Tire School Garden Competition

Beetroot Why Grow It? Many people have an aversion to beetroot because the only way they have ever tasted it is boiled and drowned in vinegar!  If this is your experience, it deserves a second chance for it is a fine root crop, that is (a) easy to grow, (b) can be eaten all year round since it stores well , (c) is incredibly good for you and (d) has multiple uses – boil it, bake it, grate it in to salads, make chutneys, wine  and even cakes (beetroot brownies, yum).  Try baking young, small (golf-ball sized) beets in the oven wrapped in tinfoil – they are a revelation. Sowing Beetroot likes a deep, sandy soil, manured the previous winter. Apply organic fertiliser about a week before sowing.  Germination is in about 10 days and you will have roots to eat in about 3 months.  Sow either in module trays (for careful transplanting about a month after sowing) or in situ outside about 1 inch deep, 4 inches apart in rows about 12 inches apart.  Traditionally two seeds are sown at

Happy St Patricks Day The  Shamrock     The  shamrock  is closely associated with Saint Patrick,.  Shamrock  itself is a young clover, and the name is an anglicisation of seamair óg or "young clover".  Famous stories tell of how St. Patrick used the  shamrock  in his teachings. Preaching in the open air about God and the Trinity, he illustrated the meaning of the Three in One by plucking a  shamrock  from the grass growing at his feet and showing it to his congregation. . The legend of the  shamrock  is also associated with the banishment of the serpents from Ireland by a tradition that snakes are never seen on  shamrock  and that it is a remedy against the bites of snakes and scorpions.  Many myths abound about  Shamrock . One common one is that  Shamrock  is a plant that never flowers. Another is that  Shamrock  does not grow outside Ireland and that if you try and plant it on foreign soil, it will wither and die. In fact both of these are indeed just myths. If you pot up y

 There was an air of spring in Atkins Garden Centre as The Mayor of the County of Cork and The deputy Lord Mayor of Cork joined together to launch the Cork Schools Garden Competition 2022     Eoghan  and Oisín  O'Mahony representing Conna National School pictured at the launch of the Cork Schools Garden Competition in Atkins Garden World Sponsored by Cork County and Cork City Councils and organised by Cork County Muintir na Tíre, the competition has a PRIZE FUND of over €5,000. The Annual Cork School Garden Competition is open to all primary schools in Cork city and county who have a school garden or are in the process of developing one. Eoghan  and Oisín  O'Mahony representing Conna National School pictured at the launch of the Cork Schools Garden Competition in Atkins Garden World Speaking at the launch, Mr Sean Holland of Muintir na Tire said: “If a School has a School Garden or they are thinking about developing one, then the Cork School Garden Competition might be the comp