Muintir na Tire School Garden Competition

How to Build a Mini Greenhouse Making a Mini Greenhouse From PVC Pipe 1 Get PVC pipe and joints.  Since this greenhouse is modular and the size is completely up to you, the number and lengths of the necessary pipes will vary to a certain degree. You will need to measure the dimensions that you want and determine the amount of pipe that you need from that.  [2] Try to break up the larger structure into 2’ sections. This will give your greenhouse greater stability and strength. Use relatively thin PVC pipe, no more than 1.5” wide. A good size to use would be closer to ¾”. Also, be sure that your joints and PVC pipe are sized so that they will fit together. This should be labeled, but you can test in the hardware store to be sure or you can ask a hardware store employee for help and advice. 2 Connect wall pipes.  You will form the base and the walls together, out of connected sections of pipe. Begin by connecting vertical pipe sections at t...

 Companion planting is one of the best things you can do in your garden. Some plant companions can help to improve the flavor and yield of homegrown fruits and vegetables, others help to repel pests and parasites, others improve soil health, regulate shade or aid pollination and so much more. Here are a few easy Tips  • Keep slugs off lettuce by growing Marigolds around them • Dill and Fennel attract ladybirds • Tansy gets rid of ants • Onions, garlic, leaks, shallots and chives work well with beans, peas and parsley • Brassicas:     Love - dill, alliums, geraniums, rosemary, nasturtium, borage     hate – tomatoes & peppers • Beans     Love – spinach, lettuce, carrots, straw     Hate – Alliums, tomatoes and peppers • Carrots     Love – tomatoes, allium, lettuce     Hate – dill, parsnip, radish • Potatoes hate tomato, cucumber and sunflower • Toma...

Creative Hanging  Baskets  for your Home & Patio.    Here are a few top tips to creating and maintaining your summer  baskets , window boxes  and pots. Create a container/  basket  to suit your colours, style and environment.  Mediterran  Basket / Pot If you want to be transported to the Amalfi coast,  Grow a lemon tree or olive tree in a pot, Surround your self with Trailing  Geraniums and vibrant coloured pots and containers. If your  baskets  are located in a Sunny windy position or maybe difficult to water,  then Ivy   geraniums  will thrive the best for you.  Geraniums  give a magical blast of colour and dont require as much watering as other summer plants. Ivy  Geraniums   require so little maintenance. Don't forget the rule of Gardening , Always Plant in odd numbers in a  basket  .  County Pride . Support your county with a basket ove...

Many of us have pocket size gardens but would still love to grow your own fruit, then you need to check the quality Dwarf and Miniature trees that will thrive in small garden and even large Pots. The Cornet Apple Trees The Cornet Apple Tree  is perfect for any small garden, or Patio.  This miniature apple tree can be grown in a pot or in a bed. these are grown on a Dwarf rootstock and will grow to around the 6' mark.  The habit is small and open, they look just like a small apple tree, and the fruit is regular in size. These can be grown in open ground but they soil has to be rich. The rootstock are slow growing so the roots aren't able to go for large distances and source their own sustenance so if your growing in open ground ensure the local area around the tree (1mx1m0.5m) has been well enriched and is well nourished The coronet apple trees  will fruit in the first year which is very unusual for fruit trees. It is also extremely low...

  Cork School Garden 2022 focus on Morning Star National School This week we focus on Morning Star National School  from Cork City.  The judges were very impressed  by the quality and choice of vegetables, cooking/tasting elements and the whole  school involvement. Congratulations to all involved at Morning Star National School. Enter for 2022/23 here