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SuperNemo’s available through our shop

%20%20 Please visit this link for Frequently asked questions here is a factsheet about supernemos and a Satisfied customers video and another on how to apply them Ciaran Walsh Director Nemos Horticultural Ltd.

The annual Afri Famine Walk takes place this year on Saturday 19th May in Louisburgh, County Mayo.

The theme this year is Corporations, Crops and Control, which will focus on  the potato and its significance in Ireland. Walk leaders for this the 25th Annual Famine Walk are Gary White Deer, Choctaw artist, Anita Hayes from the Irish Seed Savers Association and José Antonio Gutiérrez from Chile.  There will be some music from Cormac Breatnach ...

Global Crop Diversity Trust

U.S. President Harry Truman was renowned for being blunt. Reportedly, at a speech to a Washington garden club, he kept referring to the fact that flowers need manure. Now, in those days, even the word “manure” was a little extreme for such ladies, and afterwards one complained to Mrs. Truman. “Can’t you get the President ...

Documentary on Seeds from Ireland to India

Title Documentary on Seeds from Ireland to India Content A documentary on Seeds from Ireland to India will be broadcast at 6pm Monday 7th May on Clare FM. Do tune in and listen. Clare FM Session 4 mixdown.mp3 Clare FM Session 5 mixdown.mp3

News beacon Ireland

Can Irish Activists rise to the Occasion? http://news-beacon-ireland.info/?p=4593 Get active and make a change for the better....

Delivery of Graft Request

Irish Seed Savers Association Delivery of Graft Request Please find enclosed grafted trees according to your request. Please check that the package contains the number of grafted trees that you requested and paid for, each should be individually labelled. Note that the label may fade in time and may need to be replaced later (it is expected ...

Organic Seeds by Organic Growers, an Initiative-Monday April 16th

Monday April 16th at Tolhurst Organic, West Lodge, Hardwick, Whitchurch on Thames, Pangbourne, RG8 7RA. Seminar fee £ 25 (£ 35, non OGA members) which includes lunch.     All bookings please to: tolhurstorganic@yahoo.co.uk The Seminar will start initially by setting the scene and identifying why seeds growing should take place on organic farms and market gardens. ...

Grow GM potatoes in Ireland……

Teagasc (Irish Research and Advisory Body for Agriculture) have recently applied to the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) for a license to grow GM potatoes in Ireland, to be planted this Spring. This is at a time when most other EU Countries are imposing restrictions, if not outright bans on GM crop. Growing GM crops in ...

Raspberries – Pruning

Pruning out the old canes. After fruiting, untie the canes that have fruited and cut them out at ground level. Remove the weakest of the new canes. Aim to have three or four good canes per 30 centimetres of row. Autumn fruiting types should be pruned in February. Tie in the new canes to the ...

Recommended seeds for winter salads & veg.

If you  have a raised bed in your garden or have set up gardens at school. Overwintering salads are: salad rocket, winter purslane, corn salad and some hardier lettuces and endive. The problem though is that they should have been sowed in August, early September at the latest to be transplanted before mid October. Other overwintering vegs would be swedes, leeks, ...

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