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From the Garden: 'Topsy turvy doesn’t begin to describe our weather'
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From the Garden: Learn how to grow peas in an old gutter pipe and to make a delicious gnocchi
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From the Garden: Celeriac is fabulously durable, and is useful for all sorts of recipes
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From the Garden: Cleaning the house and garden are not chores - but the route to enlightenment
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From the Garden: The spirit of meitheal lives on as the neighbours come to lend a hand
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From the Garden: One vegetable is essential to the Irish diet - so why not learn to grow it?
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From the Garden: It's time to reflect on all the food we are importing that could be grown here
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From the Garden: How to make your own compost - you can learn from my mistakes
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From the Garden: Midwinter is the time to grow veg in containers and to make root veg pie
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From the Garden: Reflecting on the year - it all went great except for the aubergines!
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From the Garden: Supermarkets selling below cost veg is hurting farmers and it is bad for us all
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From the Garden: Every cloud has a silver lining and bogland proved useful this summer
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From the Garden: Leeks don't get the recognition they deserve
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From the garden: 'Do not 'Irish mammy' the sprouts by boiling the divil out of them for 20 minutes'
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From the garden: 'When buying veg, always seek out Irish vegetables and try to avoid price promotions'
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From the garden: How to make your own tangy kimchi at home
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As winter approaches now is the time to think about growing your own onions
Michael Kelly
20 Oct 2018
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From the garden: 'It's ridiculous we spend money on vitamin C when blackberries rot in ditches all over Ireland'
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From the garden: How to make your own tomato ketchup from scratch
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From the garden: A recipe for a no-nonsense tomato and courgette soup, with no-nonsense ingredients
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GIY: My father-in-law still dismisses kale as cattlefeed - but these days it’s rightly valued as a nutritional powerhouse
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'Raw food doesn't have to be scary - but I think it's time for a bowl of homely hot soup'
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8 Sep 2018
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How to make a simple tomato sauce that'll feed you all winter from the freezer
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In the garden: Even in the calm of the vegetable patch, it can be hard to stay mindful and focused
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In the garden: How to fight back (nicely) against the caterpillars eating your plants
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'Sowing season doesn’t stop at the end of spring if you want vegetables over the winter'
Michael Kelly
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Quinoa and grilled sourdough salad is a classic for summer evening supper or lunch
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In the garden: 'French beans are, I think, one of the most underrated of vegetables'
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GIY tomatoes: 'We are in what I like to call 'bruschetta' season'
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In the garden: Michael Kelly's top tips for conserving water use
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In the garden: GIY cucumbers to make the perfect Tzatziki
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Growing
GIY: 'As we move in to summer, it’s important to keep sowing'
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Which veg plants need a lot of watering and which ones can withstand a bit of a drought?
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