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Chickweed: 'Not only is it edible, it’s considered to be a nutritional powerhouse'
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Bio-insecticide Supernemos: 'Sometimes GIYing is not for the faint hearted'
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GIY: Courgettes are easy to grow and incredibly prolific, growing freakishly fast
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GIY: 'We really don’t need a heatwave – just a few days with the sun in the sky'
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In the garden: 'I find that my system is craving fresh greens after a long winter'
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14 Apr 2018
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GIY
Michael Kelly’s top tips for putting food and food growing at the centre of your workplace
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GIY: Our guru's 'nerdy' guide to growing onions for home-made marmalade
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GIY: Secrets to growing your own juicy tomatoes
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GIY: 'This St Patrick’s Day I will be out (as I am every year) sowing my spuds for the year'
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GIY
Supermarket queues: How well would we cope with a more sustained crisis?
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'Gardening can be a major turn off for people but food growing is not about gardening, it’s about food'
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A single tomato plant can produce 200 tomatoes in a season, here's how to sow them
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Use remaining old-season veg and store cupboard ingredients for a delicious cassoulet
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'There is simply nothing more warming than a French onion soup'
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GIY: Even if you don't have much space, you can still grow spuds in pots and containers
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GIY: Sow seeds on a sunny indoor windowsill and try this cheesy leeks recipe
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Keep those resolutions and get more veg in with this spiced parsnip burger recipe
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GIY: 'Don’t think about giving stuff up, think about taking things up instead'
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Gardening: 'January is a great month to decide what you are going to grow this year'
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6 Jan 2018
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GIY: 'Over a hot cup of soup, I was reminded how great you feel after a meitheal'
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My 2017 GIY report: 'Aubergines – F. Great plants, no fruit. Must do better'
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Gardening column: How to keep hens
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Supermarket promotions: 'Down the road there is a ruinous cost to cheap food'
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9 Dec 2017
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GIY leeks and a dish that will chase away the winter chills
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17.2k
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GIY: 'School lunches shouldn't be about wolfing down a sandwich in ten minutes'
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25 Nov 2017
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Gardening
Food miles: Don't buy strawberries from Israel during Irish strawberry season
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Gardening
GIY: Winter warming pea and nettle soup using homegrown peas and foraged nettles
Michael Kelly
11 Nov 2017
7.1k
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Gardening
Grow yacon: 'It's exciting to grow something you've never grown before'
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4 Nov 2017
14.9k
11
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GIY: Grow your kitchen herbs indoors and have a constant winter supply
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28 Oct 2017
12.3k
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GIY: Ophelia's casualties in the garden and collecting seaweed post storm
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8.0k
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'October is "stock pot" month when carrots, leeks and parsnips come into their own'
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In the garden: Chutneys for relishing plus it's not too late to sow
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Gardening
Autumn's here. Cosy up with a steaming apple and blackberry crumble
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GIY
Gardening: Tips and recipes for storing and pickling your summer veg
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5.0k
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How do you like them
When was the last time you had an Irish apple? 95% of ones we eat are imported
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Gardening: Autumn is coming - grab some salvaged timber and get to work on your 'raised beds'
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