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 The Irish Gardeners forum rules.
Please read the Irish Gardeners rules & privacy policy before joining / first posting
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The Irishgardeners.com forum rules and disclaimer - READ IT!
Sun Apr 20, 2008 5:10 pm |
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 Who, Why and How... Frequently asked questions about Irishgardeners.com
Who created this website and what are its aims?
How to become a member of Irish gardeners.
How to do various things such as creating an avatar, posting text or photos and editing posts within Irishgardeners.com.
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Who created this website?
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 Introduce yourself to the rest of the Irish gardeners
If you would like to introduce yourself, you can do so here.
"If you're Irish, come into the Garden, there's a welcome there for you".
Well, actually you don't have to be Irish at all, gardening knows no boundaries. All you require is an interest in all things that grow.
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Hello Kerry
Wed May 14, 2008 1:17 pm |
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 Gardening Ireland, Overall discussion
Here you can chat about any subject which is not covered by our topics below
eg. tv gardening shows, sport, pets, hobbies and interests etc.
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Unusual gardens
Thu May 15, 2008 8:18 pm |
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 Garden Photo gallery & Plant Identification area
This topic allows you to post photos of your developing garden heaven.
You can also post pictures of mystery plants you would like to identify
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Yellowish bark , leaves like common ash?
Mon May 12, 2008 4:49 pm |
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 The Events Diary, environment and ecology / home and garden.
Upcoming Events, Exhibitions, Shows, Courses, Talks, Meetings, Garden open days etc.
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Free Bloom tickets for ten lucky Irishgardeners members.
Fri May 09, 2008 3:49 pm |
| Gardening and landscaping in Ireland |
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 Garden planning, prep and landscape design in Ireland
Designing a new garden or perhaps considering changes to an already established garden?
Is it a front garden or back garden, in a formal or informal style?
Here we have information on how to design your garden in Ireland, before you put a spade into the soil.
Discuss and trade invaluable garden preparation & design advice, starting from the ground up.
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WINDY ACRE
Fri May 16, 2008 9:29 am |
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 Irish Trees & other trees grown in Ireland
Discuss everything tree related.
Here you can ask about trees and discover which are suitable for your needs.
What heights and spreads these trees will grow to in Ireland and how to look after them.
The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is today.
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Fastest growing tree ?
Fri May 16, 2008 9:13 am |
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 Shrubs in Ireland ... Hedging in Ireland
Irish hedging plants, Irish shrubs. Share your questions and growing tips for all shrubs and hedging plants.
When to prune, plant and transplant these individuals.
Coastal shrubs, shade shrubs, evergreen shrubs etc, plus shrubs which Flower in Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter
Which are the best shrubs for growing? Tell us your favourites.
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Griselinia leaf tips are black
Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:15 pm |
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 Irish Lawns and grass care
The neutral canvas that links areas within your garden together.
Here you can find out how to sow a lawn from seed or lay a lawn from turf.
Discover how to get a green lawn and prevent it from becoming yellow. Hands up all the Irish gardeners who have moss in their lawns.
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Lawn weed removal
Wed May 14, 2008 10:28 am |
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 Roses in Ireland
Fashions come and fashions go, but roses are here to stay. However they can be quite demanding.
Pay a visit to the rose forum, where gardeners discuss selection, pruning and other rose care for some of the following......
Floribunda, Hybrid tea, China roses, Modern shrub roses, Standards, Rugosa roses, Groundcovers, English roses, Hybrid musk roses,
Old garden roses, Miniature or patio roses, Climbing or rambling roses.
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Do Your Roses Make the Grade? - Buying Good Quality Roses
Sat Mar 22, 2008 12:30 pm |
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 Perennials and ferns in Ireland, including ornamental grasses
Also known as herbaceous or border perennials, these beauties return year after year to grace our gardens with form and flower.
Here you can chat about your favourite perennials, ferns and ornamental grasses, their selection, division, transplanting and care.
Great for those of you creating a cottage garden.
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bamboo, how come they are so expensive?
Mon Apr 28, 2008 12:25 pm |
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 Bulbs in Irelands Gardens
Classed by some people as an easy to grow plant type. However, there is much to learn about bulbs, corms and tubers.
There is also so much to enjoy. Have your say here.
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Sowing Gladiolus Bulbs, How-to Video
Tue Apr 22, 2008 10:18 am |
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 Alpines and rockery perennials ... Your rockery in Ireland.
Here you can learn about and discuss your creation of an alpine landscape, rocky outcrop or scree bed.
Not forgetting the striking plants that inhabit such areas.
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Sempervivum
Sun May 04, 2008 1:01 pm |
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 Climbers, creepers in Ireland, including wall shrubs
Whether self-clinging or twining, for sun or shade this versatile group of plants offer us gardeners many options.
Find out how climbers can be used within your garden to give you another vertical element.
Questions, answers and discussion to do with climbers are all here.
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jasmine hearty enough for outdoors?
Mon May 05, 2008 10:06 am |
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 Fruit and vegetable growing in Ireland
There is no fruit and veg like your own fruit and veg, so grow your own. Join your fellow fruit and vegetable growers here for an information harvest.
Growing Pear, cherry, plum and apple trees in Ireland? Do you grow in a polytunnel, glasshouse or the open ground?
Find out the layout and care of your home grown fruit and vegetables.
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Planning a Vegetable Garden? How to Make a Vegetable Garden.
Fri May 16, 2008 12:18 am |
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 Organic gardening in Ireland / Alternative and Sustainable Gardening practices
Your gardening decisions can have an indirect impact on the environment. We should all consider responsible gardening practices, which respect the earth and the reality that we share, not own the land.
Discover how to grow an organic garden, fruit, veg and all garden plants without the use of chemicals.
Learn compost heap tips and share your organic substitutes for chemical pesticides, insecticides and fungicides.
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Attracting ladybirds onto the garden
Sun May 11, 2008 7:12 pm |
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 Herb growing in Ireland
Chat about the cultivation and culinary use of herbs. They say there is a plant to cure every ailment known to man.
What herbs have you used for medicinal purposes and did they work well? Do you have faith in herbal remedies?
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Irish Herb growing, How-to Videos.
Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:23 pm |
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 Irish Weeds & Pests and Diseases of the garden.
Identify, treat and prevent plant and weed problems. Show us your symptoms, maybe we can find a cure.
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Daisy - Bellis perennis - Noínín
Thu May 01, 2008 7:09 pm |
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 Container gardening in Ireland, including Annual Bedding Plants
Container gardening allows you to grow plants where it may have been impossible before e.g. balconies, patios or door steps.
Containerised or raised gardens also bring gardening within the reach of a disabled persons trowel and secateurs.
But, plants in containers require different care to those planted into open soil.
Learn about and discuss container growing here, along with the annual bedding plants we use to add colour to pots, beds and borders
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Sunflower in container or not ?
Thu May 15, 2008 7:48 am |
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 House plants in Ireland, including cut flowers
House, conservatory, green house and glass house plants are all here. Learn how to locate, water, feed and re-pot them.
Good tips on indoor gardening. Show us some of your favourite potted plants.
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Money tree / Jade plan
Wed Apr 23, 2008 12:32 pm |
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 Increase your stock of plants in Ireland.
Want to swap plants,seeds etc with other member, post here.
Here you will also find tutorials and can post queries on plant propagation through seeds, cuttings, layers, division, grafting, and budding.
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Plants from seed of sun-dried goji berries. Possible?
Thu May 08, 2008 2:06 pm |
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 Irish garden birds & Irish bird watching
What birds do you have in your garden? Are they friends or foes?
Chat about all the many Irish garden birds.
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My little "pets"
Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:34 pm |
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 Irish Wildlife, Irish Wild flowers and nature gardening.
Can we co-exist with our native flowers and garden visitors?
Wildflowers, Butterflies, bees, rabbits, hares, hedgehogs and foxes are just some of the flora & fauna discussed here.
Pick up tips and discuss how to create a wildlife garden.
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native planting material
Tue May 13, 2008 12:02 pm |
| Garden features and structures |
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 Hard landscaping in Ireland, Garden Features (Paths, Patios, Paving, Decking, Walls etc)
How to create your room outside. Discuss any of the following......
Arches, arbours, gazebos, summer houses, Irish garden sheds, kerbs & other garden edgings, Raised beds, fences, trellising, gates, bridges.
Which building materials would you like to use or have used in the past?
Which companies products would you recommend for decks, patios and walls etc?
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Lichen, grow some in your garden with a lichen slurry mix.
Wed May 14, 2008 3:29 pm |
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 Water features in Ireland, including all aspects of water gardening.
Water creates movement and relaxing sound within a garden.
Here you can discuss the creation and upkeep of cascades, waterfalls, streams, pools, ponds and fountains.
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Garden pond - ? too much oxygenator
Mon Mar 31, 2008 9:43 am |
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 Irelands Garden tools / equipment. (mowers, glasshouses & polytunnels etc).
How many pieces of garden equipment have you got?
Green houses, glass houses & polytunnels, blowers & Sweepers, chainsaws & hedge trimmers, post drivers, post borers & augers,
power washers & high pressure washers, rotary lawnmowers, cylinder mowers & ride-on Mowers, secateurs, loppers & pole pruners, shredders & chippers, strimmers & edgers
Discuss and rate all items of garden equipment here.
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Glasshouse versus polytunnel
Thu May 01, 2008 2:22 pm |
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 Garden jobs available / Trainees required.
Do you have a job opening for any of the following…
Gardeners, landscapers, garden / landscape designers, garden centre / nursery staff, tree surgeons, mower operator for a lawn cutting business, pavers & stone masons.
Let the Irish gardening community know here.
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Landscaping vacancy in Westport, Co.Mayo
Thu Feb 28, 2008 1:59 pm |
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 Garden jobs wanted / Training periods required.
Gardening jobs in Ireland? Gardener wanted, groundsman wanted?
Are you seeking horticulture related work? Let the Irish gardening community know here.
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training period
Mon May 05, 2008 11:04 am |
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 Recipe drop
Share your recipes with the Irish gardeners.
Recipes whose ingredients include fresh garden produce are most welcome.
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The first crop of the season ! Nettles!
Sat Apr 26, 2008 9:41 pm |
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 Gardening tips drop-off point
Have you discovered a better or more novel way of carrying out a garden task? Maybe you have a labour saving tip?
Being Irish gardeners, we are very good at finding ways to get out of work.
All your garden related tips are welcome here.
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Neem ~ natural fertilizer & pesticide
Tue Apr 29, 2008 7:32 am |
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 Garden visits
What public gardens, parks or beauty spots have you visited in Ireland? What about outside Ireland?
Share your thoughts and photos here
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Botanic Gardens Glasnevin
Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:11 pm |
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 Garden jokes, games and puzzles
Kick back and play some games & have the craic with the Irish gardeners.
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Darby O'Gill and the evil leprechaun game.
Sun Apr 20, 2008 10:35 pm |
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