Growing Your Own With Plug Trays

Growing Your Own With Plug Trays
Most gardeners will be familiar with plug plants and will no doubt seen a plug tray full of big leafy plug plants for sale in garden centres and around towns and town markets. Plug plants are a popular way to start growing vegetable plants for many reasons Why plug plants are a great way to ...

Vegetable Starter Kits

Vegetable Starter Kits
You can make your own or choose from the selection available online at Ireland’s Online Garden Store: The Garden Shop. Whatever you choose, choose to grow with a vegetable starter kit as they provide all you need to ensure good seed and seedling growth. We have a range of vegetable starter kits available but what is ...

What is the Right Raised Bed for You?

What is the Right Raised Bed for You?
The benefits of growing in raised beds includes ease of soil preparation, ease of crop maintenance, ability of modify your soil, added pest control possibilities and a neat and organised way to grow your own. If you are considering using raised beds then there are a number of factors to consider. Height of your raised ...

Why Raised Beds Are Great For Growing Vegetables

Why Raised Beds Are Great For Growing Vegetables
There are many ways in which to grow vegetable and herbs. Whether you have a large garden or just a small yard in which to work, there is always a way for you to grow your own juicy fruit, tasty vegetables and yummy herbs. Raised beds are a great way to optimise your garden and ...

Trays, Plugs or Modules – Which is Best for Sowing Seeds?

Trays, Plugs or Modules - Which is Best for Sowing Seeds?
Which is the best pot or tray to start seeds and to raise seedlings in? The short answer is; all of the above. This is because the different of seeds we sow grow in different ways and all have different potting requirements.  The different modules, pots, plug trays and seed trays offer different sizes and ...

Use Green Manure to Reduce Shovel Work in Soil Preparation

Use Green Manure to Reduce Shovel Work in Soil Preparation
The organic way of doing things can sometimes seem like a lot more work than its worth, but really when you start using things like green manure and reduce tillage methods you will find that organic garden isn’t more labour intensive but a return to a more natural and simplified way of doing things. With ...