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Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 09-03-2010, 08:44 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 13,406
Posted By moloney2
ashes from the fire good for the garden?

hello steptoes,
If the ashes are only from wood then you can put them more or less anywhere in the garden as they will feed the soil, however if the ashes are from coal or turf then only put them...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 23-01-2010, 01:25 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,699
Posted By moloney2
new vegetable garden

Good for you Greenmag1,
I would recommend the site www.garden.ie as they have lots on all types of gardening including veg. I am starting my first early potatoes on a window sill at the moment- you...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 11-01-2010, 10:52 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 16,110
Posted By moloney2
Roof slate craft ideas

Good morning,
I made the name for my house out of left over slate that I found in the garden. Using a pliers and holding the slate in a cloth in my hand I took pieces out of the edges so that it...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 07-01-2010, 09:01 AM
Replies: 68
Views: 41,248
Posted By moloney2
Paper brequette bailer

Dermot Kehoe Hardware in New Ross in County Wexford is selling them at under 20.00 euro. I use this hardware a lot and have found them very helpful and more importantly very reasonable!!
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 25-11-2009, 09:37 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 94,936
Posted By moloney2
clothes-line versus tumble-dryer

Just to let you know that when you dry clothes inside the house eg. on a radiator etc. the water stays in the house if not properly ventilated and you get damp on your walls and around windows...I...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 11-11-2009, 09:52 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 94,936
Posted By moloney2
Solar clothes dryer

In the part of Florida that my sister lives in you can buy a Solar clothes dryer - in other words a clothes-horse that you put in your backyard, it's not permanent so it gets around the byelaws. For...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 19-10-2009, 03:07 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 2,915
Posted By moloney2
Glass house advice

Hi there,
I got a second hand glasshouse this year and was advised not to use the soil on either side of the path as you would have to dig this out when the soil got depleted and replace it with...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 11-09-2009, 05:40 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 4,690
Posted By moloney2
tomato plants

At the tip of each branch you pinch it between your thumb and forefinger, this growth is soft and easy to pinch out. If you prefer you can cut the tips off each branch with a scissors. The end result...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 11-09-2009, 04:05 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 4,690
Posted By moloney2
tomato plants

You need to pinch out the tips of the plant to encourage it to produce fruit, also pinch out the top of the plant. All of your growth is gone into leaf production not fruit so when you pinch out the...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 04-09-2009, 08:55 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,643
Posted By moloney2
Garden design

Believe me pumpkin pie is not the only thing you can make , soups are great and they are a great addition to stews etc. Courgettes can be used steamed or even stirfried and again good as soup , they...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 04-09-2009, 08:24 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,643
Posted By moloney2
Garden design

Hello again:)
In my garden I can not grow carrots or potatoes as I have clay soil which makes for very funny looking veg. I got around this problem by growing my carrots in pots of compost at least...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 04-09-2009, 12:23 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,643
Posted By moloney2
Garden design

Yeah those sound like great ideas, if you want to include veg. why not use runner beans,climbing french beans and peas through your climbers- you can get the runner beans to climb up to 14 ft and...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 03-09-2009, 10:58 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 4,643
Posted By moloney2
Irish Garden design for your yard

Just a suggestion but if you would like an evergreen climber why not try some ivy or perhaps a cotoneaster which would provide you with flowers, berries and evergreen foliage. You can get them with...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 01-09-2009, 12:58 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 2,827
Posted By moloney2
raspberry transplants

Raspberry canes should survive if there is plenty of drainage at the bottom of the pots, in other words do not put a saucer under the pots, make sure that there is gravel/grit/broken pieces of plant...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 31-08-2009, 04:33 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,145
Posted By moloney2
recycling shower doors

unfortunately I do not have a digital camera so no pictures! Just a suggestion for the ends of the cold frame... you can always leave it open at the ends but what I am doing is recycling old plastic...
Forum: Green Tips & Green Fingers 29-08-2009, 05:41 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 4,145
Posted By moloney2
recycling shower doors

My next door neighbours were changing their bathroom and had a pair of shower doors that they were about to take to the dump. I offered to take them and had my husband make a frame for them so that...
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