The slugs are so big here in Ireland, they even play rugby. (But only at the youth level.)
Entries Tagged as 'garden'
Scum half
July 7th, 2008 · No Comments
Indiana Justin and the Temple of the Black Soil
June 23rd, 2008 · 1 Comment
The midge nets arrived and they actually work. We opted away from the beekeeper hats and veils based on a conversation with a keeper who said he still gets eaten by midges. The netting probably wasn’t fine enough. The best part of the nets is how inconspicuous they are. I’m fairly certain if I wore [...]
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Put it to bed
June 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments
It was a treat eating veggies from our own garden last year, but plowing the plot and trying to fight back the weeds was a losing battle. I made (with Gabe’s help) ten raised beds that we can line with weed fabric and sink into the existing ground for tending and growing. Constructing the beds [...]
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May 20th, 2008 · No Comments
Frogger
May 18th, 2008 · 1 Comment
It isn’t quite the scene from Magnolia, but we do get overrun with frogs each year to the extent that there is no way avoiding running quite a few of them over on the driveway and neighbouring roads. There has been quite a dry spell here over the last two weeks (beautiful actually) and Gabe [...]
