The wonderful warm weather (ok, hot) weather, has really helped my garden to bloom and blossom this summer. Last month I created a new vegetable bed using the “lasagne” method, building up a bed with layers of organic material. This is the bed newly planted on 7 June. This is the bed below, on 10 …. Read More
Tag: Medicine
Let Food be thy Medicine and Medicine be thy Food
Yet again it is a gloomy, windy day here in Connemara so I thought I would take pictures of some flowers that are nevertheless, looking very bright. I realised as I was snapping away that many of our garden flowers belong to medicinal plants as well as to plants grown for eating. I was reminded of …. Read More