Ireland’s Tulip Festival 2012
The SodShow meets Irelands Tulip Festival and The Ambassador to the Netherlands (mp3) Friday 2nd March, The Sodshow comes to you from The Royal Netherlands Embassy Residence. There I and Brian talk to...
View ArticleFree Food From The Wild
The last post I did on eating out [?] was titled free fruit from the wild - but this one is more a days eating with some fruit. As you will discover, it’s not always necessary to bring a packed lunch,...
View ArticleThe Apple Farm, Tipperary
Pictured above Peter Donegan with Con Traas of The Apple Farm. Located between Clonmel and Cahir just off the N24 lies The Apple Farm of Tipperary, is a 60 plus variety 35 acre apple orchard that also...
View ArticleMy Gardening Blog Tagcloud
I hadn’t seen Tagclouds used in a while. A bit like QR codes are on the verge of becoming I thought. Reading Bernie Goldbach’s blog, I became very interested when I saw what he was actually using them...
View ArticleLough Ennell Caravan and Camping
I did do a post on Lough Ennell. This post however is about Lough Ennell camp site…. I was so impressed with Lough Ennell Camp Site, you simply wouldn’t believe it. First up, let me break this down...
View ArticleReview: Gelert Wind Up Lamp
This is the Gelert wind up lamp. I bought it in Millets camping shop in Mary Street. Not costing over €20, that I remember [I’m open to correction on this…. I lost the receipt so couldn’t double...
View ArticlePotato: Rooster
I’ve spoke about potato growing before here on the blog. I was out walking a lot over the weekend [july 9th] and of the many fields I met, this one filled with rooster potato. With some just about to...
View ArticleLough Ramor Caravan Camping Park
Located 5 kilometres south of Virginia in County Cavan, this is probably one of the smaller campsites I have been to, but Lough Ramor is an absolute gem and sits right at the waters edge. To that...
View ArticleLough Ramor, County Cavan
Lough Ramor is a beautiful lake near Virginia County Cavan. I was there initially at Lough Ramor camping but I have chosen, in blogging terms, to keep the camping seperate from the actual lake via an...
View ArticleWinter Garden – Planning and Plotting
I’ve been looking at my own garden recently. In a sense you might say of a much deeper accord. That is, I’ve been looking at myself and what I have done to my garden space. Let me break this down...
View ArticleTomato Plants
The funny thing about these tomato plants is that they are not grown in [new complete with wetting agent type] compost as you can see. Rather the growing medium of choice is soil with some spent...
View ArticleIrish Grapes
It’s been a while since I’ve seen grapes growing in Ireland and this weekend just passed I met with this fine crop. You may notice from the video that there is some cracking of the fruit, but this I...
View ArticleLough Ennell
This is how I described Lough Ennell whilst I stood next to it and walked around it. Listen! I did record this video, but I don’t really think it does it justice…. Here are some more of my images On...
View ArticleOldbridge Country Fair 2011 and The Garden Talks
The Oldbridge Country Fair took place over the May Bank Holiday Weekend. On the Saturday, I and some fellow great outdoor enthusiasts gave two sessions of what were titled short garden talks that I...
View ArticleThe Garden Group – May Summer Outing
The 5th Garden Group outing takes place this weekend coming Sunday May 29th. This is just a little taster of what you can expect…. Listen! Date: This Sunday 29th May 2011 Where: Ballyboughal, The Slí...
View ArticleThe Garden Groups Hedgrow Walk
Listen! Todays outing, the fifth for the [Peter Donegan Weblog] garden group, took place today in my own home town of Ballyboughal. Today was the turn for the Hedgerow Walk better know as the Slí na...
View ArticleMornington House
On Saturday 4th June I visited Mornington House and had the honour to meet with Warwick and Anne O’Hara. As versus arriving in order to report, the invitation was to come for tea. I felt it only...
View ArticleThe Burren Smokehouse
Whilst at Bloom 2011 I had the pleasure once again to meet with Birgitta Curtin of The Burren Smokehouse. Set up in 1989 Birgitta’s family run team were most recently noted for their salmon as used in...
View ArticleHomemade Chicken Run
I had written this post on my chicken house and run in April ’09 some time ago which gives better details. Anything else just leave a comment or you can contact me in the following ways:...
View ArticleRhubarb
I have never forced rhubarb in my life. In that same breath I like this post on The Cheaters Guide To Growing Your Own. How do I grow my rhubarb….? Very simply. In fact if this post was a book titled...
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