Guides

Practical growing advice for a productive Irish garden.

Vegetable guides

• Beetroot→
• Broad beans→
• Broccoli→
• Brussels sprouts→
• Cabbages→
• Carrots→
• Cauliflower→
• Chard→
• Courgettes→
• Cucumbers→
• French beans→
• Garlic→
• Kale→
• Leeks→
• Lettuce→
• Onions→
• Parsnips→
• Peas→
• Potatoes→
• Radishes→
• Rocket→
• Runner beans→
• Spinach→
• Spring onions→
• Squash→
• Swede→
• Sweet peppers→
• Sweetcorn→
• Tomatoes→
• Turnips→

Coming soon

• Starting a 4 m × 3 m vegetable patch

  Bed layout, paths and what to grow in a first season without overcommitting.

• Sowing calendars for Irish conditions

  How sowing windows shift around the country, and what to do with a late spring.

• Buying seed sensibly

  Packet sizes, how much you actually need, and what keeps for next year.