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10 green oddities…

Phil O kane. Photo Blogger. Absolute Genius. I love this ladybird one. Go to the nature section. Brilliant.
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The hilarious adventures of Ben Kenealy, a patio furniture set and his Dad – it’s amazing how funny life is when a 10% OAP’s discount is at stake.

researchers are considering using radioactive land to grow biofuels reports Susan Kreamer of Gas 2.0 – bicycle?

Galway City Council. Want to rip through Terryland People’s Forest. They believe redirecting the traffic through the park is of more benefit to….. the people. The people don’t think so. Allan summises the story extremely well here. They are also responsible [?!!] for this park [?] and this park [?]

on the subject of turf – croke parks new turf will be grown in Scunthorpe reports the Irish Examiner. One or two tried to make a bigger story out of it. I’m just glad they’re getting on with the game. I don’t believe we grow that kind of turf in Ireland anyway.

I asked if anyone had a an amazing guaranteed Irish product that was super dooper and worthy of a mention? Dee replied 😉 Her website is www.dees.ie; she’s also on facebook as Dees and guess what? Dee is on twitter. Here’s what she said

Organic Guaranteed Irish Wholefoods Burgers, suitable for coeliacs and vegans & Handmade in Cork – Invented by myself Dee.

I am putting all of my photographs on pix.ie – slowly but surely. Genius site. Irish owned and run and the staff are really cool – when I have a wee problem. Thanks lads.

sesame seeds recalled over salmonella report the Irish Times

I’ve also started to throw the odd video that I make up on the donegan landscaping youtube channel

and finally this. Not the greatest quality…. but still extremely funny

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lawn problems….?

Last year from around the middle of May through June Bank Holiday weekend climates and weather almost mirrored that of what we are having now.

With reference to lawns here are the articles that I wrote then:

**images 4 & 5 are a patch of grass I started to repair about 6 weeks ago. The rest of the images are from last year [2008]

One should really take the first article and read it well. The second of course being my sense of humour but still a very logic answer.

I have prepared lawns that have had full seed germination within 10 days. I have also prepared lawns where very little to nothing will happen…

as long as one of the factors required for the growth of any plant is missing
as long as it is not ‘logic’ for the seed to germinate
as long as we do not have ‘typical irish weather’

And the answer to that of course is when it comes to nature sometimes patience is the greatest asset. My own lawn prepared about a month before I wrote the above articles is clear evidence of that and hence where I got the photographs from, The lawn sown in the pebbles almost a better germination…?

One may have had the soil prepared and presented well when the contractor left the garden… the soil may have dipped and hollowed slightly… some may have the ‘sahara desert’ cracking effect… in some cases some stone has been brought to the surface… all in all it looks a bit rough. I assure you – unless one has a bottom-less supply of rolled turf, a fire hydrant on full blast over night where the lawn will take in the most water and a shaded [completely] garden – no green [or very little] will appear… Funny thing is, the weeds will most likely grow there first.

I have just re-read – again – my article from last year…. and I once again realise that not even a degree in horticulture will help one here… it didn’t help me. It just helped me to understand better the why and why nots.

The truth is even when all of that is overcome…. the shelves of the supermarket gardens centres are brimmed with horticultural paraphernalia to help you and your lawn… and for very good reason. Clover, moss, weeds, fertiliser the list goes on *and* has done for eons…

Tags garden, germination, grass, horticulture, issues, lawn, outdoors, People, Business, plant, problems, seed, soil, turf, water, wont grow

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picture perfect lawns…?

The grass title maybe misleading. Need advice? [click here]. I may have constructed unusual lawns, [topographically] but never seen anything like this. Thanks to Will who got it from brandflakesforbreakfast who got it from this guy.

Lawn care enthusiasts take note — it’ll take more than a riding mower and a thrice-daily waterings (for shame) to outshine artists Heather Ackroyd and Dan Harvey this summer.

The pair have perfected their talent for manipulating the light sensitivity of ordinary grass. Black and white negatives are projected onto the grass, 12 hours per day, for over a week as the grass grows in a dark room. Different blades get different exposure and the results are photographs, like the recent Wimbledon portraits shown above.

Find more of their grassy experiments at this gallery at Arts Admin.

Tags art, dan harvey, design, dublin, grass, heather ackroyd, landscaping, lawns, People, Business, peter donegan, photography, turf, unusual, wimbledon