The Man himself. Head Gardener of the Year. Jim McMahon.
Friday, September 11, 2009
Mystery Solved
The Celebrity Judge turned out to be Gerry Daly. He awarded the 1st prize to Jim McMahon. Jim is halfway up an Alp at the moment so James stepped up to accept the award on his behalf.
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Roger Says ...
Mystery Judge will be walking the plots at 6.00 p.m. this Thursday 10th Sept.No need for anybody to be present at that time.
He will announce The Winner in the Fisheries Building between 7.00 & 7.30 p.m.
There will be Tea, sandwiches, maybe a bit of tart!
The Celebrity Judge will be willing to answer all sorts of Gardening Questions for an hour afterwards.
So, Come On Down this Thursday!
Tuesday, August 11, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
A few pics from the harvest so far this month.
Image 001
The first of the rainbow chard. Picked the first week in July, the dry spells followed by the heavy rains have meant that a good lot of the earlier sown chard has bolted, along with some of the spinach. Lots of spinach picked already but none photographed.
Image 002
The first load of Colleen earlies. This was just the first row that I dug and it yielded just over 13 KGs.
Image 003
More rainbow chard picked yesterday.
Image 004
Some carrot thinnings (alot of which were pretty useful), small pea harvest, turnip thinnings (nice roasted whole) and the blessed beetroot. Can't get enough of this one, the variety is Boltardy and it's doing great for me with very little soil preparation. These all get roasted whole in my house with loads of honey, salt and pepper.
Image 005
Yesterdays haul. Another 15 KGs of earlies (Colleens). These turned out to be a good cropper. I may have earthed them up a little late though as on each plant there was 4-5 large spuds, 1 or 2 tiny marble sized ones and a couple of salad sized ones. Had a few last night with a ridiculous amount of butter...nom nom nom.
Image 001
The first of the rainbow chard. Picked the first week in July, the dry spells followed by the heavy rains have meant that a good lot of the earlier sown chard has bolted, along with some of the spinach. Lots of spinach picked already but none photographed.
Image 002
The first load of Colleen earlies. This was just the first row that I dug and it yielded just over 13 KGs.
Image 003
More rainbow chard picked yesterday.
Image 004
Some carrot thinnings (alot of which were pretty useful), small pea harvest, turnip thinnings (nice roasted whole) and the blessed beetroot. Can't get enough of this one, the variety is Boltardy and it's doing great for me with very little soil preparation. These all get roasted whole in my house with loads of honey, salt and pepper.
Image 005
Yesterdays haul. Another 15 KGs of earlies (Colleens). These turned out to be a good cropper. I may have earthed them up a little late though as on each plant there was 4-5 large spuds, 1 or 2 tiny marble sized ones and a couple of salad sized ones. Had a few last night with a ridiculous amount of butter...nom nom nom.
Friday, July 10, 2009
Maynooth Allotments on Maynooth.org
We've been featured on maynooth.org along with Paddy from plot 32.
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