Welcome. Here we detail some of the essentials you need to know to take care of your favourite plants.
Do contact us if you need any further information.
Growing Potatoes
Everyone loves the taste of new potatoes, and trials in recent times with growing potatoes in big pots, old dustbins, buckets, plastic refuse bags and special "potato bags" have been very successful with huge yields.
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Caring for Bonsai
Easy Care tips to care for your Bonsai Tree
Where to keep your tree
Bonsai require a light position near, or in a window, except one that gets direct sun, as this would be too hot and the plant would dry out.
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Caring for your Lemon or Orange tree
Easy care tips for your Lemon or Orange Trees
Citrus trees are superb conservatory or patio trees that love the summer heat and yet like cool winters.
They are remarkably easy to grow given the correct conditions.
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Caring for Orchids
Easy care tips for your Orchids!
Orchids are different! That's for sure, but it doesn't necessarily mean that they are hard to grow.
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Caring for your Houseplants
Click the links below for full information on nearly any Indoor plant you can buy from us and how to care for it
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Click here for detailed Houseplant Care Choose a plant to match your personality, your room or just look up information on a plant you have purchased.
You can also visit this site to see the latest trends in indoor plants for the home or office and the benefits they can bring to modern living,
click Click for info on Using Plants in the home .
This is a brilliant tool to help you choose the right plant for the right place in the home and everything you need to look after it.
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How to BBQ with Weber Barbeques
We explain how to use your Weber to 'grill' and 'roast', see below.
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Caring for your Garden Pond
Hints and tips to having the perfect garden pond!
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The items you see here are all available to order from Johnstown .
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Growing Strawberries
Strawberries are an ideal Summer fruit, delicious in a fruit salad or simply dipped in lots of fresh cream. You can plant strawberries from September right up to mid-April and they should produce fruit in the Summer time.
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Growing Carrots
Did you know, the first carrots grown were purple, yellow, white and even black! In the 1500's, Dutch growers developed orange carrots in honour of their Royal Family, the House of Orange! This is what we all love today.
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Caring for Camellias
How to do everything right for your camellia!
The most commonly planted camellia in the world is in fact the Tea plant that we all love to drink plenty of, but today in Ireland we are more interested in the large flowering varieties we love to grow on our patios and doorsteps in large pots or in the garden if we are lucky enough to have the acid or peaty soil they desire.
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Jobs for this week in the summer garden
Jobs for this week in the summer garden
Treat clover in lawns now with Lawn Weedkiller
Feed flowering plants every week now with plant foor such as Tomato Food
Plant autumn potatoes before the end of August for new potatoes at Christmas time potatoes
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Jobs for the Autumn Garden
Plant flower bulbs now to provide garden colour from January to June next.
Plant
Winter Flowering Shrubs to brighten those dull days.
Freshen up window boxes and planters with
winter Beddcing plants
Buy some Frost Fleece Jackets now for tender shrubs in case the weather turns very cold.
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Caring for your Christmas Poinsettia
The Do's and Don'ts of Poinsettia Care
* DO place your plant in indirect sunlight for at least six hours per day. If direct sun can't be avoided, diffuse the light with a shade or sheer curtain.
* DO provide room temperatures between 68 - 70° F. Generally speaking, if you are comfortable, so is your poinsettia.
* DO water your plant when the soil feels dry to the touch.
* DO use a large, roomy shopping bag to protect your plant when transporting it.
* DO fertilize your plant AFTER THE BLOOMING SEASON with a balanced, all-purpose fertilizer.
See next page for the "Don'ts"
Click here for youtube video of Poinsettia in the home
* DON'T place plants near cold drafts or excessive heat. Avoid placing plants near appliances, fireplaces or ventilating ducts.
* DON'T expose plants to temperatures below 50° F. Poinsettias are sensitive to cold, so avoid placing them outside during the winter months.
* DON'T overwater your plant, or allow it to sit in standing water. Always remove a plant from any decorative container before watering, and allow the water to drain completely.
* DON'T expose your plant to chilling winds when transporting it.
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