¦ Kanturk Flower and Garden Club will meet on Wednesday, Nov 13, with guest speaker Madeline McKeever, of Brown Envelope Seeds. All welcome, €5.00.

The co-ordinator of Ireland’s first master’s degree in organic horticulture has welcomed trials of genetically-modified potatoes in a bid to beat late blight.

The weed invasion, the dread of every gardener, is an offensive that must be stopped.

On hearing of a spud-related attempt to enter the Guinness Book of Records, The Menu immediately hitched up the wagon and pointed it westwards once more for The Menu truly venerates this most tremendous of all tubers.

Spring is in the air and thoughts turn towards growing.