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<p>Rama Krishna Guttula, Abel Berhanu Asrat, TELUS Digital Ireland, Aaron Dondolo, Nagle Community College, Andy Bell, TELUS Digital Ireland were among team members from TELUS Digital Ireland's Cork campus who recently grabbed their gardening tools to prepare Mahon's Community Garden for the Winter months. The garden was established as Mahon's first community garden in October 2023 during the TELUS Days of Giving volunteer event. </p>

outdoors

This mulch I know: it’s good for your garden any time of year, but particularly in winter

Whether compost, manure or wood chippings, a thick protective layer of mulch has a litany of benefits

<p>Dandelion flowers abound in spring and continue right throughout the summer</p>

outdoors

Here’s why we should stop weeding. Learn to love our dandelions and brambles

Plant power: We’ve got you covered to keep weeds at bay

home and gardens

Plant power: We’ve got you covered to keep weeds at bay

Fiann’s tips for the weekend

home and gardens

Fiann’s tips for the weekend

Karen Walsh: Good year for the noxious weeds

farming

Karen Walsh: Good year for the noxious weeds

July is named for Caesar, and like him you need to go to war

home and gardens

July is named for Caesar, and like him you need to go to war

Weed spray vital part of reseed

Weed spray vital part of reseed

The cost of reseeding is high but it’s highly rewarding if the job is done right, and if pre-sowing and post-sowing sprayings are carried out properly.

Thu, 09 Jun, 2016

Let the weeds grow! They can save the bee population

Let the weeds grow! They can save the bee population

Tue, 12 Apr, 2016

Fiann Ó Nualláin's tips for gardening

Fiann Ó Nualláin's tips for gardening

* Between flooding, the new storm season and the too-cold-to-move-your-fingers weather, many of us are lagging behind. But no harm, the garden will catch up.

Sat, 27 Feb, 2016

Pollinator plan must thrive as weeds and wildflowers are important to bees

Pollinator plan must thrive as weeds and wildflowers are important to bees

Nature doesn’t do tidy and a weed is just a plant in the wrong place. The words of a leading teacher on the natural world and the environment.

Mon, 23 Nov, 2015

Denis Lehane: How I won the Battle of the Ragwort

Denis Lehane: How I won the Battle of the Ragwort

Today I am a sight to behold, with the arms of Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the back of Quasimodo. And the reason why I’m in such a peculiar state has all to do with the job I undertook over the bank holiday weekend.

Thu, 06 Aug, 2015

Control of grassland weeds guide

Control of grassland weeds guide

Best control of docks will be achieved in good growing conditions when docks are actively growing, and nutrients are actively being transported to new foliage and roots.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2015

Kitty Scully talks hoes and mulches

Kitty Scully talks hoes and mulches

Kitty Scully says top dressing beds controls weeds, conserves moisture in summer and protects plants in winter.

Sat, 13 Jun, 2015

VIDEO (WEEK 7) Peter Dowdall explains how to get a handle on weeds

VIDEO (WEEK 7) Peter Dowdall explains how to get a handle on weeds

Peter Dowdall explains why some plants are classified as weeds in one culture but as flowers in another.

Sat, 11 Apr, 2015