Sustainable Skerries

Fallen leaves after recent weather are beautiful, but they can pose hazards on paths and roads. Sustainable solutions include leaving leaves in gardens to enrich soil and collecting problematic leaves for...

Planting for pollinators, planting apple trees, leaving the dandelions on our existing green spaces are all part of greening our town, but something else is happening underfoot … Hans Zomer draws...

Sat 21 March, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., Skerries Sailing Club Formerly the Head Gardener at the Organic Centre at Rossinver, Co. Leitrim, Ireland, Klaus Laitenberger has been growing vegetables organically...

Charlie Heasman; 6th Nov 2019   Hi, to start off I should apologise for the blatant click bait that is the heading above; allotment gardening cannot save the planet, but I...

Charlie Heasman; 10/10/2019   Skerries allotment holders have been focusing their attention a lot lately on issues of soil management and sustainability. First was a visit from Klaus Laitenberger during which...

Charlie Heasman, 30th Sept 2019   Last Saturday Skerries Allotments played host to Irish organic gardening guru Klaus Laitenberger. To call him Irish is perhaps a misnomer; he is an introduced...