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Karen Hegarty's avatar

Heard you with Ryan, brilliant and also read your great article. I too am so sick of asking in Dunnes for an Irish Apple!

As for the 49 cent avocados that never ripen.

We are finished with Avocado which need vast amounts of water to grow and have to come half way round the world to smash on our sourdough bread!!

Keep up the great writing !

Ps when are you doing an article about the massively talented and genuine Artist (from Bishopstown boy!) Conor Harrington??

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Maria Young's avatar

Terrific article, thank you so much for your experiment, so insightful. We should all be trying this challenge.

Just one thought that came to mind, I’ve been reading a lot about nuts and their value as a protein, carbohydrate and mineral source. maybe consider adding a hazelnut cultivar to your garden or two?

On another note we (Green Spaces for Health, Cork Food Policy Council, Togher Tidy Towns + partners and Bishopstown Tidy Towns + partners) are trying to start two community food gardens, one in Bishopstown Murphy’s Farm and the second at Clashduv Park in Togher. They will be the first of their kind in Cork's public parks. The plan is to have eighteen raised beds in both, and a polytunnel, also an area of fruit and nut trees and fruit bushes. It’s very exciting and the gardens will be for the people living in those areas; young and old to come together to grow local food. Its early days yet but at the moment we are hoping to get the raised beds installed in Bishopstown by mid November and the same in Clashduv.

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