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Grow It Yourself - Grow it Forward


Grow It Forward
Author: Michael Kelly
As GIY founder, Michael Kelly, said at the launch of their latest campaign Grow it Forward, “The pandemic has seen a record number of people turn to growing their own food and discovering the joy and pride that brings. The process of seeing a seed turn into a seedling and eventually food you can eat is full of magic and no shortage of optimism.
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Grow It Yourself - Hurrah for Spring!


GIY
Author: Michael Kelly
GIY founder Mick Kelly has plenty of advice for everyone who’s starting out to grow some food crops this year - and the great news is that you don’t even need a garden!
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GIY - What's in Store for February?


Grow It Yourself
Author: Michael Kelly
GIY founder Mick Kelly has plenty of ideas to keep us all busy and well fed this year
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Grow It Yourself - November


Grow It Yourself
Author: Michael Kelly
Grow-It-Yourself guru Michael Kelly shares the love for garlic - and suggests some great GIY gifts
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Grow It Yourself - October


GIY
Author: Michael Kelly
Grow-It-Yourself guru Michael Kelly reminds us that, as well as doing the final harvesting and tidying up, we can start planting new crops this month. And it’s time to fall back in love again with old winter reliables such as chard and spinach. They will shortly become our very best friends.
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Grow It Yourself - September


GIY
Author: Michael Kelly
The benefits of growing your own food are endless. Not only can it improve your health and save you money, but it is also a fantastic way to reduce your food waste...
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Sustainable Christmas tips from the Green Guru Michael Kelly of GIY


GIY
Author: Michael Kelly
Founder of GIY Michael Kelly and Muireann Ní Chíobháin's brilliant GIY Know-it-Allmanac aims to teach children how to grow and cook food as well as live more sustainably - and that includes having a more sustainable and environmentally friendly Christmas. Michael has been sharing his passion for sustainable and seasonal living for over 10 years now and he shares some of the things he has learned in order to have a more eco-friendly festive season.
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Grow It Yourself - November


Grow It Yourself
Author: Michael Kelly
I attended a sustainability conference this week for Climate Finance Week hosted by Sustainable Nation and AIB that brought former UK climate change advisor Sr David King to Dublin. The weather before and after the event was biblical which was appropriate given that what we heard inside Dublin Castle was utterly, utterly terrifying.
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Grow It Yourself - October


Grow It Yourself
Author: Michael Kelly
The summer harvesting of salads and tomatoes might be easing off a little, but it’s replaced by an abundance of apples. The joy of having your own fruit trees is that September brings gluts of fruit but on the flip side the challenge of having your own fruit trees is that you have do something with those gluts…! This week I have been grappling with buckets and trugs-full of apples.
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Grow It Yourself - August


GIY Tomatoes
Author: Michael Kelly
The veg patch feels like a hard task master right about now, churning out seemingly never-ending gluts of produce. There’s a level on which I feel grateful for this abundance, particularly when it’s all laid out in big beautiful trays, buckets or bowls. But there’s another level in which I feel “ENOUGH ALREADY”, particularly when said trays, buckets or bowls of produce have been hanging around the kitchen for 3 days and I know I have to do something with them.
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