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Grow your own: European Bees

13/07/2023 Bill O’Sullivan Comments Off

Have you considered housing European Bees at your little patch? There are numerous ways it can be done. Let’s look at some of them. Option 1. Do a workshop or two and spend some time on YouTube, maybe join a bee keeping club and prepare so that you can have […]

Dragon fruit

04/07/2023 Bill O’Sullivan Comments Off

Dragon fruits are not the most common fruit that you see growing in people’s yards and they are not found in shops like apples and oranges. I was never a big fan of dragon fruit but since we have been growing our own I can’t eat enough of them. We […]

Grow Your Own – The Black Sapote

07/06/2023 Keer Moriarty Comments Off

The Black Sapote is an Evergreen fruit tree – keeping its leaves all year round. Black Sapote can get quite large, at about six metres, but we prune them to keep them manageable. They are very attractive and become quite productive fruit wise, after only a few years. The […]

Lettuce

14/07/2022 Bill O’Sullivan Comments Off

We grow lettuce 12 months of the year here at Tullamore Farm. Lettuce is one of the easiest vegetables we grow. It is ideal for everyone to be growing and those with limited space, like perhaps a unit, townhouse or duplex, can grow lettuce in pots or other movable garden […]

Panama berry tree

08/07/2022 Bill O’Sullivan Comments Off

One of our most popular trees here at Tullamore Farm is the Panama Berry and we have them planted all around the property. They are amazing in that they grow so quickly and fruit at about 18 months of age. Once established they can fruit for eight or nine months […]

Brassicas

20/06/2022 Bill O’Sullivan Comments Off

It is not too late to plant out Brassicas which include cauliflower, kale, cabbage and broccoli. However, you need to get them planted ASAP as the growing window is closing quickly. We already have nearly all of ours planted having started back in March. We are just starting to […]

Grow Your Own – Comfrey

06/06/2022 Bill O’Sullivan Comments Off

We don’t just grow fruit and vegetables here at Tullamore Farm. We also grow a lot of support plants that are sacrificed to be used as mulch and for compost like Arrowroot, Pigeon Pea, Cassava, Bana Grass and others. One of our favourites though is Comfrey. It is a very […]

For a minimal outlay pawpaw are very productive and yield quickly.

Grow Your Own: Pawpaw

08/04/2022 Bill O’Sullivan Comments Off

Why don’t more of us grow our own pawpaw? We had a wonderful crop of red pawpaw here this year. We find that they are producing good quality and quantity within two years of planting. That really makes you feel good about growing your own fruit and vegetables when […]

Grow Your Own: Avocados

01/04/2022 Bill O’Sullivan Comments Off

We have six avocado trees here at Tullamore Farm and we are having a bumper crop this year. People are sometimes a little reluctant to grow them because they can get quite large and they can attract the wildlife. Consider your options, minimise the risks and perhaps you will be enjoying […]

Now is the time for winter crops such as brassicas.

Grown Your Own

11/03/2022 Bill O’Sullivan Comments Off

Summer is over and we are now planting out all our winter crops – potatoes, onions and garlic plus all the brassicas. We grow such a wide variety of fruit and vegetables that I spend a lot of time on the computer researching and improving my growing skills. I particularly […]