Midwest Radio Gardening Show

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Midwest Radio - Weekly Gardening Advice Show 11/10/2014 Oct 11, 2014

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Honey production is now in full swing and Paraic brought some local varieties to studio this week and outlined the benefits from this natural food source. Topics included hedge trimming at this time of year, options for spring cabbage and planting for ponds. Listeners questions featured holly trees and berries, green and copper beech hedging, maintianing wormers and care of indoor plants such as Bromeliad Guzmania, Yucca and Amaryllis. Paraic also reminded schools of the ongoing Wild Bird Competition which has a closing date of 20th of October.

Midwest Radio - Weekly Gardening Advice Show 04/10/2014 Oct 04, 2014

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Each week Padraic Horkan from Horkans Garden Centre joins Dedrie Kelly to look at every aspect of the world of gardening. From answering listeners' queries to explaining the ins and outs of every plant known to man,Padraic has all bases covered when it comes to gardening.

Midwest Radio - Weekly Gardening Advice Show 27/09/2014 Sep 27, 2014

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With the good weather foreceast to hold for the rest of September Paraic advised on moving plants at this time of year, gave steps on planting Amaryllis for christmas flower and described the method for collective seeds for perennial plants. He also advocated the cleaning out of greenhouses and polytunnels now and the harevesting of fruit. Listeners questions included pruning beech hedging and the butterfly bus, rose bee damage to rose bushes, trees to plant for autumn colour and the harvesting and storing gladioli. Paraic also outlined how to establish a compost heap and described the "stale bed technique" to prevent weed growth in vegetable gardens.

Midwest Radio - Weekly Gardening Advice Show 20/09/2014 Sep 20, 2014

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This week's programme started off by focusing on new options for treating moss on hard surfaces. Topics included the fruiting and pruning of fig trees, repotting Camelias and how to plant ivy leafed cyclamen. Paraic gave tips on how to reseed areas of lawn that have been damaged, using grease bands as an organic way of prevent pests on fruit trees, how to add fertility to soil and the to treat boxwood for box blight. Listeners queries featured grease bands as an organic treatment for preventing pests on fruit trees and flowering bulbs for classroom enviornments.

Midwest Radio - Weekly Gardening Advice Show 13/09/2014 Sep 13, 2014

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On this weeks programme Paraic demonstrated how to grow geraniums and other plants from cuttings. He discussed harvesting apples and focused on heathers as an option for autumn winter colour. Methods for removing bindweed were highlighted as it is weakest at this time of year and Paraic outlined tips for growing fruiting plants in containers. Listeners questions focused on growing pear and apple trees on espaliers, the pruning of birch and mountain ash, overwintering swiss chard, creating a heat bed or "hot box" for propogation, moving blueberry trees, hedging for seaside locations and sowing a wildflower meadow at this time of year.

Midwest Radio - Weekly Gardening Advice Show 23/08/2014 Aug 23, 2014

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In advance of the start of the autumn season this special programme focused on wildlife in the garden. Paraic was joined by Eanna ní Lamhna and a lively discussion featured native plants to attract birds and willdlife into the garden together with how the natural eco system can be used to the gardener's benefit . The popularity of wildlife in schools was evident in questions on where to plant feeders and how to monitor activity. Other topics featured a variety of big and small birds including swallows, finches and magpies. The value of wasps, hedgehogs, wood lice and bees were also discussed by the panel.

Midwest Radio - Weekly Gardening Advice Show 06/09/2014 Aug 06, 2014

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Paraic kicked off the autumn series of the garden programme with a list of tips and tasks for gardeners during September - advice included lawn care, taking advantage of late flowering plants and planting bulbs and seeds for next spring. Mushrooms. maintenance and care of roses and pruning of hedges featured in listeners questions. Paraic also advised on how to strip and reseed a lawn at this time of year, how to prevent slug and wireworm damage in potatoes and discussed plants such as phacilia which are beneficial for attracting bees.

Midwest Radio - Weekly Gardening Advice Show 28/06/2014 Jun 28, 2014

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In the last programme before the summer break Paraic focused on tasks for the weeks ahead. Lawncare, deadheading flowers, roses, jobs in the vegetable garden and weed and pest control were all discussed in detail. Listeners questions included suitable plants to add to a fish pond, pale leaves on a Fastia Japonica, problems with strawberries not fruiting, cuckoos spit on Lady's Mantle and when to prune back and feed Wisteria. The sowing of seeds for Autumn growth, the propogation of plants from slips, deterrants for rabbits and house flies, varieties of calla lillies and how to grow Hibiscus were also featured this week.

Midwest Radio - Weekly Gardening Advice Show 21/06/2014 Jun 21, 2014

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With aphid activity very prevalent at the moment Paraic kicked off this week's programme with an adviosry on aphids and prevention measures. The importance of adequate watering and feeding in hot weather was also covered in detail and Paraic suggested ensuring hedges and apple trees got a light trimming at this time of year. Questions featured dahlias, camelias and birds of paradise, growing turnips and the treatment of brownheart, growing rhodedendrons from seed, slips and layering , and blanket weed in ponds.

Midwest Radio - Weekly Gardening Advice Show 14/06/2014 Jun 14, 2014

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Paraic issued a potatoe blight warning at the start of this weeks programme and advised the use of systemic treatments to help allieviate blight problems. With good weather forecast now is the time to get a head start in the garden and Paraic discusse a range of options to provide colour now and into the latter summer months - plants featured included geraniums, lupins, peoneys and see breeze. Listeners questions included treatment of carrott and cabbage root fly, the care and treatment of rhubarb now that growing is almost finished, sowing seeds now for spring, growing apple trees and tips on variety selection such as Coxes Orange Pippin, Elstar, Katie and James Greave.

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