Midwest Radio Gardening Show

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**Midwest Radio Gardening Show**

Each week Padraic Horkan from Horkans Garden Centre joins Deirdre 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.

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Midwest Radio - Weekly gardining advice Show 09-03-13 Mar 09, 2013

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Padraic Horkan joins Deirdre Kelly with all the best gardening advice once again on Saturday morning.

Midwest Radio - Weekly gardining advice Show 06/10/2012 Oct 06, 2012

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On the final programme of the current series Paraic discussed tidying up the garden for the Autumn and the best method for creating a compost heap. He also gave advice on moving trees and shrubs at this time of year and focused on lawn care for the winter months. Other topics covered included suggestions for trees for exposed seaside areas, bulbs that can be planted now in for Christmas, the control of Nostuk and the pruning of plum trees and other fruits that contain a stone in the middle.

Midwest Radio - Weekly gardining advice Show 29/09/2012 Sep 29, 2012

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Items featured on this week's programme included suitable shrubs for transplanting window boxes, options for early Spring flowering bulbs, pruing of apple trees and growing of blueberries. Paraic advised on the sowing and maintenance of Hornbeam and Sea Buckthorn hedging and answered listeners questions on exchanging rosebeds for heather beds and pruning Weeping Willow.

Midwest Radio - Weekly gardining advice Show 22/09/2012 Sep 22, 2012

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This week Paraic gave advice on the care of raspberry bushes and discussed a variety of trees, roses and flowers from both seeds & cuttings. Flowering and berry bearing hedging was featured together with suitable broad leaved trees for medium and large gardens. Other topics included ripening tomatoes, growing grapes in greenhouses, controlling the spread of bamboo and the effective control of horse/mare's tail weeds.

Midwest Radio - Weekly gardining advice Show 15/09/2012 Sep 15, 2012

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On the programme this week Paraic discussed the different apple varieties that are now ready for harvesting and how to prune trees for the winter, he gave advice on scutch grass and garden drainage and dealth with a selection of questions on both wild and cultivated rhubarb. Other topics covered included the care and maintenance of bamboo, swiss cheese plants and curtailing the spread of Montbretia

Midwest Radio - Weekly gardining advice Show 08/09/2012 Sep 08, 2012

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On this week's programme Paraic discussed how to move mature trees such as Liquid Amber and Wedding Cake Trees. He gave advice on the treatment of problems in lawns and how to deal with grass growing through shrubs and flower borders. Paraic also gave tips on planting bulbs in pots, how to sow lavender and answered a wide variety of listeners questions.

Midwest Radio - Weekly gardining advice Show 01/09/2012 Sep 01, 2012

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The Gardening Programme is back for the Autumn season and this week features tips on tidying up the garden for winter. Paraic answered listeners questions on storing pruning and replanting hedging, the merits of slow and fast growing hedging were explored and Paraic aslo advised on how to grow cuttings of various plants. Harvesting and storing of potatoes and rhubarb was also discussed together with advice on moss on both lawns and tarmac.

Midwest Radio - Weekly gardining advice Show 30/06/2012 Jun 30, 2012

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This week Paraic outlined the best procedure for Summer pruning of apple trees in order to promote growth and he discussed sowing Purple Sprouting Broccoli. With weather conditions favouring the spread of blight Paraic advised on preventative treatments both traditional and organic. Other topics covered included climbing plants, dahlias and begonias, onions that have gone to seed and how to deal with a wasps nest close to a house.

Midwest Radio - Weekly gardining advice Show 23/06/2012 Jun 23, 2012

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On this week's gardening programme Paraic outlined a variety of plants that would be good for planting now. He also gave tips on trimming box hedges, and advised on how to remove moss from both hard surfaces and lawns. He discussed trimming laurel hedges, care of tomatoe plants now in growth and how to get the best from window boxes and hanging baskets.

Midwest Radio - Weekly gardining advice Show 16/06/2012 Jun 16, 2012

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This week Paraic suggested trees with good leaf colour for large gardens and flowers that would provide colour in July. He outlined how to grow sweet potatoes, peas, beans, swiss chard and wisteria and gave tips for growing grapevines in greenhouses. The care of Shefflera (Umbrella Plant) and Qunce was also discussed and listeners heard about the Clew Bay Garden Trail.

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