Sep 2012 - Polytunnel suffering from neglect

September 2012 - the polytunnel  was suffering from some neglect...

I think the pictures speak for themselves much progress since then.

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Mar 2013 - Remainder of the Garden / An chuid eile den gairdín

Pictures of the rest of the garden / An chuid eile de na pictiúir den gairdín

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The rockery (creig-ghairdín) area showing signs of life on Mon 11 March - a cold morning when the skies made a feeble attempt at snowing.

  

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Close up of some crocuses in the rockery (creig-ghairdín)

 

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"Leaba Sonny", to the rear of the hall, named after the owner of the land on which the gaelscoil now stands. The green item to the left is a compost bin. 

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The compost bin is fed left over fruit, fruit skins, tea-bags, etc., and will eventually produce brown, crumbly, soil-enriching compost for use in the garden.

 




 












  

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A container with frog spawn outside the polytunnel door.

       











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The dreary boundary wall separating the Gaelscoil and the adjacent Government Buildings.  

The plan is to paint the wall, add a trellis or guide wires to the timberwork and train creeping plants on this - Wisteria ?, Clematis ?, etc. 

Mar 2013 - Wheel beds / Leaba na Gréine

Some photos of Leaba na Gréine, comments to follow

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1 - Rang 2

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2 - Rang 4

Rhubarb planted earlier has been hit by frost, hopefully this will recover

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3 - Rang 1

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4 - Rang 6

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5 - Rang 5

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6 Rang 3

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7 - N1

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8 - N2

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Mar 2013 - Polytunnel / an Pollathullán

March photos of the garden - comments to follow

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 Leaba 1 - Rang 3

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Leaba 2

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Leaba 3

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Leaba 4

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Leaba 5

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Leaba 6

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Gardening as Gaeilge

Some gardening words, phrases and plant names as Gaeilge - sorted alphetically (English)

English	Gaeilge
Bed	Leaba
Courgettes	Cúirséid
Daffodil	Lus na chromchinn
Garden	An gháirdín
Garraíodóir	Gardener
Garraíodóireacht	Gardening
Polytunnel	an Pollathullán
Produce of the earth	Torthaí na talaún
Rockery	Creig-ghairdín
Sally arch	Áirse Saileach
Sally hedge	Claí Saileach
Seedling(s)	Síolphlanda(í)
Strawberry plant(s)	Planda(í) sú talún
Tulips	Tiúilipí

Feb 2013 - Polytunnel / an Pollathullán

Below are some pictures of the polytunnel beds taken towards the end of Feb 2013 - some have had quiet an amount of attention and others are waiting to start

The first photo is of the bed inside the door of the polytunnel to the right and the order of the rest of the photos follows around the polytunnel in an anti-clockwise direction.

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 Leaba 1 - Rang 3

Polytunnel raised bed 1, Rang 3

The bed is planted with tulips, and daffodils.  The contents of the seed trays are listed below, each tray contains seeds planted by two students.  With a little luck the students will be able to bring home their produce before the summer holidays.  They have already brought home some strawberry plants.  The Rang 3 outside bed will be planted with some of the same plants, this will allow students to compare and contrast the results of outdoor and indoor growing conditions .

1. Carrots
2. Spring onions
3. Coriander
4. Lettuce
5. Basil
6. Parsley
7. Cucumber

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Leaba 2

Polytunnel bed 2,
 

Herbs in the upper level pipe- 

1. Tulips (4 types)
2. Daffodils ( 3 types)
3. Bluebells
4. Crocus
5. Hyacinths
6. Anemone
7. A spring bulb mix

In the background, outside the polytunnel is the 2013 compost area under construction.

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Polytunnel bed 3 - L to R Pansies planted by Rang ??, carrott seeds planted by Rang 4, flower bulbs (?? planted by Rang ??)

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Polytunnel bed 4 - weeded and ready for planting in the 2013 growing season

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Polytunnel bed 5, some of last years daffodils emerging in pots, the remainder of the bed is in need of weeding and a general cleanup

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Polytunnel bed 6 weeded and ready for 2013 planting - what looks like oninons on the right of the bed

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Feb 2013 the work begins

Below are some photos of the state of the outdoor garden beds in Feb 2013, with a brief description of what's planted in each bed.  This post will be updated when information about exactly what's planted where is available.

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Leaba na Gréine

Each class is assigned a sector of the potager bed, christened Leaba na Gréine as the layout resembles the Sun

Diagram of "Leaba na Gréine", the potager/Kitchen Garden wheel - by rang/class

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Rang 4 bed at start of Feb 2013

Rang 4 bed cleared of weeds by pupils and ready for planting Feb 2013

Rang 4 bed planted with fennel at rear, chives to the front of this, in the pots are some bulbs reclaimed during the cleanup of the bed and to the front 2 X rhubarb

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Rang 1 - bed weeded and cleaned up, 3 x Rose plants visible at present

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Rang 6 - no work yet in 2013 / gan aon obair fós 2013 - some old strawberry plants are there

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Rang 5 - no work yet in 2013 / gan aon obair fós 2013 - some strawberry plants to the front

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Rang 3 - Snowdrops planted Jan and the bed prepared...

• January – bed weeded and prepared for planting, snowdrops planted, compost and horse manure added in January
• February – tupils and assorted bedding plants planted
• Next steps – herb plants (when ready) will be planted and eventually brought home by each child for culinary delights

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N1 - Naíonáin Bheaga - gan aon obair fós 2013 / no work yet 2013 - some strawberry plants to the front

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N2 - Naíonáin Mhóra - gan aon obair fós 2013 / no work yet 2013  - Daffodils emerging

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In the beginning...

Dia dhuit agus fáilte go dtí an blog !
Hello and welcome to the blog !

Over the coming months we hope to record the progress of Gaelscoil Aonach Urmhumhan's student garden area in both words and pictures. 

The aim is to record the tasks carried out by students such as ground preparation, planting of seeds and plants as well as maintenance and improvements made by both students and volunteers

Of course not all the current team of volunteers can lay claim to starting the garden project.  Click here and here to see the birth of the garden in progress on the school's main website.