Ciaran Burke's Posts

Ciaran talks with Johnny about Lilium pyrenaicum, foxgloves and sweet rocket, ornamental plants that have gone wild and deserve a pace in gardens.

Ciaran Burke talks about Lilium pyrenaicum, sweet rocket and columbine, wild flowers and flowers gone wild for Irish gardens on the Johnny Oosten Show on CRC FM

Ciaran propagates plants- Ciaran Burke shows Johnny Oosten how to take cuttings of plants...

Ciaran Burke talks to Johnny Oosten about bedding plants for containers and herbs for pots...

Ciaran tells Johnny not to plant out the summer bedding yet, advises on hanging baskets and then laughter abounds when Johnny realises that he has eaten a fried Dandelion flower... lots of laughter at the end!

Ciaran Burke talks with Johnny Oosten about ways of encouraging children to garden and they taste nasturtium leaves and chives...

Countess Markievicz, an Irish revolutionary was also a gardener. Ciaran relates some of her gardening advice and tells a little about her life.

Ciaran and Johnny talk about garden pests and how to treat them, green dock beetle, vine weevil and swift moth caterpillar

Ciaran Burke shows Johnny Oosten how to make compost from kitchen waste, plant potatoes in a bag and sniff the scent of Skimmia x confusa 'Kew Green'

Ciaran Burke talks about seed potatoes, genetic modification, shamrock and clover

Ciaran Burke talks about gorse, flowering currants and peach trees with Johnny Oosten on "in The Garden" on CRC FM

Ciaran Burke talks to Johnny Oosten about planting onions from sets and tells about the exciting new plans for Castlebar Community Garden

Ciaaran Burke talks apples, pollination, rootstocks and varieties with Johnny Oosten on CRC FM

PEAT, CIARAN BURKES TALKS WITH JOHNNY OOSTEN ABOUT USING PEAT IN THE GARDEN AND MAKING COMPOST

Ciaran Burke talks gardening on the Johnny Oosten show on CRC FM - weeds, pulling then and eating them, pests and cutting back herbaceous perennials. An T-Shirt competition...

Ciaran burke talks about gaultheria and Skimmia berries, frost and tellts Johnny Oosten about his new charity garden project the -New Growth Project, offering free horticulture courses for unemployed people

Cairan Burke talks about slugs and snails, killing them in an environmentally friendly way and also eating snails. Johnny Oosten sniffs with hazel too...

Ciaran Burke talks about Christmas plants including Christmas rose and Mistletoe