As spring is springing around us it’s time to draw up the plan for the coming season on the balcony:
I have colour-coded the containers in the diagram according to depth to give a better impression of the layout. The darker green ones are deeper and the lighter green are shallower. I’ve taken particular care to [...]

Winter is fizzling away (the snow this morning aside!) so it’s time to look at what needs to be germinated in February.
A reliable source informs me that last frost (hereafter: “F-Day”) is the first week in April for Ireland and that in Dublin it’s a week before that (on account of the sea and concrete). [...]