May 12
After a week of glorious weather, the trainee gardeners joined Richard for the penultimate class. Richard brought along two square planters, handpainted by trainees from another group, to demonstrate planting up a square planter. Square Planters You can fit more plants in a square planter. In the one we planted up, we have Fuchsia ‘Jumping …
May 04
What with Easter, the play and the trials of rural broadband, we haven’t been able to post reports about our ongoing Gardening Course as it happened, so here are three weeks of gardening notes in one post. Put the kettle on, make tea and settle down for a read. Before you start Planting medium: If you …
Mar 30
Our GRETB funded Gardening Course, tutored by Richard Kennedy, started yesterday evening in the Community Centre. Week one covered planting and herbs, mixed with tips and some sage* advice. Before you start Prepare a good growing medium for your plants. For seeds 1 part horticultural sand with 15 parts of multipurpose compost, the sand keeps …
Feb 03
We’re half way between the Winter Solstice (21 December) and the Spring Equinox (20 March), but there are already plentiful signs of spring around. Our 365 photographers captured some of the best of Lisacul’s ‘nearly Spring’ biodiversity. Enjoy looking at them here, then get out for a walk over the weekend to see them up …
Feb 01
So we’ve come to the end of our 365 photo taking, but there is still time to submit photos taken in, of or from Lisacul between 1st February 2016 and 31st January 2017. You can drop them into the centre and we’ll take them from a USB stick or a CD-ROM or you can email …
Dec 21
“If there are lots of events happening and lots of photos being taken for 365, the website will fall over and play dead.” So we had masses of things happening – Santa visited Brightsparks and heard them singing Christmas songs, then he turned up at the Parents’ Association Christmas Fair; Loughglynn held their Winter Wonderland; …
Dec 09
On cold and frosty days, what better thing to do than sleighing? We had different weather every (hour of every) day of this week – from thick fog in the mornings and afternoons, to glorious – if cold – winter sunshine And at the end of the week, we had the auction. And we celebrated …
Dec 02
Hard frosts, mists and the occasional burst of sunshine and blue skies are giving our photographers lots of inspiration, even if the weather is not great for drying. We’ve had visitors to the parish too, and a new calf. And the whooper swans have come back.
Nov 11
It’s ninety-eight years since the Armistice that signalled the end of World War One. It’s two days since we woke to the results of the US presidential election. And we’re into the final three months of the 365 project which is, I hope, showing us that life goes on and core values endure. …
Nov 10
The conservation aspects of the new GLAS scheme are already showing results according to Barry Luby, and the Lisacul, Loughglynn and Gortnaganny Game Protection Association ( LLGGPA) of which he is Chair, is happy to reap the rewards. The environmentally friendly measures, which include turning over small areas of land to cereal growing to feed …
