A Visit to the John Murray Show

10/07/2014

This morning Mary visited with John Murray on RTÉ Radio to talk about the current trend of lawn care obsession & the importance of natural gardening. You can have a listen right here.

Claire & Joe created a forest garden from scratch with guidance from Mary's book The Garden Awakening - Designs to Nurture Ourselves and Our Land. You can go back and read about its origins here & then keep up with current happenings at their Instagram @IrishForestGarden.

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Great year for the haws. The hedge around the #forestgarden is slowly getting eaten down by the #blackbirds and thrushes. I’m sure other birds are enjoying them but mainly witness those two tucking in 😊. Frosty morning last weekend. #calendula still putting on a show despite the cold. Really are a plant that keeps on giving... and the #nepaleseraspberries we are growing as ground cover in the fg are going strong too. Recommend them for sure 👍💚...#ldaddy #bullfinch in that golden spot of early winter sun in the hedge...and watched a #wren in and out of the long grass and docks hunting on the ground..the #blackbirds have returned from somewhere in abundance... #starling sat on the #alder. V recommend tree for attracting the birds and insects too. And you can just cut it down for wood if it gets too big and it’ll grow again. Did not realise how tasty their cones are to finches and all manner of other birds... #greattit posing about the place and mr #buzzard keeping a general eye on any movements in the field from his usual spot 💚😊🌳🍂🇮🇪#wearetheark #birdwatchireland #irishbiodiversity #wexford #growyourown #wintermorning

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Beautiful sunrise yesterday morning.. all the #birds waking up and feeling the chill I’m sure.. sun came out and #wren hunted amongst the crab apples 🍎 and the seed heads left in the field. #dunnock posed for me in the #hawthorn tree in the morning sun as did the #chaffinch at the birches in the wishing circle ⭕️... two robins singing for a mate or maybe finding each other!! And this is my mule feeding on alder cones. He flies with the goldfinch flock so must identify as one, but you see his ring on his leg.. #birdwatchireland explained he must be a cross that someone bred possibly canary goldfinch or something that either didn’t work or he escaped. He’s not so frightened of me getting fairly close. Been around two years now and has a different song.. but that’s a bird mule apparently!! #buzzard spots something move in the undergrowth and #dusk sounds to round out a very gorgeous day 😊🐦🍂🍂🌳💚🍁🍁🍂😊🇮🇪 #wexford #ireland #wearetheark #forestgarden

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Haven’t been out in the #forestgarden for a little bit as have been away but no real rain today so stood outside to see who I could see and hear... I’m sure they’re at it all the time but managed to see the #goldfinches feeding on the #teasels 💚💛🖤 and I caught a fast moving #goldcrest darting around the #ivy clad ash tree. Very nice to see him. Also the #artichoke seed heads look like they are good hunting grounds for this #wren that is on the stalk. Another few beauties in the hedge were a little family of #yellowhammers having a rest and a preen 💛💛🐦🐦 #buzzard sat atop his normal perch and some unusual #birdsong blackbird or thrush? Anyone know then please advise!! Acrobatic #greattit to round off the nose about 😊🐦 🌳🍁🍂😍👍 #wearetheark #wexford #birdwatchireland

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The upside of early school runs is being home just after the suns up and on a morning like today, being able to go out in the garden and field and spot all the chaps enjoying the winter warmth on their feathers. Such a still morning. #moon still up behind a tall tree in the hedge with a large charm of #goldfinch and #linnets having a groom and a sit after enjoying a feast on the alder tree nuts. The #buzzard was in the opposite tree sat in his normal spot til me and the dog walked past..saw a family of #bullfinch eating the ash seeds again. Only got this one who sat still for ten seconds before following his gang off to the next spot...#robin #blackbird patches and #wren all sun bathing 😊💚🍂🐶🐦🐤🐤🐤🐦💚🌳🍁🍂 #wearetheark #birdwatchireland #biodiversityireland #wexford #autumn #meadow

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