Covid game changer

josiethelens · February 2021

Husband nearly died from Covid, so we up sticks and have started a new life in rural Ireland. Blank canvas of 2.5 acres of fields to start transforming into a veg patch, a wildlife pond and a cottage garden. OMG what have we done lol!

Greenbird · February 2021

Sounds like my dream. Any pictures? You must be excited.

Obelixx · February 2021

@Liriodendron moved to Ireland about a year ago so maybe you can swap stories, tips and sources for plants and materials.

Brexit means you can no longer order seeds from the UK so have a browse thru this thread for alternatives - https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1048376/uk-seeds-to-europe-and-northern-ireland-reminder/p1

and this one for plants - https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1049165/french-nursery-recommendations

Liriodendron · February 2021

Hello @josiethelens! Sorry to hear your husband has been so ill - hope he recovers well in the lovely clear Irish air...

We have only a third of an acre here, and have had ups and downs over the past year (including discovering honey fungus), but our experience of rural(ish) Ireland is almost entirely positive. Though buying plants and seeds has been a bit of a challenge... I can recommend Irish Seed Savers if you're interested in local apple varieties and heritage veg seeds. They're very local to here, but do mail order:

https://irishseedsavers.ie/

Happy to share more experiences if it would be helpful.

Edited to say: there's also a good nursery for herbaceous perennials near here. They propagate them all themselves, and grow them tough, in a hilly area outside. They do mail order too:

https://www.caherhurleynursery.com/shop

robairdmacraignil · February 2021

Here are links to another two Irish seed suppliers if they might be any use. Sites are showing they are temporarily closed most likely due to volumes of orders to fill since lock down has made gardening a lot more popular and related businesses here have been struggling to keep up with demand and cope with their own supply lines being disrupted.

seedaholic

brown envelope seeds

For trees and shrubs and other plants I also have found this nursery in west Cork to be good:

future forests

Happy gardening!

Fire · February 2021

Maybe I should move to Ireland.

josiethelens · February 2021

It's a way from the maddening crowd for sure! Lots to do though. Trees blocking a South facing paddock which need to come down. Greenhouse and potting shed to be erected. Exciting times!

Liriodendron · February 2021

The plants I bought from Future Forests a few weeks ago were lovely and healthy, and not too expensive. You just have to swoop when the web site opens up again...

josiethelens · February 2021

Greenbird said:

Sounds like my dream. Any pictures? You must be excited.

Yes, but daunting at the same time. It's a lovely spot, will try and load photos as we go along.

josiethelens · February 2021

Obelixx said:

@Liriodendron moved to Ireland about a year ago so maybe you can swap stories, tips and sources for plants and materials.

Brexit means you can no longer order seeds from the UK so have a browse thru this thread for alternatives - https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1048376/uk-seeds-to-europe-and-northern-ireland-reminder/p1

and this one for plants - https://forum.gardenersworld.com/discussion/1049165/french-nursery-recommendations

Thank you much appreciated.

josiethelens · February 2021

Thanks for the heads up, might be problematic with Brexit.

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