{"id":21262,"date":"2022-04-01T09:43:49","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T09:43:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/?p=21262"},"modified":"2022-04-15T09:50:13","modified_gmt":"2022-04-15T09:50:13","slug":"life-on-the-farm-march-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/irishseedsavers.ie\/shop\/2022\/04\/01\/life-on-the-farm-march-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Life on the Farm &#8211; March"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #696969; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">March is all about seeds and deciding what to grow for the season ahead. In terms of sowing this month beet, French and runner beans and peas have been sown in our propagation tunnel. Tomatoes and peppers have been pricked out and broad beans will be planted out shortly. Overwintering radishes are coming back to life after roughing and de-leafing.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #696969; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The Seed Team are busy processing supporters orders. We are delighted that the amount of supporters availing of their free seeds grows each year.<\/span><\/p>\n<div><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/0d0ad83252f1734bedb4f2a4a\/images\/a6a5b032-883d-bb2d-f3c7-20c84714a0b9.jpeg\" width=\"500\" height=\"666\" align=\"center\" data-file-id=\"4951229\" \/><\/strong><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #696969; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">The Orchard Team are busy bench grafting apple trees in order to propagate new trees from our heritage varieties, potting on two year old Irish Heritage apple trees for community orchard\u00a0and urban orchard projects, completing\u00a0pruning in our heritage orchards and planting rootstocks to upscale\u00a0our supply of potted trees for the Glas scheme\u00a0commencing\u00a0in 2023.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #696969; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">These activities enable Irish Seed Savers to meet\u00a0conservation targets and ensure\u00a0a supply of Irish Heritage apple trees to the public.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #696969; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Maintenance work on the land remains constant. As part of The Hare\u2019s Corner project, run by The Burrenbeo Trust, we have finished development of a new pond area to promote biodiversity on our site and planted a significant stand of Burren pine thought to be extinct.<\/span><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/0d0ad83252f1734bedb4f2a4a\/_compresseds\/5cd57d60-9349-0f6a-9c68-efb7f40e90ac.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" align=\"center\" data-file-id=\"4951221\" \/><\/strong>Some of our staff planting native Burren Pine<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"color: #696969; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">Eamonn McLaughlin from the Hedge Laying Association of Ireland has demonstrated the traditional country craft of hedge laying\u00a0and ran a course onsite rejuvenating\u00a0our hedgerows to provide a habitat for wild birds, plants and insects.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #696969; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\">To find out more about hedge laying and why\u00a0it is important visit\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/hedgelaying.ie\/index.php\/2019\/07\/09\/about-hedgelaying\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.hedgelaying.ie<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>\n<\/div>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/0d0ad83252f1734bedb4f2a4a\/_compresseds\/d0563380-c64d-7fc2-5638-28e59b232cae.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" data-file-id=\"4951237\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>March is all about seeds and deciding what to grow for the season ahead. 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