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On the show this week we’re joined in studio by Carmel Nolan from the Ballykeefe Distillery in Kilkenny to talk about them being Ireland’s only on-farm distillery, their award winning Gin, Poitin & Whiskey and being Ireland’s No. 1 Distillery tour on Tripadvisor.
Mags brings along a delicious Raspberry and Oat-flour tray-bake.
In Food News, there’s another National award for a Kilkenny Restaurant.
In Nature Notes, we hear all about Swans and their habits.
Claire O’Connell from The Gaslamp Gallery in Gorey joins us to talk about Food, Gardens and Flowers in Art and their Exhibition Opening on the 11th of August.
In the Garden we talk about pests affecting Plums at this time of the year.
There are also some jobs to be doing in the Garden this weekend:
- Stake tall or top heavy Dahlias & Lilies to prevent wind/rain damage.
- Dead-head bedding plants and perennial plants
- Feed Tomato plants
- Pinch out the top of tomato plants and aubergines
- Limit the fruits on a squash plant to about 3
- Prune summer flowering shrubs
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