Blarney Castle News
Back on track in August
August finally saw a much needed break in the weather with cooler temperatures and some much needed rain. It’s given both us and the plants a bit of relief .......
July Jitters
You will forgive me for repeating much of last month’s blog, but July has been even more about ongoing watering. It started with all of our newly planted areas, but over the days and weeks was gradually extended to encompass the whole estate......
Time for a rain dance?
To say the year so far has been challenging would be a major understatement. We are currently baking in the high twenties with no sign of a let up and the entire gardens are crying out for water...........
A great display in May
May was a pretty difficult month in the gardens with quite unsettled weather. This meant that we delayed planting out a lot of our tender tropical plants and bedding. Things seemed to be settling down in the second half of the month though .......
All go in April
April has been a real stop start month in the gardens, and the poor plants have been totally confused by our crazy weather. I think things are finally starting to right themselves now though........
A Messy March
March has been another busy month in the gardens and I would say we are at least two weeks behind last year for growth......