Gardening with Brendan Week 5: Moving outdoors and 10 edible flowers plan

www.derryjournal.com— The day before a yellow wind warning was probably not the best time to erect a small plastic greenhouse outside. Especially when your garden is in a wind tunnel with gusts strong enough to unhinge wooden gates on several occasions in the past. I took my eye off the ball and forgot to check the latest forecast at the weekend before the easy enough assembly, and it is already looking a bit battered but thankfully has remained intact through the stormy weather earlier this week. I haven’t had...

www.derryjournal.com—WATCH: Gardening With Brendan Week 6: Benefits of growing your own. Here’s five benefits you can expect when you decide to get your hands a little dirty in your own backyard. Lifting your mood The winters here in Ireland are long and dark and usually cold and windy. It’s just bleak and come the spring you really notice the mood lifting as more people are able to shed the winter wardrobe and enjoy going out and about. During the winter, boredom can set in and we know from the experts that the less hours of sunlight during the winter affects your mood. One way to...

dailym.ai—Action plan: CIAR BYRNE's essential jobs for your garden this week. Even if you don't have a garden, you can grow pots of basil, coriander, and mint on a kitchen windowsill to add to salads and drinks, snipping off leaves as you need them.

SFGate—San Francisco unveils $2.5 million plan for free outdoor concerts. Spring is in bloom, and San Francisco’s flowers — and sound systems — are coming back to life. On Monday, Mayor London Breed’s office announced SF Live, a series of free outdoor concerts running from May through October. In the coming months, bursts of blues, brass and bass are set to shake subwoofers at parks and plazas across the city, including Union Square, Civic Center Plaza and Crane Cove Park. The series is scheduled to kick off May 4 at the Golden Gate Park Bandshell with four hours of...