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  1. Organic gardening courses run in the Santuary, Manor Street D7 … i did the day course last summer and it was not only great fun but also really interesting and infomative .. the night courses i would imagine to be brilliant .. we all need to get more self sufficient and its so handy to have herbs at hand when you are cooking and things like salad leaves and rocket can be grown in window boxes and plant pots on window sills and balconies .. nothing tastes better than what you grow yourself 😉

  2. Basil has never worked for me, I might try this variety though. Spring onions are amazingly easy to grow in very little space and you’ll be amazed how much bigger they grow in the garden than the ones you get in the supermarket.

  3. Just thought I would send on my encouragement – I’ve been growing my own food in my apartment in Dublin and blogging about it. I’ve only just started and it’s going pretty well with relatively little effort! I started out with herbs – I believe they’re a gateway vegetable :).

    Haven’t had much success with basil here either. That hardy one might be worth a shot alright.

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