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Spring is on its way and we are ready for the warmer months to arrive, which means it is time to prepare our gardens for the growing season. To ensure that any garden is fully prepared for the coming seasons and warmer weather, you need to make a number of changes.

Spring is in the air, and it's time to start thinking about preparing the garden for the growing season ahead. You can give your plants the best start by providing them with some home-made compost.

With food prices on the rise and many stretching budgets to buy the essentials, those looking to reduce food waste should make the most of their leftovers by using them in the garden.

With food prices on the rise and many stretching budgets to buy the essentials, those looking to reduce food waste should make the most of their leftovers by using them in the garden.

Homemade compost is a magical resource for your garden and will have your plants thriving, whilst also helping to keep your waste costs down. According to StopFoodWaste.ie, “composting is the natural process of decomposition that turns organic materials like garden waste and vegetable food scraps into a dark, crumbly and earthy smelling material”.

Clean Coasts and Irish Water are delighted to announce that celebrity chef Donal Skehan is supporting this year’s Think Before You Pour Easter campaign.

As we embrace the winter season, it is essential that the prevalent theme of preparing and cleaning the soil continues.

As we embrace the winter season, it is essential that the prevalent theme of preparing and cleaning the soil continues.

Grass cuttings and felled branches from neighbourhoods clean-ups will no longer be collected by the Galway City Council, the council chief executive, Brendan McGrath, has confirmed.

The Galway City Council will this week collect the "hundreds of bags filled with green cuttings" which have been "left out on green areas in a number of city estates" in recent weeks.