Visit our Garden Centre – eight miles from Newry, and only five miles from Dundalk. Phone: 028 3088 9188 – Mobile: 07752 719 472
Every garden center sells chemical solutions for problems that backyard gardeners solved with kitchen scraps and common sense for generations before pesticides existed. Crushed eggshells scattered around the base of tomato and pepper plants deliver calcium directly to the roots and prevent blossom end rot before it starts. Coffee grounds worked into soil around hydrangeas, blueberries, and azaleas lower the pH naturally and feed acid-loving plants without buying specialized fertilizer. Banana peels buried one inch deep around rose bushes release potassium and phosphorus slowly as they decompose and promote larger stronger blooms all season. Epsom salt dissolved in water and sprayed on tomato and pepper leaves provides magnesium that boosts fruit production the way commercial bloom boosters claim to. A milk and water spray applied to squash and cucumber leaves prevents and treats powdery mildew because the proteins in milk create an antiseptic barrier on contact with sunlight. Wood ash from a fireplace sprinkled lightly around root vegetables raises soil pH and delivers potassium and calcium that strengthen cell walls. Used tea leaves mixed into potting soil improve drainage and slowly release nitrogen as they decompose. A cinnamon stick pressed into the soil of a potted plant kills fungus gnat larvae on contact and prevents adult gnats from laying eggs. Marigolds planted at the end of every vegetable row repel aphids, whiteflies, and nematodes through compounds released from their roots and flowers. Corn planted next to pole beans gives the beans a natural trellis to climb while the beans fix nitrogen into the soil that feeds the corn. Hair clippings scattered around the garden perimeter deter rabbits and deer because the human scent signals a predator nearby. Saving seeds from your best-producing plants each year creates a strain naturally adapted to your exact soil and climate. Twelve garden lessons from before the garden center existed.
Delighted to be asked to sponsor a ball for Peadar O Doirnin game v St Paul's.
Best of luck to you for the rest of the season!
Followers South Armagh & Proud Forkhill🟢🔴 Peadar Ó Doirnín Sponsor A Ball
🏆 Armagh IFL
⚽️ Thanks to Carrive Grove Garden Centre who will sponsor the ball versus St Paul's
Friday 10th April 7:30
St. Paul's Lurgan
⚽️ Sean O'Hare pictured presenting the match-ball to Owen Donaghy
‼️ Forkhill v St Paul's, 10th April ‼️
Alpines are selling very well.
New stock just in today!
Carrive Grove Garden Centre rests in the tranquil foothills of Carrive Mountain, a gem nestled within the greater Slieve Gullion mountains. The business has seen significant growth over time and provides comprehensive services to residential and commercial clients across both northern and southern regions of Ireland.