Lismore lights up

Great to see the new Christmas lights for Lismore being switched on last weekend and thanks to the many business premises who have also brightened up their frontages and windows for Christmas 2021.

With a mixture of cold, mild and damp weather over the past week the outdoor work continued. Jim, Lismore Tidy Towns Co Worker weeded all of the gravel beds on the Chapel Street and New Street side of the Lios an Oir housing estate. He also did a daily litter pick up on his days of work.

Thanks to John Hannon CE Worker Lismore Heritage Centre who also has been doing a daily litter pick up in the Main Street area since the community litter roster finished. The beds at the Obelisk area were finally planted with bee friendly perennials and we look forward to seeing them in bloom in 2022.

Thanks to Lismore Mens Shed who sourced mulch for weed suppression at the planted area adjacent to St Carthage’s Home Townparks and who also weeded the bed and spread the mulch.

We regret to say it but a lot of damage has been done over two different weeks recently on the compost area in the Millennium Park with signage pulled off and broken and some of front and side panels pulled off the compost bays. The large bee hotel at this site was also targeted with materials used by insects pulled out.

This project started in 2017 and has not been interfered with in any way until now. Another one of the many acts of mindless vandalism in Lismore in recent months. The local Gardai have been informed and we appreciate all that they are doing to find the culprits. A repair job will be carried out by Lismore Tidy Towns members in the coming weeks.

Lismore Tidy Towns extends its sympathy to Lismore Community Litter Roster volunteer Mrs. Veronica Troy and her family on the recent death of Veronica’s sister Breda Hickey Moran. Rest in peace.

ECO TIP OF THE WEEK A WINTER CHECKLIST FOR PLANTS

Cracked pots-if you have terracotta plants that are not frost hardy, remove plants, compost, wash and store in a frost free space. Protect pots containing plants of borderline hardiness by grouping them together in a sheltered spot and wrapping them with hessian or agricultural fleece

Wind watch-prepare for winter winds by removing dead or decaying branches from established trees. Check the stakes of newly planted trees. Make sure that fences, trellises and other structures which prop up climbing plants are all secure enough to withstand high winds

Keep weedingalthough the growth of weeds will slow down as the weather gets cooler, they will spring up again next year unless you catch them now, so dig up as many as you can before the ground becomes too hard to work

Look after fish- if you have fish in a garden pond, stop the water from freezing by floating a ball on the surface

Move plants - if the ground is still soft enough to work you can split up overgrown clumps and replant. Always check that it is the right season for that plant to be subdivided.

Members of Lismore Men’s Shed with Lismore Tidy Towns members Nora O’Connor and Mary O’Brien, pictured at the planted area at Towns park before and after weeding and mulching.

Men’s Shed - mulch at Towns park.