Thanks and appreciation
A big thank you to the property owners who were contacted about maintenance / painting their buildings and who have all carried out that work. It is appreciated by those of us working in Lismore Tidy Towns and shows good community spirit.
A big sweep up of the Main Street was carried out by Tidy Towns members last week on West and Main Street. It would be good to see all property owners especially business owners coming out and maintaining the tidiness by sweeping the footpath and outside the kerbing every few days. Some people do this and we thank them for it but it would be great to see the majority making the effort. Please do not leave debris swept on the roadside for someone else to pick up. All of the stone seating/ benches in the Millennium Park were power washed. The two CE workers have also done Trojan work in the past week with Jim Noonan cutting the box hedging in the Park, cleaning the entrance to St. Carthage’s Cemetery, washing its gates and footpath running alongside it. Kieran Fraher has cleaned, primed and undercoated the exterior of the galvanise shed on the Cappoquin Road entrance to Lismore, plus general sweeping around town
With the hot conditions of the past week and new perennials having been only planted, watering was and is essential. Thanks to Lismore Tidy Towns member Liam Ahearne, Ashley Court who has come out early in the morning and late evening to water the newly planted areas and to Pat Fleming who is looking after the wall baskets on the Millennium Park wall.
BIRD CHORUS WALK
As part of the preparation for the Lismore Biodiversity Action Plan, a Bird Chorus Walk was held along the route of St. Declan’s Way Walk starting at Lady Louisa’s car park on Saturday, 27th May and facilitated by Sean Ronayne. A lovely sunny morning greeted those participating who were in for a treat of early morning birdsong.
Thank you to Mary Lawton, Chapel Place who invited the group back to her garden afterwards for refreshments. This coming Saturday will see the final event being carried out - foraging in Ballyrafter Woods. Places are limited to fifteen people. Email: lismoretidytowns@gmail. com if you are interested in attending.
Lismore Tidy Towns wish all of those involved in the Blackwater Valley Opera Festival whose events started on 29th May a successful venture.
ECO TIP OF THE WEEK - DEADHEADING
One of the jobs that mystifies gardeners is deadheading. Why bother taking the dead heads of flowers? The answer is that it keep plants flowering longer, prevent them going to seed and new buds will be produced. Dead-heading also removes a potential plant health hazard because during a particularly damp summer dead heads can rot and encourage fungal disease.
SO WHAT IS THE PROPER WAY TO DEADHEAD?
Let us start with plants that have large
individual flowers such as fuchsias and begonias, with those you need to remove the dead flower head and its stalk. With flowers having spikes
such as lupins and delphiniums wait until the whole spike has finished flowering cut the whole thing off at the base of the stem. For roses with
a single flower or a cluster of blooms cut the dead head with a four to six inch stalk and cut of the stem just above a leaf point.