by Siobhán Lavelle I trained in horticulture, which, most simply put, is a system by which you divide the plant kingdom into two categories – good plants (that you nurture) and bad plants (that you kill). The work of the horticulturist is an endless battle against these bad plants (weeds) which are ever so persistent […]
by Siobhán Lavelle January 2022 I forgot who had given me her number. Having made my way to the small town of Kilrush in Co. Clare, I walked and hitched up a hill overlooking the sea, battered by the wind, to what I hoped was the right place. The area in front of the house […]