When you face something like cancer, it forces you to re-evaluate life and look at things. His weight plummeted to five stone and he admits, there were a few dark days. I had planted lots of bulbs, daffodils, tulips and hyacinths, and I was looking forward to seeing them flower. I could visualise them growing and I had lovely magnolias, which I knew were going to look fantastic when they came out. There is a wonderful feeling of satisfaction.
I want to be as organic as possible. I make my own compost, which is great, as that is going back into the soil. There are a lot of organic fertilisers and a very effective organic slug killer out there. I can now enjoy food. The best food, health, entertainment and lifestyle content from the irishexaminer. In the Kitchen with. Video Series. It told the story of how Dermot reclaimed and renovated Clondeglass, a derelict cottage and two-and-half acre walled garden in Co Laois.
Donations of gardening materials or equipment for the Cancer Support Centre itself are always very welcome — For more details please contact us by phone , by email info larcc. June 12, pm - pm. Event Navigation « Novelty Ghost Hunt!! Eilish O'Regan Twitter Email. Green-Fingered Dermot O'Neill had long known the health benefits of tilling the soil - but after eight months of cancer treatment, his leafy retreat provided a special kind of therapy.
T he popular radio and television gardener was diagnosed with stomach cancer in at a time when he was working on his beloved walled garden in Clondeglass in the foothills of the Slieve Bloom Mountains in Co Laois. I wasn't able for gardening while in treatment but visited it occasionally.
When he had finished his treatment, he took his recovery slowly but was well enough to plant a batch of hyacinths. He was cheered by the sight of chickens and geese, which were making the most of the green space.
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