Every month in the Irish kitchen garden has a job. Most of them take thirty minutes. Here is the full year, month by month, for Italian seed varieties in Irish conditions.

You do not need a large garden to grow your own food. Italian kitchen garden varieties thrive in containers, raised beds and small spaces. Here is how to start, even in tough economic times.

May is the month everything changes in the Irish kitchen garden. The soil is warm enough, the risk of frost drops, and the real growing season begins. Here is every variety to sow now.