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The birds are signing. The bees are buzzing. The sun is shining (every so often). The summer has arrived and all you want to do is sit back in the comfort of your garden and unwind from the stresses and strains of everyday life. The only problem is that the garden has been neglected over the winter and is in need of some TLC.

The red ribbon will be cut on the first Master Composter Demonstration Site in the county this Thursday, May 26 at 7.15pm in Ballinahown.

A new regulation coming into effect on Tuesday could help householders in Castlebar and Ballina cut down on the thousands of euros of food that is being binned each year.

Michael MacDonald is a revolutionary waiting for a rising, an activist with a plan of action, a man looking to pull apart the fabric of industry and rebuild it with a view to doing things better and cleaner and greener.

Barna Waste has announced the planned opening of its regional composting centre at the Headford Road with the creation of 10 jobs. The new €6 million facility is the largest composting site in Connacht and is authorised to cater for up to 40,000 tonnes of waste annually. Initial weekly volumes of brown bin waste handled on site will be the equivalent of composting the annual food waste produced by a town of 4,000 inhabitants.

The Brown Bin Service has been rolled out in the towns of Athlone, Mullingar, Kinnegad, and Moate, and accepts food and garden waste (bio-waste).

The Callan Co-op has been around for 112 years and prides itself on stocking everything people could need for their house or garden. Garden stock includes flower seeds, vegetables, early seed potatoes, mulches, field and potting composts, grow-bags, fertilisers — the list is endless. It also has everything needed to get the best from these items, with a wide range of gardening tools and equipment.

We may be in the depths of winter but there is still plenty for avid gardeners to do.

Composting is an easy way to reduce the bulk of rubbish in your landfill bin.

SIPTU trade union has hit out at the Galway City Council for its perceived failure to provide a safe working environment after an incident at Carrowbrowne compost site on the Headford Road this week where staff were subjected to harassment and threats.