SEPTEMBER HIGH
9/30/2011 September has gone out with a bang, so to speak, weather wise.
LAST STRAW
9/30/2011 Stalker was amused by the furore surrounding the video shoot by Barbadian pop starlet Rhianna in a field of straw in Co. Down during the last week of September.
SCALING THE HEIGHTS
9/26/2011 Stalker was well chuffed to see the photograph of Neil Scully atop the highest mountain in Africa – Mount Kilamanjaro.
CONSULTANT COLUMN
9/26/2011 It’s funny when someone comes up with a good idea and you think, Doh!, we should have thought of that.
POLYTHENE TO GO
9/26/2011 If you’re looking for any length polythene covers, then you know the place to go to.
ROLL UP, ROLL UP
9/26/2011 News of a new energy efficiency company working in Ireland at the moment is creating a pre mushroom conference buzz in the sector.
MERVEILLEUX MERIEL
9/26/2011 Leading French pharmaceutical company Laboratoire Meriel, manufacturers of Prophyl
PRINCELY PURSUITS
9/26/2011 The sight of Prince Charles, basket in hand, foraging for mushrooms, caused quite a flurry of press comment at the end of August.
FLY CONTROL
9/26/2011 The best way to prevent flies moving from house to house is to treat all houses before the populations start to increase.
MORE MEDICINE
9/26/2011 Stalker was amazed to see another new piece of medicinal mushroom research about to be embarked upon in the USA.
EXPANSION COMPLETION
9/26/2011 Stalker has learned that those energetic entrepreneurs Leslie and Raymond Codd from the Wicklow-Carlow borders are nearing completion of their most recent expansion.
PROFITS DOWN
9/21/2011 Profits at Donegal Creameries slumped in the first half of the year, despite a 13.5 per cent increase in revenue, as the company’s dairy division remained under pressure.
IRISH MUSHROOM DAYS?
9/21/2011 Stalker is confident that there will be many Irish growers planning to attend the upcoming conference and exhibition at Hillgrove Hotel in October.
MUSHROOM MONTH
9/21/2011 The United States Department of Agriculture has officially proclaimed September to be National Mushroom Month.
LEGAL BUST II
9/21/2011 Further to the note last month about the poor horticulturist, who was arrested for growing shitakes....