Influencer and presenter James Kavanagh swapped the big city life for the countryside with a move to Kilkenny in the summer of this year.
The social media star and his long term partner William Murray moved into their new house in a rural picturesque town, and their new home came with a gorgeous garden.
James shared that the previous residents had been in the home for 35 years, and so the couple now have dominion over a mature natural space.
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The garden has been a big change from their former city surrounds, and the couple used the space to their advantage with the introduction of a polytunnel to grow their own fruit and veg.
"The couple we bought our home from lived here for 35 years. When they moved in the garden was a field so we have inherited 35 years of love," James told The Journal.
"Before they moved out the woman brought us around and told us how to prune everything and even left us a journal – which was so beautiful. They grew everything in this garden from seed."
The pair decided that due to their love of cooking, they wanted their own place to grow food.
William grew up in one of Ireland's most scenic spots - Curraghbinny, Co Cork – which inspired the name of their joint food business, so he is no stranger to countryside living.
"We love cooking, so the impetus for moving was to have the space to grow our own food. William is from Cork and spent his whole life in the countryside, and, in the past few years I began to realise that I was a lot happier when I wasn’t in the city."
"Nature was a big seller for us."
It was a learning curve, but the couple have learned for this year's harvest and are making plans for more outdoor vegetables next year.
"We had great success with the polytunnel this summer including a bounty of courgettes. We learned a lot last season."
"We planted tomatoes, basil, onions, salad leaves and the courgettes in one section of the polytunnel and then, as they started to encroach on each other, we learned that we need to give things more space."
"Outdoors we want to plant carrots, potatoes and squash."
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