As you know, September is about the final act in the vegetable garden when we harvest many of our crops and prepare the soil for winter. This week I have ….Read more
September Seeds & Super Soil
September in the Vegetable Garden Following our article on Autumn sowing for the polytunnel (17th August), we have had a number of requests for information on outdoor sowing in September, ….Read more
Late August Garden Update & Protecting Your Soil.
This week we are back in the vegetable garden to look at growth towards the end of the season and to make sure we get the best possible harvests before ….Read more
What to Grow in the Polytunnel in Winter
Winter in the Polytunnel or Greenhouse We had a number of questions recently on polytunnel growing, particularly whether polytunnels are worth the investment and whether it is true that they ….Read more
August in the Quickcrop Vegetable Garden
I can’t believe I am already writing about the vegetable garden in August, where has all that time gone? I don’t know what the weather is like where you are ….Read more
Tomato Troubles – a guide to tomato fruiting problems
Tomato fruit problems In general tomatoes are easy to grow plants and will usually produce something no matter what you do to them but, for good yields of high quality ….Read more
Late July in the Quickcrop Vegetable Garden
Keep sowing those seeds! I know I said it in a previous mail but I feel I should again remind you to keep sowing seeds for late summer, autumn or ….Read more
Mid July Vegetable Garden Update
Pollinating Sweetcorn As you may know from previous mails I am growing sweetcorn in the polytunnel this year as part of our video project. I thought you might like to ….Read more
What to sow and grow in July
Some very welcome rain The vegetable garden was beginning to get very dry over the last few weeks, so much so that I found myself out with the hose ….Read more
The Quickcrop Garden in Mid June
Well folks, I am back from my week’s holidays loafing around with the day to myself. If anyone is interested, I was in Oysterhaven, a pretty spot on the sea ….Read more