Category Archives: Raised Beds

How to Create a Raised Bed Herb Garden

Posted on May 23, 2017 by Andrew

A raised bed can provide the perfect environment for creating a herb garden. It can be positioned anywhere that suits you and can be maintained easily. A selection of plants can be mixed for a diverse range of foliage and … Continue reading →

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Raised Garden Ponds

Posted on March 31, 2016 by Andrew

Timber raised ponds can create a beautiful water feature centrepiece for your outdoor garden. With these kits you can have an instant garden pond in your garden, patio, or deck without the need for landscaping. They are great for complementing … Continue reading →

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The Top 5 Gardening Ideas for Beginners

Posted on February 18, 2016 by Andrew

With so many available options causing confusion for novice gardeners here are some simple suggestions for anyone planning to grow vegetables. Herb Garden Preferably planted close to the kitchen, a herb garden will produce a fragrant display with something tasty … Continue reading →

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How To Build and Install Raised Garden Beds

Posted on December 4, 2015 by Andrew

How To Build Raised Beds This article deals with how to build raised garden beds, what is the best size to make them and what is the best material to use. We will also look at preparing the soil, what … Continue reading →

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Raised Bed Covers

Posted on August 14, 2015 by Andrew

Raised Bed Covers Raised bed covers are essential for your raised vegetable garden if you want to grow later in the year and overwinter, or get an early start in the spring. They also offer the perfect insect & pest … Continue reading →

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Making Crop Protection Tunnels for Raised Beds

Posted on July 23, 2015 by Andrew

If you are thinking about building some raised vegetable beds to make you kitchen garden a whole lot easier to manage you might want to consider our revolutionary new raised bed joining brackets.

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Raised Bed Square Foot Gardening

Posted on July 8, 2015 by Andrew

How to plant your own Raised bed vegetable garden using the Quickcrop Square Foot garden method. Square foot gardening is all about taking advantage of smaller spaces and raised garden beds to maximise your crop output. This is typically done … Continue reading →

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The Quickcrop Vegetable Garden in Early June 2015

Posted on June 9, 2015 by Andrew

It really is incredible how things burst into life when we get a bit of warmth and sunshine, my little plot is suddenly a very different different place. It was such a nice day yesterday that we took the camera … Continue reading →

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Soil For Raised Beds

Posted on November 8, 2014 by Andrew

Raised Vegetable Bed Soil Volumes Our Raised vegetable beds come in all shapes and sizes and each has a different soil volume requirement. It is very easy to underestimate the amount of soil needed to fill a raised bed so … Continue reading →

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Square Foot Vegetable Gardening Using Timber Raised Beds

Posted on May 14, 2014 by Andrew

What is Square Foot Gardening? Square foot gardening is a method of growing vegetables which centers around planting crops in blocks rather than rows. The system divides the growing space up into a grid of square foot areas (hence the … Continue reading →