November is the month when growth in the vegetable garden finally grinds to a halt. Temperatures fall and daylight levels decrease, the season is over and other than harvesting any ….Read more
Christmas Gardening Gifts For The Vegetable Gardener
Gardening Gifts / Christmas Presents For Gardeners Gifts for gardeners and gardening gift ideas, it can be quite tough trying to figure out what the gardener in your life really ….Read more
Gaby Wieland on Wheatgrass
Researching the benefits of drinking wheatgrass juice has to be one of the most challenging tasks as opinions vary wildly from one side to the other. The problem for me ….Read more
Gift Vouchers From Quickcrop
If you can’t decide which fabulous item to choose for your gardening Christmas present why not get a gift voucher? Our specially designed gift vouchers are sent out in a ….Read more
How To Grow Wheatgrass – 5 Easy Steps
Wheatgrass is regarded as a superfood, it is the young grass part of the sprouted wheat seed and is packed full of nutrients and vitamins. Because of this, it is an ….Read more
An introduction to pruning Apple Trees
We’ve had a number of mails recently looking for information on pruning apple trees, it’s too early now (late September) as the trees should be dormant but I’m delighted to ….Read more
What are Green Manures?
What are Green Manures? Green manures are crops sown to cover bare soil after crops are harvested. The term ‘green manure’ can be confusing as most people will initially think ….Read more
An Introdcution to School Vegetable Growing
To go straight to the schools garden shop please click here. Remember Quickcrop give all schools 10% discount on raised vegetable beds, please call us to receive your unique school ….Read more
Soil or compost for a school vegetable garden
The soil or compost you use in your school vegetable garden is the single most important part of the project. Vegetables are demanding as plants go, after all we we ….Read more
How to build a school raised bed vegetable garden
Using school raised garden beds We would strongly recommend using timber raised vegetable beds for your school garden for a number of reasons, the biggest from the teachers point of ….Read more