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
Where to build a school raised bed garden?
Site Vegetables are expected to give a lot. We want them to grow quickly and provide good quantities of nutritious food. To do this we need to pamper them a ….Read more
What to grow in a School Vegetable Garden
Be Realistic! I’d give the same advice to any new gardener – to start small with easy to grow crops. A school vegetable garden also has the holidays to take ….Read more
Growing wheatgrass and wheatgrass juice
Wheatgrass is a tricky one to pin down. Many people I’ve spoken with swear by it while others will dismiss it as utter nonsense. It is claimed to be an ….Read more
Top 10 Essential Garden Tools Every Gardener Should Own
The garden tools we sell in our online tool shop are all tools that we, as vegetable gardeners, use ourselves. We have sourced a selection of planting, digging, weeding, harvesting, pruning, maintenance ….Read more
The G.I.Y. Gathering 2014
I’m sure most of you have already heard of G.I.Y. or ‘Grow It Yourself’, indeed many of you are probably members so we’ll go for a brief intro for those ….Read more
Korean Kimchi and Fizzy Milk
It is rare that my wife and I agree on anything but I was pleasantly surprised when my liking for pickled vegetables converged neatly with her interest in the health ….Read more