My vegetable growing career took a serious shot in the arm when Niall and myself started Quickcrop. This was mainly due to our association with two of the best growers ….Read more
West Cork Garlic Farm
West Cork Garlic is a new enterprise which has undertaken the risky business of growing garlic commercially in the Irish climate. Axel and Marye Miret of Enniskeane, County Cork, started ….Read more
Cows aren’t the problem Agriculture is!
I posted an ‘info graphic’ (which I did myself) on facebook the other day illustrating that an acre of land could support 20 families in vegetables but just the one ….Read more
No Dig 2013
I do love a fresh start and the turn from Christmas to January and a New Year always puts a major spring in my step. I have to admit that ….Read more
Seed Potato Pick & Mix Tool
Our new Seed Potato ‘Pick & Mix’ tool. We had quite a large number of people last year asking could we supply potatoes in smaller quantities and being the generous ….Read more
Irish potato varieties
I had the pleasure of a few very sweet pints of the black stuff with vegetable gardening genius Dermot Carey the other night. Growing food runs deep in Dermot’s blood ….Read more
Getting Started – Top Tips for new growers.
In answer to a number of queries on how to get started as a new vegetable gardener here’s a few of my top tips to get you going: What do ….Read more
Curried Parsnip Soup
I’d kind of given up including recipes in our newsletters as I can see by my sneaky control panel that not many of you read them. Still, this is a ….Read more
October Skies
It’s one of those Autumn days with sunshine mixed with dark skies giving fantastic contrast between heavy grey cloud and brightly lit yellowing leaves. I just took this out the ….Read more
The October Vegetable Garden
October is really the time to clear our the vegetable garden and to take care of the crops which will remain in the ground for winter like sprouts, cabbage and ….Read more