Plant protection is the practice of managing weather, weeds, pests and diseases that damage or inhibit the growth of fruit, vegetable and other horticultural crops. Proper crop protection is important ….Read more
Sow Easy Grow – Grow Grid
I spent last Summer dreading weeding my vegetable garden as time pressure meant the hoe didn’t get used as much as it should. I’m not the best weeder in the ….Read more
Sowing Leeks in February
Leeks are a very easy and rewarding crop to grow. They are such a welcome vegetable in Autumn and Winter and add interest and colour to your garden with their ….Read more
Sowing seed in modular trays
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