In our culture of instant gratification it can sometimes be difficult to do something in the garden now that won’t give you any reward till next year. Fruit bushes are ….Read more
Cockles in a wine and spring onion broth.
Ingredients: A lump of butter. A large onion. Some spring onions. Half a cup of dry white wine. 2 and a half pounds of cockles you picked yourself. Some parsley. ….Read more
Grainne’s spiced potato and cauliflower
We received this recipe from one of our customers and we were delighted to get it. If anyone has any favourite dishes they’d like to share please send them in. ….Read more
Quickcrop Demonstration Garden
Many of you will have heard of the sad closing of Lissadell House over a poorly handled right of way dispute. Hopefully it will open again in the coming years ….Read more
New products on Quickcrop.ie
Have you tried our new ‘Choose your own’ plant picker tool? It‘s something we’re very proud of and is already responsible for over 70% of our plant orders. You simply ….Read more
Chitting Potatoes
My daughter thinks this terminology is hilarious and sees it as a perfect opportunity to sneak in a ‘bad’ word and get away with it. Anyway, here‘s what you do: ….Read more
March Update
Eagle eyed readers will already have spotted the absence of a February edition, apologies for that. We have been flat out servicing primary schools the length and breadth of the ….Read more
Leek and Potato Soup
I’m a terrible man for leek and potato soup and spent a couple of days in Ballymaloe many years ago. I love Darina’s buttery cooking and could eat buckets of ….Read more
Soil Testing
December is the traditional month to go through the seed catalogues, decide what you want to grow and make that all important list. Of course it it’s very important to ….Read more
Growing Bean Sprouts
Grow sprouting seeds indoors for a nutritious snack between mince pies. Sprouted seeds are a very high nutritional value food. For me growing sprouts in my kitchen satises my gardening ….Read more