July is a fabulous time in the garden with so much glossy new growth and tasty young vegetables. Don’t forget there is still plenty of things you can sow now, ….Read more
Natures Red Bull
Check out the healthiest pint you’ll ever drink, perfectly poised on our timber bed only inches away from the luscious leaves from which it’s made. This is the new pint, ….Read more
What are nematodes?
If you are new to vegetable gardening you will probably be imagining yourself carefully nurturing your healthy, glossy plants, perhaps giving them a little water from your pretty little yellow ….Read more
Hey Presto, Parsley Pesto.
This time you get a sneak peek into my kitchen where my wife Siobhan shares her recipe for parsley pesto. Sometimes the best things happen by accident and this pesto ….Read more
Autumn planting
Summer Planting If you are anything like me you’re a bit all over the place this year with the slow cold start to the season. I seem to be a ….Read more
April At Last!
It’s April at last. I almost feel like I’ve been holding my breath all winter. I’m counting the days now till I can safely plant outside, until I can make ….Read more
Jobs in an April garden
There’s loads of exciting stuff to do in April as the season really begins to gather momentum. I’m going to give you some recommendations on seed varieties as the right ….Read more
Vegetable Seedlings & Free School help.
We spend a lot of time at Quickcrop trying to come up with better ways of doing things. We want to make it as easy as possible to shop on ….Read more
Holly Somerville. Botanical Artist
I must confess to be a bit of a frustrated artist myself, in fact my past career involved slopping paint around the canvas but sadly I can’t seem to find ….Read more
Lyonnaise Potatoes
Potatoes are a staple, a real mainstay of the kitchen but I think we can take them for granted in this part of the world. I grew up in a ….Read more