After a wet week last week, the weekend looked promising (well, Sunday at least) to get some work done in the garden and start preparing it for the Winter. ….Read more
The Extraordinary Migration of the Painted Lady Butterfly
The Painted Lady is a very interesting butterfly due to the vast migratory path that it traces and the fact that record numbers have been reported in the UK and ….Read more
September in the Vegetable Garden – Feeding and protecting your soil
It is has been an interesting year in the Quickcrop garden with a hot and dry start followed by plenty of rain. The overcast or rainy days have not been ….Read more
Moths – The Unseen Nocturnal Pollinator
I thought we’d do one last ‘Friday Facts’ on unsung pollinator heroes before moving on to another subject next week. Today I am taking a quick look at moths as ….Read more
Another unsung pollinator hero – the Hoverfly!
This Friday I thought we’d continue looking at pollinators as we had such a good response from our first ‘Friday Facts’ on solitary bees. Solitary bees tend to be overlooked ….Read more
The Knepp Castle Re-Wilding Project
I spent most of last weekend loafing around Kent and Sussex as I was keen to visit a few gardens while the season still has some life left in it. ….Read more
Top Pollinator Plants – Phacelia tanactetifolia
Green Manures Green manures are ‘crops’ which are sown to cover bare soil and do a number of jobs depending on the species like protecting soil, storing nitrogen or mining ….Read more
The Fabulous Solitary Bee
I don’t know whether you know this already but of the 267 species of bee in the U.K. and Ireland, 90% of them are solitary bees. Solitary bees don’t produce ….Read more
Tomato ripening and flavour tips
We build a relationship with tomatoes unlike almost any other plant in our vegetable garden as they need such constant and varying care.
Wildflower planting for bees and other pollinators
I mentioned a couple of mails ago that we would be adding a new flowering plant section to our website but as usual I am a bit behind. We have ….Read more