Timetable for growing tomatoes: a summary of a decade of learning I started growing tomatoes in the wet summer of 2009 and was quite frankly, not very successful. It probably ….Read more
Compost Bin Comparisons – which is the best choice for you?
As bin charges increase and households try to be more environment friendly we are seeing a corresponding increase in home composting. We have been interested in domestic composting for a long ….Read more
Sowing Chillies in February – How to Grow Chilli Peppers.
Not too chilly for growing chillies! You don’t need me to tell you that we are having a wet and windy February. So far we have dealt with high winds ….Read more
Creating a Perennial Wildlife Garden – Part 1
The vegetable garden is still pretty quiet this week so I thought we would return to ornamental gardening and look at some of the plans for my garden and some ….Read more
February in the Quickcrop Vegetable Garden
Last weekend I was back in the polytunnel and sowed a few trays of seeds which I wanted to start on the heat bench (onions and leeks). It is still ….Read more
Garden diary 2020 – transforming a large space into a perennial paradise.
As I mentioned in my mail the week before last, I have a lot planned for the garden this year and just to prove it wasn’t a load of old ….Read more
Sowing Sweet Peas and Broad Beans in January
I am not sure what it’s like with you but we have has some real January weather over the weekend with some hard overnight frosts. A hard frost ads a ….Read more
2020 Quickcrop Garden Plan
Like you, I am itching to get outside and can’t wait for the season to get started. This year I will be spending more time in the garden as my ….Read more
The Incredible Hungry Bin Worm Composter
One of the best (and the most fun) ways to make compost is back! Innovators that we are, we had taken in a small stock of these sturdy compost bins ….Read more
Photos from the Quickcrop Garden in January
I took a few photos while the sun was out at the weekend which I might as well show you. Above you can see the beds covered in seaweed which ….Read more