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
Planting trees in the Quickcrop Garden
It can be very tempting to stay inside at this time of year, especially when you have the choice of an ear full of hailstones or sitting in a warm ….Read more
Using Bareroot Roses in an Informal Hedge
As you will know from my fascinating communication a week or so ago we are now in the season for putting in bare root plants including fruit trees, hedging and ….Read more
Turn Winter into Summer with ‘Sunblaster’ Grow Lights
While you won’t be able to fool yourself that you are lying on a beach with a pina colada (Ingredients: 3 parts Pineapple juice, 1 part White rum, 1 part ….Read more
Planting Bare Root Garden Trees
Everyone seems to be talking about trees these days and with good reason. They are one of the single most effective ways to take carbon out of the atmosphere and ….Read more
Bare Root Hedge Plants & New Gro-Grid Planting Mat
You might remember from a post a few weeks back that we are now manufacturing the fabulous ‘Gro-Grid’ weed control planting mat. We have the machinery set up in our ….Read more
Planting Bare Root Fruit in Winter
I sometimes throw my vegetable garden a guilty look as I skip past it on my way to the fruit cage or down to look at my young apple trees. ….Read more
An October Weekend in the Quickcrop Garden
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