I thought I’d quickly try to explain the difference between open pollinated and F1 seeds this week as I was asked about it twice over the last few days. There ….Read more
How to Grow Microgreens Indoors
Towards the end of summer and into autumn activity in the vegetable garden slows down as crops are fully grown and their fruit begins to ripen. Winter brassicas are bedded ….Read more
Make Your Own Apple Juice Using a Spindle Fruit Press
If you have your own apple trees of any reasonable size you will know that despite your best intentions the only journey many of the apples make is when they ….Read more
New timber raised pond designs
This week I’m giving you a look at what goes on behind the scenes at the ground breaking Quickcrop Design Bureau. For the last number of weeks we have been ….Read more
Quickcrop Pond Volume Calculator
If you are considering building a garden pond you may want to calculate the volume of water for water treatment or if you intend to introduce fish. Water treatments to ….Read more
How to build a pond
OK, so while we are going to show you how to build a pond it might not be something quite as elaborate as the one above. Our expertise is providing ….Read more
The Quickcrop Vegetable Garden in August
Well, it’s August again in the Quickcrop garden (and elsewhere I suspect) so I thought we’d take our customary stroll around to see what’s growing and hopefully offer some advice ….Read more
The Quickcrop Vegetable Garden in July
I spent a good bit of time in the vegetable garden this weekend as the skies were blue for a change which made working outdoors a pleasure. I was also ….Read more
What is a Compost Heap?
What is a compost heap? A compost heap is a mound of decaying organic matter used by gardeners to re-cycle garden waste into a free organic soil improver and plant ….Read more
Garden Pests
Vegetable Garden Pests Seeing your vegetable crops decimated by pests can be a very disheartening sight and it can happen seemingly overnight if proper preventative methods aren’t applied. Once the ….Read more