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  • Peat Free Compost

    Peat Free Compost

    The bagged compost that many gardeners are familiar with has traditionally been peat-based (or has peat as an ingredient). Whether through individual experience or word of mouth, these compost mixes ... … Read more
  • How to Make Leaf Mould: A Free And Natural Soil Improver

    How to Make Leaf Mould: A Free And Natural Soil Improver

    Collecting autumn leaves may seem like another garden tidying task to add to the list, but they are actually a valuable resource for the vegetable gardener. When rotted they make an excellent mulch, ... … Read more
  • A Guide to Seed & Potting Compost

    A Guide to Seed & Potting Compost

    I thought it might be a good idea to follow last week's article on sowing seeds with some notes on seed and potting compost. It might seem like a boring subject, but knowing your compost will become ... … Read more
  • Healthy Soil for Sustainable Irish Gardens

    Healthy Soil for Sustainable Irish Gardens

    Soil is more than just an inert growing medium. It is home to a complex, interconnected web of soil microbes, fungi, earthworms and underground networks: an underground ecosystem that you can nurtur ... … Read more
  • Square Foot Vegetable Gardening Using Timber Raised Beds

    Square Foot Vegetable Gardening Using Timber Raised Beds

    What is Square Foot Gardening? Square foot gardening is a method of growing vegetables which centers around planting crops in blocks rather than rows. The system divides the growing space up int ... … Read more
  • Best Compost For Urban Container Growing

    Best Compost For Urban Container Growing

    If you don't have a patch of soil to grow in then clearly you will have to grow your vegetables in a container of some sort. A container grown urban garden adds life to your balcony or back yard a ... … Read more
  • Getting the season under way

    Getting the season under way

    It is still early days for sowing but there are a few plants that you can start off now, especially if you are lucky enough to have a greenhouse or polytunnel. Sowing times will differ dependin ... … Read more
  • What Type of Soil do I have?

    What Type of Soil do I have?

    Garden soil comes in many forms depending on consistency and nutrient content. By identifying and understanding the type of soil you have you can create a workable medium suitable for cultivation. … Read more
  • 2020 Quickcrop Garden Plan

    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 output of video and photos was pretty weedy last year, I ... … Read more
  • Small Space Garden Tips

    Small Space Garden Tips

    The number of people having a go at producing some of there own fresh produce is on the increase every year. The latest revolution is the small space urban gardener, who takes advantage of every squ ... … Read more
  • How To Grow The Best Tomato Seedlings

    How To Grow The Best Tomato Seedlings

    One of the things first time vegetable gardeners ask about when they call or email us is tomatoes - everyone wants to grow their own tomatoes. This is a bit unfortunate as for the most part they are ... … Read more
  • How to Grow Blueberries and Cranberrries

    How to Grow Blueberries and Cranberrries

    Blueberries are high in antioxidants so widely regarded as a 'Superfruit' (whatever that is) but taking their health benefits apart they are also exceptionally tasty so well worth growing yourself. … Read more
  • Germinating Vegetable Seeds in a Heated Propagator

    Germinating Vegetable Seeds in a Heated Propagator

    If you're staring off your vegetable plants in early Spring you'll need to give them some heat as temperatures will be too cold for the seeds to germinate. If you're growing in a greenhouse or pol ... … Read more
  • How To Grow Sugar Snap Peas

    How To Grow Sugar Snap Peas

    Peas are well-suited to cooler temperate climates. In fact, when temperatures exceed 20C (70F), most varieties of peas will stop producing pods. Peas are part of the legume (Latin Leguminosae) ... … Read more
  • Envirogrind Compost - Black Gold from Killybegs

    Envirogrind Compost - Black Gold from Killybegs

    As we all know growing vegetables takes a lot out of a garden, because when we remove our nutritious crops we remove nutrition from the soil. This has to be given back. The really good stuff in ... … Read more
  • Growing Fruit in Containers

    Growing Fruit in Containers

    So, the other week, I had an email from a customer asking for advice on what soil mix to use for planting fruit trees in containers. It was a simple question which should have resulted in a quick ... … Read more
  • How To Grow Carrots

    How To Grow Carrots

    Get the soil conditions correct and carrots are one of the easiest vegetables to grow in the cooler climates. Incorrect soil conditions lead to misshapen carrots - these may well cause a chu ... … Read more
  • Soil health, plant feed & pruning fruit.

    Soil health, plant feed & pruning fruit.

    I know I have looked at soil and plant feeds a number of times over the years but, for the benefit of new growers, I think it may be helpful to cover it again today as we prepare our gardens for a ... … Read more
  • How To Plant an Attractive Succulent Display

    How To Plant an Attractive Succulent Display

    The trouble with pots and planters made from ceramic or stone is that they are heavy (extremely heavy if we're talking about stone), and can split in a heavy frost. From our point of view, they are ... … Read more
  • How To Grow Broad Beans

    How To Grow Broad Beans

    Broad beans are the simplest thing to grow. They are hardy and produce a large crop of delicious beans. I prefer to pick them young for a sweeter bean which are lovely tossed into a salad. You can e ... … Read more
  • Letters to a Beekeeper

    Letters to a Beekeeper

    As I've mentioned in my bee article I have accidentally ended up with a hive of bees. This is all fine and well but clearly I need to learn a lot more about them to become a successful (and expert ... … Read more
  • How to Grow Potatoes

    How to Grow Potatoes

    For me potatoes are the backbone of the vegetable garden. If you get the seed potatoes in relatively early, there is very little to do apart from earthing up and keeping an eye out for blight. Potat ... … Read more
  • How to plan a vegetable garden

    How to plan a vegetable garden

    A new year brings with it the temptation to try something new in the garden, overhaul your growing space or simply fine-tune the way that you do things. Garden planning is something you can d ... … Read more
  • Sustainability Statement

    Sustainability Statement

    IntroductionAndrew and myself set up Quickcrop in 2009 when we both moved West with our families to live a more Sustainable life style. With this in mind the company was formed with Sustainability at ... … Read more