As you may know my preference for most plants is to sow indoors in modular trays as you have a much greater chance of success. Freshly germinated seeds sown outdoors ….Read more
How to Grow Potatoes – Potato Types Explained
Apart from clearing the garden and adding manure of compost to your soil, planting potatoes is the first proper thing you can do in the vegetable garden. In Ireland early ….Read more
How to prune mature apple trees
This article covers pruning old and neglected fruit trees, if you would like to learn how to prune younger or freshly planted trees please read ‘An introduction to pruning apple ….Read more
A guide to polytunnel irrigation
This might seem an odd time of year to talk about irrigation but if you are thinking of adding a watering system to your polytunnel or greenhouse now is the ….Read more
Tips on making perfect garden compost
Some tips on composting We’ve had a few questions on composting recently so I thought I would add a few tips this week. Making compost is not difficult, it is ….Read more
How to Protect Vegetables From Birds
It’s always nice to see birds and other wildlife out in the garden until they start destroying crops. Shortly after sowing seeds, birds can become a problem in any garden. ….Read more
Why I Grow in Raised Vegetable Beds
For me, growing in raised beds is my only option as my site is marginal land with poor soil and even worse drainage. In a way I am glad my ….Read more
February 2018 – Vegetable Garden Update
This weekend showed some real promise with blue skies and the first fleeting traces of heat from the sun. As you see from the photo (taken on Sunday morning) the ….Read more
Top 10 Plant Protection For The Vegetable Garden
Our Top Ten list of plant protection products for the vegetable garden. Plant protection is the practice of managing weather, weeds, pests and diseases that damage or inhibit the growth ….Read more
Tips on planning your vegetable garden
I spent a fun few hours on Friday planning the Quickcrop vegetable garden for the year ahead and making a start on clearing the polytunnels and preparing our beds. Drawing ….Read more