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  • Tips for the Vegetable Garden in February

    Tips for the Vegetable Garden in February

    I quite like February, it's a bit of a renegade. Not only does it have a different number of days than any other month but it also reserves the right to change that date on a leap year. It is the mon ... … Read more
  • Dealing with Potato Blight

    Dealing with Potato Blight

    I think I mentioned last week that haven't been spending as much time as I should have in the vegetable garden due to the uninspiring weather we have been having lately. I had noticed on one of my br ... … Read more
  • How To Grow Tomatoes

    How To Grow Tomatoes

    Tomatoes are one of the most rewarding crops for the home gardener to grow, simply because their flavour is so much better than their shop-bought cousins. Tomatoes grown for the supermarket shel ... … Read more
  • How To Extend The Growing Season with a Polytunnel - Part 1: Spring

    How To Extend The Growing Season with a Polytunnel - Part 1: Spring

    As was briefly mentioned in my mail of a couple of weeks ago, changing weather patterns can challenge our habits and our 'collective wisdom' about the traditional growing season. In recent years ... … Read more
  • Growing Healthy Vegetable Plug Plants

    Growing Healthy Vegetable Plug Plants

    Growing your own can be tricky business for someone new to vegetable gardening but there are a number of ways you can stack the odds of a successful harvest in your favour. My number one would be ... … Read more
  • Xeriscaping and Drought Tolerant Plants

    Xeriscaping and Drought Tolerant Plants

    It might sound like a phrase from some futuristic sci-fi story involving androids and off-world colonies, but xeriscaping actually comes from the Greek word ‘xeros’, meaning dry. It’s the practice ... … Read more
  • How to grow bare root soft fruit part 1: How to grow raspberries

    How to grow bare root soft fruit part 1: How to grow raspberries

    How to grow bare root soft fruit In general and for the purposes of this article, soft fruit refers to soft skinned, juicy fruit borne on bushes or canes. Other types of soft fruit include straw ... … Read more
  • Charles Dowding's Garden

    Charles Dowding's Garden

    If you read any of the guff I write you will probably have heard me mention Charles Dowding before. He's a bit of a hero of mine basically because his book 'Organic Gardening - The Natural No Dig ... … Read more
  • Lawn Care Tips

    Lawn Care Tips

    A neat, well-maintained lawn is still considered a cornerstone of an appealing outdoor space. It provides a space for children to play, pets to chase after a ball or stick, or for you to chill ... … Read more
  • Vegetable Growing in Late Winter

    Vegetable Growing in Late Winter

    What kinds of things can you do in the garden at this time of year. It’s not quite Spring after all? Well, no, we’ve still a long way to go before we get to Spring. This time of year is really all a ... … Read more
  • October 2020 in the Quickcrop Garden

    October 2020 in the Quickcrop Garden

    While I am not a fan of of winter I do enjoy preparing for it. There is great satisfaction in harvesting and storing crops in October, protecting beds from heavy rain and generally put ... … Read more
  • Creating a Microclimate in your Garden

    Creating a Microclimate in your Garden

    What is a Microclimate? A microclimate is a small localised area that differs somewhat from the surrounding weather conditions, for example being warmer, more humid, windier etc. A ‘localised ... … Read more
  • The Quickcrop Vegetable Garden in August 2016

    The Quickcrop Vegetable Garden in August 2016

    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 on some of my fruit ... … 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
  • The Vegetable Garden In March 2016

    The Vegetable Garden In March 2016

    This March I am starting a new monthly update project which is centered more around what I'm doing in my garden. This is because it's easier for me to write but also I hope you find it more engaging ... … 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 quic ... … Read more
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