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Soil and Compost Delivered We stock bulk bags of soil and compost (approx 1 tonne). Order today and get delivered direct to your garden or allotment. Also available are smaller bags of compost and... … Read more -
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Planting Out Vegetable Seedlings
O.K., so you've managed to produce your own seedling plants or have bought in some promising looking specimens. You have hardened them off and are ready to put them out into your garden (or in the ca … Read more -
Best watering practices for vegetable growers
Water is necessary to sustain all living life forms, we are made up of about 60% water while herbaceous plants like the vegetables growing in your garden contain between 80 and 95%. Plants use water t … Read more -
Growing Vegetables In Urban Planters - Container Gardening
Urban Planters / Container Gardening for vegetable growers. An image blog post. Wooden Wine Boxes make great little planters for herbs and salads. Vertical farming wi … Read more -
New Square Foot Garden Plans
Square Foot Gardening is an easy to understand method of planting vegetables which splits a gardeners plot into square foot areas rather than into rows. This system is especially good for beginners … Read more -
Cabbage Pest and Disease Control
Cabbage Pests & Diseases Cabbages and other brassicas have become a very important part of the vegetable garden in our climate. Different varieties of cabbages have been bred for productivity, si … Read more -
Why Use A Vitopod Heated Electric Propagator
Why You Should Use A Vitopod Heated Propagator The award winning Vitopod electric heated seedling propagator provides the perfect environment for seeds, cuttings and overwintering plants. It offers b … Read more -
Early June in the Vegetable Garden - a Photographic Tour
It really is incredible how things burst into life when we get a bit of warmth and sunshine: my little plot is suddenly a very different place. It was such a nice day yesterday that we took the camer … Read more -
A French Vegetable Garden in Languedoc
I have always been a bit jealous of my brother in law as despite not being the worlds best linguist he manages to communicate no matter what country he finds himself in through the universal language … Read more -
Raised Bed Square Foot Gardening
How to plant your own Raised bed vegetable garden using the Quickcrop Square Foot garden method. Square foot gardening is all about taking advantage of smaller spaces and raised garden beds to maximi … Read more -
Fencing with James
This is a follow up to a weekly newsletter post where I mentioned a guy who worked with me a number of years ago who was always good for a funny turn of phrase.To set the scene, James was an older … Read more -
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 bri … Read more -
Growing Garlic - Frequently Asked Questions
Growing garlic is one of my favourite jobs in the vegetable garden. It is pretty much trouble free to grow and adds wonderful flavours to our home cooking. Homegrown garlic comes in a wide range … Read more -
Can I compost blight affected potato plants?
Can potato plants with late blight be composted? If care is taken the answer is yes. Blight spores can only survive on living plant tissue, once the foliage has been cut it will die and so will t … Read more -
How to Grow Blackcurrants & Redcurrants
Currants are an excellent fruit for the home gardener as they a relatively trouble free and produce large crops of highly nutritious fruit. Currants are divided into black, red and white types with … Read more -
How to Grow Gooseberries
'How to grow gooseberries' is intended as a solid introduction to growing this relatively easy to grow fruit bush. For more detailed information on gooseberries please feel free to contact us, we a … Read more -
Ten Essential Tips for Gardening Beginners
1 Planning. Decide what you want to do with your vegetable garden and spend time working out the best way to achieve it. There are so many choices –fruit or vegetables, greenhouse or polytunnel, work … Read more -
Top Ten Easiest Vegetables To Grow
Top ten list of the easiest vegetables to grow for the beginner gardener. Our list of easy to grow vegetables all have a good chance of first time success and will give you the skills you need to e … Read more -
The Top 5 Gardening Ideas for Beginners
With so many available options causing confusion for novice gardeners here are some simple suggestions for anyone planning to grow vegetables.Herb Garden Preferably planted close to the kitchen, a he … Read more -
Top Ten Garden Pests To Look Out For
The unwelcome garden visitors that come back every year. Here's a rundown of who they are and how to send them away. Slugs. These garden molluscs, along with their close relative the snail, are one … Read more -
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 t … Read more -
Recognising Common Perennial Garden Weeds
Perennial Weeds Perennial weeds come up every year from the same plant and are difficult to get rid of but not as hard as they are often made our to be. Most have deep tap roots which need to be remo … Read more -
Irrigation in the Vegetable Garden
Regular watering and sensible irrigation is essential to the development and healthy growth of any plant. Water is drawn from the root of the plant and transported through its capillary system, … Read more -
Making Home Pressed Apple Juice using a Spindle 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 fall to the ground. And stay there. You ma … Read more -
The Benefits Of Using Organic Fertilizers & Plant Feed
Plant feed and fertilizers play a huge part in the garden, and as a company we only use natural and organic alternatives. Natural plant feed is a no-brainer in the vegetable garden as we tend to e … Read more -
How to Design a Garden Pond
Like so many garden projects designing a pond requires careful planning. There are so many options to consider depending on use, size, shape, material and situation. A careful compromise of these fact … Read more -
Rathdooney Vegetable Garden Blog - Jan 10th
I am sure you are sick of seeing pictures of my potatoes by now but I ended up digging out another barrow full of them on Sunday while I prepared a bed for Summer cabbage. According to the weather for … Read more -
How to Germinate Seeds Successfully
A plant seed is created to grow, and will perform that task admirably once given the opportunity. For successful germination seeds will need: a suitable growing medium moderate moisture w … Read more -
Growing your own Dwarf Vegetable Varieties
Cultivating home grown vegetables is a simple pleasure that anyone can experience, even if you have limited space. We don’t all have the benefit of a large garden with room for a greenhouse and a rang … Read more -
The Vegetable Garden in Mid May
What can I sow or plant in my garden now? Everything! Well, pretty much everything. You will be too late to sow most warm climate crops which need a long growing season like tomatoes, peppers and aub … Read more -
Planting Garden Bulbs
Flowering bulbs are ideal for container gardening or as part of a vibrant garden border. They are one of the easiest plants to grow and with a little careful planning can provide a beautiful show of c … Read more -
What to grow in the vegetable garden in September
What to sow or plant in September - it's not too late! I have included below some good things to sow or plant out as vegetable seedlings in September. Most of the varieties mentioned are available as … Read more -
Tips on sprouting or 'chitting' seed potatoes
As you can see from the image above our seed potatoes for this year have now arrived and are looking forward to going out to their new homes. We have the usual broad selection of varieties with the … Read more -
How to Propagate a Plant From Cuttings
Plant propagation is creating new plants from existing plants. This can be done using seeds or bulbs, by taking cuttings from existing plants, or by dividing roots. Taking cuttings is by far the easi … Read more -
Planting early onion sets in January
Onions have to be one of the easiest crops to grow and will reward you with delicious crisp bulbs with a homegrown flavour all their own. Onions can be grown from seed but the easiest way to cultivate … 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. There are many bird scare me … Read more -
How to Grow Herbs at Home
I guess it is important to say from the outset that herbs are very easy to grow. Considering what they add in flavour - and how often you will use them - they are probably the best value plants in th … Read more -
How to prune Gooseberry Bushes and Currants
How to prune gooseberry bushes and currant bushes. Pruning fruit bushes can seem complicated but is, in fact, very simple. Many people are nervous about the process so leave fruit unpruned which will … Read more -
Irrigating your garden during a hosepipe ban
I took the above photo on Friday morning on the last day of my holidays, it shows Gurteen bay in Co. Galway on another gloriously sunny day. For the first time ever the weather went my way with nea … Read more -
Preserving wild areas in your garden
This year I have slowly begun to move my garden into the field in front of my house by extending the lawn and creating a new orchard. The area is small as fields go, about 2 acres, but makes a larg … Read more -
The Quickcrop Garden Irrigation System
The Quickcrop Garden Irrigation System can be adapted to suit a range of vegetable garden design layouts using a selection of connectors, hoses, valves and timers which can be arranged and connecte … Read more -
Planting French Garlic in Autumn
It's the start of Autumn here and we’re clinging on to a vague suggestion of an Indian Summer. It's still dry enough to spend a bit of time in the garden and there are a few seasonal jobs that are … Read more -
Sheen X300 Flamegun Product Review
Weeding the garden is an ongoing process that never seems to end and, of all the jobs in the garden, appears to be the most time consuming. Weed Control View Category We can hoe at speedwell and … Read more -
Vegetable Sowing and Planting Tips
Brace yourselves folks, we are now entering the busiest time of year in the vegetable garden. The soil has warmed sufficiently for sowing and planting out but has also warmed enough for weeds and gras … Read more -
Easy Home Tomato Planting Tutorial
Following on from last week's post I thought we would continue with more planting tips, this time on tomatoes as I put some in my tunnel at the weekend. As regards flavour, there is no comparison betw … Read more -
Green Manure Phacelia tanacetifolia - a perfect pollinator plant
Green Manures Green manures are 'crops' which are sown to cover bare soil and do a number of jobs depending on the species like protecting soil, storing nitrogen or mining minerals. As I was writing … Read more -
The Knepp Castle Re-Wilding Project
I spent most of last weekend loafing around Kent and Sussex as I was keen to visit a few gardens while the season still has some life left in it. One of the highlights of the trip was a visit to the K … Read more -
Another unsung pollinator hero - the Hoverfly!
This Friday I thought we'd continue looking at pollinators as we had such a good response from our first 'Friday Facts' on solitary bees. Solitary bees tend to be overlooked in favour of honey bees, t … Read more -
Moths The Unseen Nocturnal Pollinator
I thought we'd do one last 'Friday Facts' on unsung pollinator heroes before moving on to another subject next week. Today I am taking a quick look at moths as they can be overlooked in favour of t … Read more -
September in the Vegetable Garden - Feeding and protecting your soil
It is has been an interesting year in the Quickcrop garden with a hot and dry start followed by plenty of rain. The overcast or rainy days have not been much use for ripening tomatoes but has been gre … 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. The vegetable garden, though not as glamorous, does the heavy … Read more