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  1. 6 Quick Growing Crops

    6 Quick Growing Crops
    At this time of year, although there's alot of work going into the garden, there isn't much coming out of it yet. These six crops are fast growing and will give you delicious fresh leaves and veggies in as little as 4-8 weeks! These crops boast rapid growth and require minimal space, making them ideal for beginners and those with...
  2. Square Foot Gardening

    Square Foot Gardening
    Square foot gardening is a method for helping those with smaller gardens to maximise their space.
  3. Raised Bed Gardening

    Raised Bed Gardening
    A raised bed is created by adding a layer of soil above ground level and keeping it contained in a frame. Raised bed frames can be made from timber, stone, logs or bricks.
  4. How to Grow Onions From Sets

    How to Grow Onions From Sets
    Although onions can be grown from seed or transplants, growing from sets is definitely the easiest way to ensure a high yielding crop. Sets will typically take about 100 days tp produce decent bulbs.
  5. Blight Resistant Potatoes

    Blight Resistant Potatoes
    Potato breeders have been labouring away in the background for decades to develop potato varieties that are great tasting, have good agronomic qualities and are highly blight resistant. 
  6. Why are Onions Heat Treated?

    Why are Onions Heat Treated?
    Onions are biennials but when gardening we shorten this lifecycle by growing from sets (bulbs). These bulbs are in their second year of growth so naturally will try to produce seed. To prevent this from happening many sets are heat treated.
  7. Celebrating Decades of Quality

    Celebrating Decades of Quality
    As part of our 30 year celebration we’d like to highlight some of the manufacturers and products we’ve been proudly selling since the beginning.
  8. Fruit Hill Farm - 30 Years in Business

    Fruit Hill Farm - 30 Years in Business
    To celebrate 30 years of helping people grow organic, we are looking back at how it all began and what has changed over the years.
  9. Growing Indoors - Light & Heat

    Growing Indoors - Light & Heat
    The ability to start plants off indoors means you can get started in late Winter/early Spring much earlier than if sowing outside. However seedlings need to have adequate light and heat to grow into strong healthy plants, that's why using supplemental lighting and heat mats can be a good idea if your indoor environment cannot provide this.
  10. How To Grow Wheatgrass

    How To Grow Wheatgrass
    Wheatgrass is the young plant of winter wheat seeds, the leaves are cut after 10-14 days and juiced. Packed full of vitamins, minerals and enzymes, wheatgrass juice is a great addition to the diet of those looking to create a healthy lifestyle.