Growing Resources

We get lots of requests from our customers about what our tried and tested growing resources, tools and materials are so we thought we’d compile them in a list for you here. Click here to download as a PDF.

Tools / Materials

• We love Klassmans organic peat free ‘Tray’ compost for seeds and ‘Potting’ compost for potting on. In past
  years we’ve also had success with Moorland Gold who now sell a peat free version of their popular compost.
• For green manure seeds and advice there’s Cotswold Seeds (who offer organic and conventional ranges) or
  Tamar Organics
• ReAg Tools is a one stop shop for fantastic tools, eece, caterpillar tunnels and more
• Implementations sell beautiful copper hand tools, we have a few of them and love them dearly!
• Hand tools from Niwaki like our favourites, the Hori Hori and pruning saws
• Hardwearing shallow and deep module trays from Containerwise
• Harvesting knives from Opinel
• Storm-proof waterproofs (especially the bib and braces) from Guy Cottens
• Thermal wellingtons from Buckbootz
• We use Natural Organic Liquid Fertiliser to feed some of our plants than spend a long time in their trays
  before planting out
• Our fellow Baddaford Collective member Mandy at Incredible Vegetables specialises in perennial seeds and
  plants
• Fruit and nut trees from Adams Apple Trees and the Agroforestry Research Trust
• Growing information / resources
  Vital Seeds for crop-specic growing and seed saving guides
• Nicky Scott’s book How to Make and Use Compost for everything you need to know on compost
• Ben Rakin of the Soil Association (and fellow seed enthusiast) has a fantastic book called The Woodchip
  Handbook, packed full of useful information about using woodchip in your garden
• Huw Richards and Charles Dowding for fantastic books and YouTube channels full of general growing advice
• The Organic Growing Podcast for in-depth interviews and fantastic insights from organic growers across the
  UK industry
• Zoe Woodward on Instagram is a great resource for cut flower gardening, offering gardeners the chance to
  ‘grow along’ with her to create their own cutting gardens
• The Gaia Foundation for the latest news, updates and campaigns in the world of seed sovereignty and
  grassroots movements to protect seed and cultural diversity

Here you can find all of our detailed crop growing guides – available as downloadable PDFs too.  We are continually adding more and we intend to produce them for all the crops we sell.