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Oct 6
2 min

Pumpkin Sorbet - not from us but from an expert!

We've had a glorious day today. Out wandering around a local dairy farm not far from us at nearby Trudoxhill. That's a small village betw...

Sep 29
3 min

Tools - new or old? Repair or replace?

An accident at the allotment started me thinking. When our tools eventually give up the ghost what should we do? Struggle on and use them...

Sep 29
5 min

Jobs for the month - October

It’s starting to get cooler and darker. The autumn equinox has passed and the days really are getting noticeably shorter. Here in Frome t...

Sep 28
7 min

Jobs for the month - collect some seeds.

We've been busy collecting seeds! Seeds from plants that we've pruned back for our customers, seeds from our allotment, seeds from garden...

Sep 7
1 min

Sunflowers - from the Auvergne to Somerset.

It all started with a furtive foray into a field in France. We snaffled one of these! Up close the beauty looked like this We had a dream...

Aug 28
3 min

Jobs for the month - divide your herbaceous perennials

This was job Number One on our list of Top 10 things to do in September. You can find that list here if you missed it: https://www.trugan...

Aug 26
3 min

Jobs for the month - September.

Every month we get asked about what jobs need to be done in the garden. So, what we thought we’d start doing is towards the end of each m...

Aug 23
3 min

Hedge trimming - Gorillas in the Hedge - Part 2.

Hedge trimming. It might seem like a bit of a dark art but there's not a lot to it - as long as you have the right kit, perhaps have a he...

Jul 3
4 min

Grow your own - Dig for Victory - Insects - good or bad?

Some of the more frequently questions we get asked include "what's been eating my (insert your plant of choice here)" or "are insects goo...

Jun 27
6 min

Grow your own - Dig for Victory - looking after your apple trees.

So who wants to know some fruity facts? Apple trees are the most popular fruit tree that's grown in the UK. There are over 2,500 varietie...

Jun 27
2 min

Grow your own - Dig for Victory Tomatoes - keep on pinching...….

Everyone loves a tomato. So much so we've written two recent articles about growing your own. Here's the first one: https://www.trugandle...

Jun 20
4 min

Grow your own - Dig for Victory - make your own fertiliser.

Now we all want to get our toms to grow right, right? And now as they're probably starting to flower you really need to start doing that....

Jun 13
4 min

Grow your own - Dig for Victory - taking cuttings.

It always amazes us how DIY stores and garden centres charge so much for some of the plants that they sell - particularly when you start ...

Jun 6
1 min

Donation to We Hear You

Some of you will know that every year we sell off seedlings and sunflowers to raise funds for a local charity here in Frome. Well this we...

Jun 6
4 min

Straight from the horse's mouth...…..

So as you might know we're based in Somerset. Frome to be precise. And that means that amongst many other glorious things we have at leas...

May 27
4 min

Grow your own - Dig for Victory - Kale & Tomatoes - jobs you need to do!

The other week we wrote about growing kale and tomatoes - if you missed those articles you can find them here: Kale: https://www.trugandl...

May 19
2 min

Looking after your sward - or mowing your lawn

Did you know that May was titled No Mow May? Now that's a great idea as it should mean that the pollen count for your lawn will increase ...

May 17
6 min

Grow your own - Dig for Victory - Make your own compost

One of the things that we've been asked more and more is where we can get compost at the moment during the lockdown. If you're lucky you ...

May 2
4 min

Grow your own - Dig for Victory - Lettuce

Who remembers Mr McGregor and his frequent battles with Peter and his siblings? What was it that so attracted them to the fresh lettuce t...

Apr 28
2 min

Grow your own - Dig for Victory - Earth up your Potatoes

Radio 4 is on. It's the Shipping Forecast. I doubt Frome will get a mention but I don't think that's going to matter. The most commonly u...

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