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Jan 24
3 min

From Plot to Plate - Month 1 - what's in the plot, what's on the table?

Initially we'll post a monthly update with details and pictures about what we've planted up at Muriel Jones and what we've started to...

Jan 23
4 min

From Plot to Plate - Garlic - they've arrived!

Two healthy bulbs of Allium Sativum dropped onto the door mat this week. The Solent White variety that the label says originated in...

Jan 18
5 min

Make your own seed compost

Many seeds need special seed compost. Well they would, wouldn't they? Not any old compost or soil for your seeds - particularly if you...

Jan 17
5 min

From Plot to Plate - Broad Beans - get sowing soon!

We love them. Eaten fresh when they're picked - who remembers the advert with Patsy Kensit? - or gently steamed, added to some nice,...

Jan 16
4 min

From Plot to Plate - Potatoes - it's time to chit!

Our International Kidneys arrived the other day. This is what we said when the postman delivered them to us: From Plot to Plate -...

Jan 16
4 min

From Plot to Plate - our crop plan for 2021 at Muriel Jones

Yesterday we talked about crop rotation and what our possible plans were for 2021. We spoke about crop rotation and why it was important...

Jan 15
5 min

From Plot to Plate - crop rotation

Before we start to talk about our plan up at Muriel Jones for 2021 we wanted to spend some time talking about crop rotation - what it is...

Jan 8
6 min

Nitrogen. Get your fix here.........

Back in 2019 we wrote about fertilisers. Now whilst it might have sounded a bit like a chemistry lesson there were a few important things...

Nov 10, 2020
7 min

Making your own compost - the importance of greens and browns .

Back in May we wrote an article on making compost. If you missed that you can read about it here https://www.trugandlettuce.co.uk/post/gr...

Sep 28, 2020
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...

Aug 28, 2020
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:...

Jul 3, 2020
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...

Jun 27, 2020
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...

Jun 27, 2020
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:...

Jun 20, 2020
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, 2020
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, 2020
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...

May 27, 2020
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:...

May 17, 2020
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 21, 2019
1 min

The Soil in Frome

We were recently asked to take a look at a south facing garden of a lovely new build property where a small lawn was struggling to...

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