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...
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- Jan 15, 2021
- 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, 2021
- 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...
- May 19, 2019
- 3 min
Soil – do you need to improve it? Part Two.....
Last time we started to touch our soil and let it get under our finger nails. We did that so we could find out what sort of soil we had...
- May 7, 2019
- 3 min
Soil – what is it? Part One.....
Well every one knows what soil is. It’s the stuff that’s beneath us. It’s what we dig over before we slide into a nice warm bath at the...
- Apr 29, 2019
- 3 min
From a packet of seeds.....
So I’m looking at the last few packets of seeds that I really need to get going with. I’d planned to get them in some seed compost or the...
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