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

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

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

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

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

We talk about Muriel Jones a lot when we post on Instagram or Facebook or write articles on the website. Many people ask us who or what...

We've written about potatoes in the past. This is what we said last year: Grow your own - Dig for Victory - Potatoes...

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...

There was a time when I thought I'd run a second website. One dedicated specifically to Grow Your Own. I had grand plans to do it...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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:...

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...

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

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...

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

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....