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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...
Oct 6, 20202 min read


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, 20203 min read


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...
Sep 29, 20205 min read


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...
Sep 28, 20207 min read


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...
Sep 7, 20201 min read


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:...
Aug 28, 20203 min read


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...
Aug 26, 20203 min read


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...
Aug 23, 20203 min read


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...
Jul 3, 20204 min read


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, 20206 min read


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 27, 20202 min read


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 20, 20204 min read


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 13, 20204 min read


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...
Jun 6, 20201 min read


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...
Jun 6, 20204 min read


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 27, 20204 min read


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 19, 20202 min read


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 17, 20206 min read


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...
May 2, 20204 min read


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...
Apr 28, 20202 min read
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