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...

Yes. That's right. Maple syrup and bacon. Takes me back 20 years or so ago when I went to British Columbia and first experienced the...

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...

Although January might be the coldest month of the year – and recently we’ve seen some really cold mornings and a light covering of snow...

We're on Frome FM again tomorrow when, amongst other things, you'll hear us talking with our local gelato expert about how she makes her...

We're rapidly heading towards the winter solstice and the shortest day of the year. After that's passed we can start to look forward to...

Yes that's right. We're on the radio! We did a few features in 2020 and then towards the end of the year we were asked if we'd like a...

If you listened to us on Frome FM recently then you'll have heard us talk again with Rachel at Palette and Pasture about all 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...

Well it's been wet and windy these past few days as Storm Aiden passes. Tonight is Halloween and Bonfire Night is only a matter of a few...

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...

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...

It’s starting to get cooler and darker. The autumn equinox has passed and the days really are getting noticeably shorter. Here in Frome...

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:...

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...

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...