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Mudketeers diary – 6th May 2020
Young lettuce planted out In April I sowed some lettuce in cell trays filled with multi-purpose compost. It is a good way to start lettuce off; getting them to a decent size before planting out. You avoid a lot of…
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Mudketeer’s diary- 20th February 2020
Chitting potatoes I have just bought my seed potatoes. I bought first earlies ‘Foremost’, second earlies ‘Charlotte’ and some main crop ‘Pink Fir Apple’. I have put them in seed trays and placed in athe greenhouse to encourage the chits,…
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Mudketeers diary -14th February 2020
Lifting and planting strawberries A lovely day out on the plot before storm Dennis arrives. I decided to lift some strawberry runners to plant up in pots. The old bed is going to be dug up and used for vegetables…
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Mudketeers diary – 20th January 2020
Forcing rhubarb It was such a glorious day, the sky was blue with not a cloud in it and the sun was almost warm. I decided to tidy the rhubarb which had started sprouting well due to the mild weather.…
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Mudketeers diary- 17th April 2019
Eggbox growing I decided to experiment this year with starting seedlings off in egg boxes. I bought 50 of them off Ebay and they worked out at 12p each. To give greater depth to the container I closed the box…
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Getting experimental with broad beans
There are strange goings on in the KG greenhouse and polytunnel this week Way back last autumn I decided to sow some broad beans in the KG polytunnel. This is a great way to use otherwise empty space over winter…
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CHRISTMAS LEFTOVERS: WHICH ARE SUITABLE FOR BIRDS?
We have lots of festive leftovers at this time of year, but not all should be given to the birds, wildlife specialists CJ Wildlife explain Birds delight us with year-round visits and fun antics, plus their own wild food supplies…
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New Mudketeers’ website is now live!
Are you a Kitchen Garden subscriber? Now you have your own special ‘plot’ where you can find lots of extras and exciting offers! Award-winning Kitchen Garden magazine is now going even further to reward subscribers to the magazine. In the…
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Mudketeers diary – 10th Oct 2018
Late bloomers My dahlias did not like the hot summer. They sat there doing nothing for ages. I think they were just waiting for cooler weather and now the display is lovely. This one is ‘Nicholas’. I am now hoping…
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Mudketeers diary -10th Oct 2018
Late bloomers My dahlias did not like the hot summer. They sat there doing nothing for ages. I think they were just waiting for cooler weather and now the display is lovely. This one is ‘Nicholas’. I am now hoping…
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Growing on the web
KG’s Olivia Peace chats to top gardening bloggers from the world-wide web. This month she meets Louise Houghton Louise Houghton has been blogging since 2015 Louise is a stay-at-home mum to her two not-so-little boys. She’s learning Welsh, she’s 50…
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Mudketeers diary -April 25th 2018
Tomatoes on the move The young ‘Sungold’ tomato seedlings are being split up and planted into individual 9cm pots filled with multi-purpose compost. I am keeping them in the greenhouse (unheated). It is a bit risky if we suddenly have…
