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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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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 -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…
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Mudketeers diary-28th March 2018
Triffid tale Nothing makes such a dramatic entrance as rhubarb. It’s thick fleshy shoots emerge from the ground like a monster from the deep. All I need do now is to mulch with some garden compost around the base making…
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Mudketeers diary-23rd March 2018
Let-tuce start sowing What a lovely morning to start sowing. The sun was out, the sky was blue and from the warm comfort of the greenhouse I could hear the birds singing their little hearts out. I could feel all…
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Mudketeers diary-13th March 2018
Spuddy marvellous The seed potatoes are sprouting nicely. I had them in the porch for a while as I thought the greenhouse was too cold for them. I have just put them out in the greenhouse to encourage nice stout,…
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Mudketeers diary-18th Dec 2017
Covering the beds I’ve been adding a layer of well rotted horse manure to my raised beds and covering with polythene to prevent winter rain washing through the nutrients. I am fortunate in that I have a couple of ponies…
