Mudketeers
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Mudketeers diary -15th Dec 2017
Long lived kale In autumn 2016 I sowed a new kale called ‘Emerald Ice’. I put three in a large pot but only one survived. I ignored the plant and did nothing with it and it got hidden by other…
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Mudketeers diary-19th April 2017
What hungry gap? April and May are months often referred to as the ‘Hungry Gap’ in veg gardening. It is a time when the winter veg is used up and the summer crops are still but seeds! I looked at…
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Mudketeers diary-6th April 2017
Transplanted tomatoes The greenhouse is filling up fast. I have just transplanted my ‘Sungold’ tomatoes and lots of other seedlings are needing transplanting too. They always say you never have a big enough greenhouse
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Emma’s three broc pot
Try this recipe for deputy editor Emma’s simple but tasty dish using home-grown broccoli fresh from the plot This is a delicious one pot broccoli pasta dish using three different types of broccoli. One is the very seasonal purple sprouting…
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Mudketeers diary-March 30th 2017
Time to plant potatoes The seed potatoes are nicely chitted and even look quite pretty. On the left are dark shoots of ‘Arran Pilot’. On the right are the bright green shoots of ‘Vivaldi’ a second early. The little shoots…
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Mudketeers diary -March 27th 2017
Hail the kale I sowed some ‘Nero di Toscana’ kale late last summer and planted about five tiny young plants in a large pot filled with multi-purpose compost. I placed the pot in a greenhouse overwinter and the plants sat…
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Marvin the Marrow
Musings of a marrow from seed to fruit Watch out for the soon to be sown Marvin the Marrow. From the first week of April do return here to follow his progress from small seed to vegetative adolescence and mammoth…
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Broccoli in 60 days!
This broccoli raab has been doing well in the polytunnel and is now coming thick and fast. I planted it in the autumn and have been picking it over the last few weeks. The great thing about it is that…
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Bootlaces, irises and lovely leaf mould
I am so glad to be back at work today! Apart from anything else I’m trying to catch up on some late winter jobs in the garden and they all happen to be the sort that make you wish you…
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Mudketeers Diary – Feb 12th 2017
Sowing chillies Spent Sunday morning sowing chillies, surely one of the best plants to grow. I love the shape of the leaves, the flowers and, of course, the fruit. And they come in such amazing varieties – grow for heat,…
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Mudketeers Diary – Feb 9th 2017
Welcome to the Mudketeers Diary, find out what the team are up to on the plot. Feb 9th 2017 I sowed some sweet peas today. I like to grow these among my beans. I could have sown them in autumn…
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VIDEO: Potato & Kale Hash
There’s making a hash of it and making a hash. This month, the Three Mudketeers opted for the latter. Digging into Steve’s culinary repertoire, this month the team make a potato and kale hash, straight from the plot to the…
