Planting

  • Recycle coffee cups, egg cartons and lots more, in your vegetable garden!

    Recycle coffee cups, egg cartons and lots more, in your vegetable garden!

    On Saturday it was Global Recycling Day, a day which aims to recognise and raise awareness of the importance of recycling and encourage people to take action to reduce waste and protect the environment.

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  • Mudketeers diary – 6th May 2020

    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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  • Small space growing

    Small space growing

    If you don’t have a lot of room to grow, there are many ways to maximise crops from tiny places. Emma Rawlings suggests some ideas. Edible corner This picture shows that in a small sunny corner you can create something…

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  • Mudketeers diary -14th February 2020

    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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  • From the Forum… Pots or beds?

    From the Forum… Pots or beds?

    The Kitchen Garden Forum is a fun, thriving community of people like you. Each week we highlight a thread for further discussion. Forum member Geoff asks: Do you think Peppers, Chillis and Aubergines do better in a greenhouse/polytunnel bed or in…

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