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 and sat and sat and did nothing. They hardly grew. Suddenly, almost overnight, they are large enough to harvest some…
Moveable feast

Moveable feast

Living in rented accommodation or just don’t have a big garden? Container fruit and veg growing is the perfect solution If you live in rented accommodation you sometimes don’t feel like putting down roots but growing in containers means you can just move your garden with you. You can grow in practically anything as long as it holds the soil…
Bag up some herbs

Bag up some herbs

Quick and easy projects for beginners This is a really simple cheap mini hanging veg garden made from an upcycled a Kitchen Garden Goody bag (sold at Harrogate Flower Shows. Come and visit us this year April 20-23). With a charge for plastic bags we are seeing a lot more of these cotton shoppers are all over the place and…
Limited-edition vases for Unwins customers

Limited-edition vases for Unwins customers

Unwins is linking up with pottery designer Emma Bridgewater to offer customers the chance to own 1 of 1,000 limited-edition sweet pea vases. Seed retailer Unwins is linking up with pottery designer Emma Bridgewater to offer customers the chance to own one of 1,000 limited-edition sweet pea vases. The vase, which won’t be available to buy, has been designed especially…

Hilarity on the Plot…

Steve, Emma and Tony know how to have a laugh on the allotment.  The Great Kitchen Garden Secateurs Challenge of 2016 Find out what this Western-style shoot out is all about in the June issue of Kitchen Garden… The Kitchen Garden Veg Plot Shuffle WARNING: After seeing this, you might never see the KG team in the same way again!…
Veg plot in a bag

Veg plot in a bag

There is one product that has opened up the world of cultivating veg like no other and that’s the growing bag. One of the best inventions ever for gardeners has to be the growing bag and whatever size of plot you have the growing bag has a place. They are most often used in greenhouses to grow tomatoes and cucumbers,…