Why I’m Waiting to Plant Out – Notes from a Seasoned Grower
Ooh, I am so honoured to be invited back to blog about my veg patch shenanigans! I don’t think I’ve ever been requested ‘by popular demand’ before 😉 and it…
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Top tips for grouping & organising your plants
With so many of you planting out this month, we’ve put together a little round up of all our favourite tips and tricks for grouping plants together to keep pests…
Wacth out for flea beetle this month
This May, with the dry weather, we’re anticipating that many of our gardeners will experience tiny, jumpy little bugs nibbling pin-prick holes in leaves of brassicas, mustard leaves and rocket….
Growing Sweetcorn: Corn-on-the-Cob v Baby Corn
There are two types of sweetcorn that you can grow with Rocket Gardens – Sweet Nugget (pictured above) is your normal, corn-on-the-cob, and Minipop is a baby corn. They are…
Success with tomatoes
If you’d like to get a really good crop of juicy tomatoes this season, then have a quick read of our top tips below… you can apply the same principals…
Start a Strawberry Patch this year
Mmmm, homegrown strawberries! They are arguably one of the biggest treats to harvest from the garden, and very easy to grow. Once established, your strawberry patch will give you years…
May in the Veg Patch
This is the month when planting is in full swing, and we love it! There’s no major rush – our preferred time to plant out is mid to late May,…
Success with Brassicas
Once you get the hang of brassicas, they are actually very easy to grow, and by planting them in spring and again in late summer, you can really extend your…
3 tips for newly planted plants…
Get these three things right when you plant out your veggies and it will really help them to get off to a good start this season. Make sure plants are…
The Rocket Guide to Weeding
With so many of you receiving your veg plants from us over the next few weeks, with a long (hopefully) growing season ahead, we have put together a useful guide…
New to growing? Start small…
If you’re pretty new to growing your own vegetables, we’d recommend that you start small with just a couple of raised beds or a handful of pots to tend to….
From Chick to Chicken – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
If you remember my post from last August, you’ll know that I snuck some hatching egg underneath my lone broody hen, Speckledy. She had three that hatched. Here they are,…