Why keep growing in Autumn?
Pretty please, if you have enjoyed growing your own and eating lots of fresh, healthy veg from your garden this summer, don’t stop now!!! Too many people abandon the veg…
Author: Rocket Gardens
Harvesting Top Tips
You won’t be short of things to harvest in August and September, but we do have some top tips to make sure you get the most out of your vegetables…….
Leave them in or pull them up?
You might find that you have quite a lot of carrots and beetroots to harvest at this time of year. If this is the case, you may be wondering what…
Patience is a virtue…
If you’re anxiously wondering why some things aren’t ready yet, don’t panic…the following are unlikely to be ready for the next month or so: Celeriac – usually comes in from…
August in the kitchen garden…
Here comes August…! It’s a really fun and rewarding month in the kitchen garden as there is so much to harvest. It’s also a time when gardeners start to sense that autumn…
Going on holiday? Here’s a veg patch checklist for you.
August is an important month in the veg patch because so many things are ready for harvesting and growth is at its fastest. It’s also a nice time of year…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener…learnings from the veg patch
My veg patch has just reached that time in the summer when everything is looking really lush and healthy and I am harvesting veg every day. I’m finding that this is…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener…a nutrient deficiency?
Quite a few of my plants have got yellow leaves. This is most prominent on my butternut squash, beans, sweetcorn and tomatoes. I’ve done a bit of googling, as one does when…
Picking and storing herbs
We’ve said it before and we’ll say it again, herbs are really quite easy to grow. But, it’s also quite easy to find that you have a herb plant…
Herbs for a windowsill
Space is not an issue when it comes to growing your own herbs…any of these below will grow really well in a pot on a windowsill that gets a good…
Why you’ll love African Blue Basil
This is such a brilliant herb that we decided to dedicate an entire blog post to it, simply because we believe that you absolutely HAVE to grow it in…
Mint…for teas and cocktails
We think mint is one of the best herbs to grow in the garden because you can grow it so easily AND use it so easily…to make a nice mint…