July in the kitchen garden…
Eek, July is here already (um, how did that happen and who stole June?) and it’s nearly the summer holidays. It’s a great time to be out in the garden…
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Why it’s important to feed your plants
Veg plants, more so than other plants, need a lot of nutrients to be healthy. Once they’ve been in the ground or in a pot for a few weeks they…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener…growing peas
So, I planted my peas during the last week of May (I think) and have been lovingly nurturing them since. I’ve grown peas before and I really like the taste of them…
The Rocket Guide to Composting… Part Two.
In part one of our series on composting we looked at where to put your compost and what to put it in. In part two, we’re taking a look at…
Vertical Gardening: A fab space-saver for small gardens…
There are a lot of wannabe veg growers out there with not a lot of space in their gardens. We’ve touched on this subject before with ideas for growing in pots and containers…
Powdery Mildew, a classic courgette illness
Powdery Mildew is a fairly common fungal disease that you might have seen on the leaves of your courgette plants. It affects lots of other plants too, like pumpkins,…
What to do when your plants get destroyed…
There are quite a few pests out there…caterpillars, slugs, snails, pigeons, aphids, rabbits and many more. They have an irritating habit of tucking into your veg plants and while your…
The Rocket Guide to Composting… Part One.
Making your own compost is a really worthwhile mission. You will inevitably have waste from both the garden and the kitchen that can be reused to help you add nutrients…
Broad Beans in the kitchen…
If, like our Constant Gardeners, you sowed some broad bean seeds back in the autumn, you may well be harvesting them around about now. You may also hear your family cry out with…
When weeding, remember this…
In the summertime when weather is hot the weeds come out to play! Keeping them at bay is so important in the veg patch for many reasons – they take…
Pigeon Pecked – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
As I spent Saturday afternoon at a wedding reception enjoying the sunshine with a glass or five of champagne, my brassicas became the victims of multiple pigeon attacks. They are a sorry…
3 things to do in the garden – 18th June
As spring turns into summer there is plenty to be doing whenever you get a free moment to spend in the veg patch. Now is the time to be giving…