Winter Salads & Frost
As frosty mornings start welcoming us into winter, here’s a quick guide to getting the most from your salad leaves and keeping them protected. Which salad plants need protecting? It…
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Grow Your Own Cut Flower Patch
Next spring we’ll be growing loads of cut flower plug plants for you to enjoy growing in your plot. They are incredibly easy-to-grow varieties, and from just a small space…
Beetroot, Kale & Feta
This classic combination makes for a lovely, warming autumn lunch with some flat bread or pitta. If you’ve got golden beetroot growing too, it looks lovely! Ingredients: 3-4 medium beetroot…
Roasted Carrot with Tahini
This is an easy recipe that makes carrots into really quite a special side dish. Great with some flat bread and mezze, or served with other roasted veggies and/or meat….
5 Ways with Squash
If you have any squashes that are a little on the large size, then a good idea is to cut them and roast them, and then you can use them…
Pasta with Roasted Squash
A great way of using up roast squash for a midweek meal – it’s great comfort food! Ingredients (serves 4) 1 medium squash, roasted 1 red onion, peeled & diced…
New to Composting? Some pointers…
At this time of year, there is plenty to put on the compost pile, from all the old veg plants as well as grass cuttings and raked up leaves. This…
Cabbage White Caterpillars in Autumn
As we reach mid-October, the season for Cabbage White butterflies is coming to an end, so the good news is that they shouldn’t be laying many more eggs from now…
Now is the time to mulch
Whether you are going to keep on growing through winter, or put your plot to bed until next spring, now is a brilliant time to mulch your veg beds to…
Autumn Slug Prevention
It’s always the most common question… how do I get rid of slugs? This article covers a few methods of prevention and some good practices to use now that autumn…
Do I have to wait for frost before harvesting parsnips? Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I sometimes struggle to just accept gardening advice, no matter how often I see it touted in books and online. I like to find out for myself, to make sure…
What do I do with my strawberry plants now?
Following our Fruit Pruning Guide last week, a few people got in touch to ask what to do with strawberry plants at this time of year, so we thought we’d…