Perfect Plants for Summer Pots
With a few extra pots you can grow quite a few more veg plants during the summer. Here are some of the best space-saving plants for putting in pots at…
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Poor soil, poor plants? Diary of a Rocket Gardener
A few weeks ago I posted about my new strawberry patch, and the difference between those plants that were planted in the half bed that I had topped up with…
Summer Planting Guide July 2020
We expect to have summer plants available until mid-August, perfect for plugging any gaps that come up after harvesting, replacing crops that have been lost (anyone else struggled with blight…
How to harvest purple sprouting broccoli
Once the leader spear of broccoli has grown you can harvest it. After that, all the other sprouts will start appearing in quick succession. So, if you’re growing this yummy…
Plant up your strawberry runners
As strawberry plants put out their runners you can let them take root, either in your strawberry patch, or by potting them up. Either way, next year you can have…
Salad Leaves flowering?
If you notice some little yellow flowers on frills mustard, wild rocket or mizuna, then all is not lost… Firstly, you can eat the flowers so pop them in your…
Blight & other potato problems
Potatoes are quite prone to fungal diseases like blight. If yours have been affected you can still usually harvest your spuds, so don’t panic. But you will need to take…
Onions bolting – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
Well, I don’t know how you’re all getting on in the rest of the country, but it has been a very strange season here! Late March and April were surprisingly…
Rocket Gardens Update
We have more or less caught up now, having shipped vegetable plants to approximately 40,000 households across the UK, without using an ounce of plastic. In previous years, this would…
Summer Planting Guide
As we move into midsummer, there is still plenty of time to plant veggies, whether you’re ony just getting going or keen to add a few extras to plug any…
Slow growing beans – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
Well, my French climbing beans have been growing incredibly slowly this year. I planted them on May 2nd, just before the weather suddenly turned cold and then I had to…
Rodents in the Veg Patch – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I went out to the veg patch the other morning and ambled over to the strawberry patch with my bowl only to find that ALL my strawberries had been eaten….