My cauliflowers have no heart! Diary of a Rocket Gardener
This is the first time I’ve grown cauliflower. I’m not a huge cauliflower fan, and usually one or two meals a year with cauliflower cheese suffice, but I wanted to…
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Damping Off
It is not uncommon, especially back in June when the weather was much cooler, for newly planted veg plants to suffer from something referred to as ‘damping off’ which causes…
Planting a herb garden – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I always enjoy seeing my 2 herb gardens come into their full glory during summer – the marjoram and oregano both start flowering and everything seems to take on that…
A Brassica Planting & Harvesting Calendar
For those of you keen to plan for a crop of year round cabbages, kale, broccoli and cauliflower, here’s a quick guide of when to plant and when to harvest……
Watch out for leek rust
Leek rust usually sets in during late summer to early autumn, so now is the time that you’re most likely to start seeing it. In this article we explain what…
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…
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…