Gifts from your garden
If you fancy making a few lovely gifts for your friends & family this year, then don’t forget to use some ingredients from your garden too… here are a few…
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How to keep your natural decorations looking fresh
We don’t ship our natural decorations until mid December anyway, to ensure they stay fresh, but here are a few top tips for keeping all that festive foliage looking fresh…
5 Ways with festive foliage
Fill your home with loads of lovely, natural Christmassy greenery this year! Making decorations with festive foliage is both fun to do (and a great way to spend an afternoon with…
Make this Christmas a Plastic-Free Christmas!
If you’re trying to cut down on plastic and unnecessary packaging this Christmas then we can certainly help… you won’t find any plastic, and any packaging can be either recycled…
Harvesting & Storing Cranberries
If you haven’t already harvested your cranberries, we’d recommend you do so in the next few days, definitely before any hard frosts. Harvest any berries that have completely turned red….
Quick jobs to do in between showers
It’s been wet and windy, and spending time outside in the veg patch hasn’t been all that appealing. However, it’s frustrating feeling like you can’t get on and do things…
There’s a lot to be said for using companion plants
If you haven’t yet explored the world of companion planting, we’d definitely recommend it for your 2020 growing. There are many benefits, not least providing food for insects… Attracting natural…
3 good things going on behind the scenes
We do quite a lot of things behind the scenes to try and reduce our impact on the world, and to try and make our little patch of land a…
Favourite Root Recipes
As we creep further towards winter and harvest lots of lovely celeriac, parsnips, turnips and other roots the season of warming, hearty casseroles is upon us. Here are a few…
Harvesting Horseradish
This is a good time of year to harvest horseradish, as the foliage dies back in late autumn and after they’ve experienced a couple of light frosts. Even if you…
A tale of 3 rescue hens – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
This is a little off topic, but I thought it would be of interest to many of Rocket Gardener’s customers, as having hens is right up there with growing veg…
3 Ways for Pumpkin (or Squash) Soup
Now that Halloween has passed, all those winter squashes and pumpkins are looking very tempting for some comforting soups. Here are our three fave recipes… In first place is Riverford’s…