Ways to ripen up tomatoes
As temperatures drop a little during early autumn tomato ripening tends to slow down a little. If this has happened, then there are several ways to encourage your green tomatoes…
Author: Rocket Gardens
Does caterpillar season ever end?!
Are you getting a bit fed up with these guys munching their way through your cabbages, sprouts and broccoli? If so, don’t despair – the end is nigh…most cabbage-munching caterpillars…
A clever way to grow over autumn and winter…
This is a great way to grow over the next few months – it’s drier, warmer (for you and your plants) and you’ll have fewer pests to contend with. Plus,…
Spruce up your soil for autumn
If you’re getting ready to plant a few veggies to grow over autumn and winter then be sure to dig in plenty of good quality compost or fertiliser. Existing beds…
10 thoughts from a Rocket Gardener
As summer turns to autumn and most of my veg plants are now harvestable, I’m learning some valuable veg lessons. Here they are… Tomatoes (the cordon varieties that grow upright)…
Perfect for small spaces
You don’t need a huge garden or loads of raised beds to grow your own over the next few months. You can grow plenty in just a few pots or…
How to make space for Autumn veg
If you’re still growing lots of summer veggies and seemingly have little space for growing anything else this year, fear not…we have ideas for you! Plant decorative veggies in flower…
What to do with old bean plants
Bean plants are an excellent source of nitrogen, and by leaving them to rot in empty beds once they’ve finished cropping this season you can really improve the quality of…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener: the effect of planting later
So this year I planted out my veg seedlings fairly late in the season – some went in the ground in June, others in early July. I was trying to…
Growing Cavolo Nero over the Winter
Cavolo Nero is a great autumn/winter grower as it doesn’t mind the colder weather. Happily, it is also a little less appealing to slugs than many other veg plants, which is…
Harvesting Maincrop Potatoes
Autumn is when you can start to dig up your maincrop potatoes. You’ll know the time is right when the leaves of the plants turn yellow and start to die…
Autumn is on the way…be prepared!
Even if you haven’t been camping you may have noticed that the temperature at night is significantly cooler than it was a few weeks ago, and some of the leaves…