When Sweetcorn is a bit disappointing
We’ve all been there. You’ve waited weeks for your sweetcorn cobs to get nice and big, you’ve watched the tassles turn dark brown, you’ve harvested them and taken them to…
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Are you growing your own Christmas Dinner?
If you’re growing the veggies from our Christmas Dinner Collection then there are one or two little jobs that we recommend doing now that colder, wetter autumn weather is upon…
Diary of a Rocket Gardener: When to harvest squash and pumpkins
Hmm, I’ve been in a quandary this week….should I harvest my winter squashes now or should I leave them a little while longer? If I leave them, will they over…
Rotting bottoms?!
You may have spotted rotten bottoms on some of your veg…tomatoes, courgettes, squashes, aubergines and peppers can all suffer from blossom end rot. Essentially, blossom end rot is a calcium…
Empty beds?
As spaces crop up in your veg beds this autumn, you have three choices… 1. Re-plant with veg that’ll grow over winter. 2. Get them organised for winter so that…
Diary of A Rocket Gardener – Aubergines: All flowers and no fruit
Well, my aubergine plants are looking very pretty and healthy at the moment with their purple/pink flowers. They’re nicely tucked up in the greenhouse alongside the tomatoes, chillies and okra…
Unusual leaves for punchy salads
Growing your own is always a good opportunity to try some new and unusual foods that are rarely available in the shops. There are plenty of interesting salad leaves to…
Growing spinach & chard over winter
Spinach and chard leaves are great to grow over the colder months and with warm enough temperatures they will give you lovely leaves to harvest right the way through to…
Looking after celeriac
Early autumn is a good time to give your celeriac plants a little bit of TLC – they’ll benefit from a feed and a bit of a trim to help…
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…
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,…