A New Home for Christmas – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
For those that have been following my posts, you’ll know that I was adopting some rescue hens last weekend. I collected them on Sunday afternoon, and they were in a…
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Prepare your plot for potato planting
A well prepared plot will make all the difference to your potato harvest next year. You can get ahead of the game anytime between now and March, ready to plant…
Ideas for Christmas Leftovers
Here’s our definitive guide to using up Christmas leftovers. Waste not want not and all that! Make stock from the turkey bones Turkey Pie is delicious – try to use…
Braised Red Cabbage
This is really easy to make and you can happily make it a few days before Christmas as the flavour improves after a day or two. You don’t need to…
Veg dishes you can prepare in advance
We all know what it’s like on Christmas Day, with everyone buzzing around the kitchen and generally getting in the way 😉 If you’re keen to get as much done…
3 Ways with Sprouts
Stir Fried Sprouts Finely slice your sprouts before stir-frying them quickly with some chilli flakes and garlic slices. Season with sea salt and serve. Alternatively, fry off some bacon lardons…
A Disappointing Season – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
I haven’t had a brilliant year in the veg patch this year. Spring was incredibly dry, with strong Easterly winds and some quite low temperatures which didn’t help my young…
Give some Hens a Happy Home – Diary of a Rocket Gardener
Woohoo! I’m adopting 4 new hens next weekend! If you read my post the other week (see below), you will know that about 18 months ago I adopted 3 lovely…
How to improve your soil
Good soil will give you a better, healthier crop and you’ll suffer less from weeds and pests too. Doing one very simple little thing will make all the difference…add plenty…
December in the Veg Patch
If you can squeeze an hour or two of veg patch time in over a weekend, you’ll find it surprisingly rewarding (not to mention therapeutic in amongst the busy-ness of…
Should I be harvesting my globe artichokes?
I’m a little confused. It’s nearly December and my Globe Artichokes seem to be in full swing…the flowers and foliage started to die back in October, so I cut them…
How (and when) to divide rhubarb
If you’ve been growing rhubarb for several years, then it is beneficial to divide the plants to keep them healthy. Equally, if you just want to grow more rhubarb plants,…